Many people forget to include the dismantling of the old oil tank in their heating renovations, in which case the financial assistance may not be received. The processing time for grant applications has stretched to up to a year at the ely center.
– The previous apartment had geothermal heating. An air-to-water heat pump caught our eye while browsing the internet, and we then went to investigate that option.
The grant granted by the Ely Center covered a large portion of the heating renovation.
– Our costs were around 15,000 euros. The grant covers almost a third of it.
The Ely Center receives between five hundred and one thousand small house grant applications every month.
The old oil tank must be removed
The amount of assistance granted by the Ely center is a maximum of four thousand euros when oil heating is changed to an air-to-water heat pump, district heating or geothermal heating. The grant is paid against receipts when the work is done.
65 percent of grant applicants switch to an air-to-water heat pump.
– If it is clear from the receipts that, for example, the oil tank has not been removed or the renovation has not been carried out in accordance with the grant conditions, the grant can be refused.
The processing of grant applications slows down due to deficiencies.
– We have to ask for supplements to almost all applications.
The plastic oil tank is cut to pieces by a hacksaw
In the conditions of Ely’s grant, it is said about the oil tank that the tank can be left indoors, as long as it cannot be removed without dismantling the load-bearing structures.
However, a plastic or fiberglass container can be sliced \u200b\u200binto smaller parts, says Vesa-Pekka Heikkilä. This may lead to misunderstandings in the interpretation of the aid conditions.
– When it comes to a plastic or fiberglass tank and even a steel tank in certain parts, it does not have to be removed from there in its entirety. Such a 1,500-liter reinforced plastic tank can be cut into pieces the size of an A-square with a hacksaw or hacksaw and transported away.
In heating renovations, we always check whether the old oil tank can be dismantled and transported away.
– In many cases, a light wall has been built in the space of the oil tank, which can be dismantled so that the oil tank can be removed.
The contractor may have mistakenly stated that the old oil tank does not need to be removed.
– The heating renovation contractor usually does not include anything else in the contract offer other than the removal of the old oil boiler. The old oil tank is usually the responsibility of the customer, unless its removal is included in the contract offer.
In October, ely’s grants will be extended to also cover changing the gas heating of a small house to another form of heating.