diff --git a/domain/epc_prediction/epc_prediction.py b/domain/epc_prediction/epc_prediction.py
index 2d7a47e8..a04a2975 100644
--- a/domain/epc_prediction/epc_prediction.py
+++ b/domain/epc_prediction/epc_prediction.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from typing import Callable, Iterable, Optional, Union
 
 from datatypes.epc.domain.epc_property_data import (
     EpcPropertyData,
+    MainHeatingDetail,
     SapBuildingPart,
 )
 from domain.epc_prediction.comparable_properties import (
@@ -65,9 +66,31 @@ class EpcPrediction:
         predicted.total_floor_area_m2 = _median_floor_area(comparables.members)
         self._apply_categorical_modes(predicted, comparables)
         self._apply_glazing_mode(predicted, comparables)
+        self._apply_heating_donor(predicted, comparables)
         self._apply_overrides(predicted, target)
         return predicted
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _apply_heating_donor(
+        predicted: EpcPropertyData, comparables: ComparableProperties
+    ) -> None:
+        """Replace the structural template's heating with a coherent donor's whole
+        `SapHeating` cluster (ADR-0029; issue #1225). Heating sub-fields can't be
+        field-moded without breaking system coherence (e.g. a fuel that doesn't
+        match the emitter), so the cluster is copied as a unit from a single
+        neighbour: the one matching the cohort's modal heating *signature* (main
+        fuel + category + cylinder presence), the most recent among those matches
+        (a recent cert reflects the current system). This makes the predicted
+        heating both representative and internally coherent, rather than whatever
+        the size-representative template happened to carry. No donor (no neighbour
+        lodges a main heating system) leaves the template's heating in place."""
+        donor = _heating_donor(comparables.members)
+        if donor is None:
+            return
+        predicted.sap_heating = copy.deepcopy(donor.epc.sap_heating)
+        predicted.has_hot_water_cylinder = donor.epc.has_hot_water_cylinder
+        predicted.solar_water_heating = donor.epc.solar_water_heating
+
     @staticmethod
     def _apply_glazing_mode(
         predicted: EpcPropertyData, comparables: ComparableProperties
@@ -368,3 +391,41 @@ def _comparable_modal_glazing(
     odd window, matching how the harness scores `modal_glazing_type`."""
     types = [window.glazing_type for window in comparable.epc.sap_windows]
     return Counter(types).most_common(1)[0][0] if types else None
+
+
+def _main_heating_detail(comparable: Comparable) -> Optional[MainHeatingDetail]:
+    """The primary heating system's detail row, or None when none is lodged."""
+    details = comparable.epc.sap_heating.main_heating_details
+    return details[0] if details else None
+
+
+def _heating_signature(
+    comparable: Comparable,
+) -> Optional[tuple[Union[int, str], Optional[int], bool]]:
+    """The donor-matching signature — main fuel + heating category + cylinder
+    presence: the coarse identity of the heating system. None when no main heating
+    system is lodged, so the comparable is not a donor candidate."""
+    detail = _main_heating_detail(comparable)
+    if detail is None:
+        return None
+    return (
+        detail.main_fuel_type,
+        detail.main_heating_category,
+        comparable.epc.has_hot_water_cylinder,
+    )
+
+
+def _heating_donor(members: tuple[Comparable, ...]) -> Optional[Comparable]:
+    """The coherent heating donor: the comparable whose heating signature is the
+    cohort mode, breaking ties toward the most recent cert (then certificate
+    number, for determinism). None when no neighbour lodges a heating system."""
+    signed = [(c, _heating_signature(c)) for c in members]
+    signatures = [sig for _, sig in signed if sig is not None]
+    if not signatures:
+        return None
+    modal = Counter(signatures).most_common(1)[0][0]
+    matches = [c for c, sig in signed if sig == modal]
+    return max(
+        matches,
+        key=lambda c: (c.registration_date or date.min, c.certificate_number),
+    )
diff --git a/tests/domain/epc_prediction/test_component_accuracy_gate.py b/tests/domain/epc_prediction/test_component_accuracy_gate.py
index 82443816..f14942f7 100644
--- a/tests/domain/epc_prediction/test_component_accuracy_gate.py
+++ b/tests/domain/epc_prediction/test_component_accuracy_gate.py
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ _RATE_FLOORS: dict[str, float] = {
     "roof_construction": 0.7222,
     "floor_construction": 0.8125,
     "heating_main_fuel": 0.9722,
-    "heating_main_category": 0.8889,
-    "heating_main_control": 0.7500,
-    "water_heating_fuel": 0.9167,
-    "water_heating_code": 0.8889,
+    "heating_main_category": 0.9444,
+    "heating_main_control": 0.8056,
+    "water_heating_fuel": 0.9722,
+    "water_heating_code": 0.9444,
     "has_hot_water_cylinder": 0.8889,
-    "cylinder_insulation_type": 0.1667,
+    "cylinder_insulation_type": 0.5000,
     "secondary_heating_type": 0.0000,
     "roof_insulation_thickness": 0.4118,
     "floor_insulation": 0.9375,
diff --git a/tests/domain/epc_prediction/test_epc_prediction.py b/tests/domain/epc_prediction/test_epc_prediction.py
index 06a6ae5a..8aaec7f3 100644
--- a/tests/domain/epc_prediction/test_epc_prediction.py
+++ b/tests/domain/epc_prediction/test_epc_prediction.py
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ from typing import Optional, Union
 
 from datatypes.epc.domain.epc_property_data import (
     EpcPropertyData,
+    MainHeatingDetail,
     SapBuildingPart,
     SapFloorDimension,
+    SapHeating,
     SapWindow,
 )
 from domain.epc_prediction.comparable_properties import (
@@ -37,6 +39,13 @@ def _epc(
     floor_construction: Optional[int] = 1,
     floor_insulation: Optional[int] = 1,
     glazing_type: Union[int, str] = 3,
+    main_fuel_type: Union[int, str] = 1,
+    main_heating_category: Optional[int] = 1,
+    main_heating_control: Union[int, str] = 1,
+    water_heating_fuel: Optional[int] = 1,
+    water_heating_code: Optional[int] = 1,
+    has_hot_water_cylinder: bool = True,
+    solar_water_heating: bool = False,
 ) -> EpcPropertyData:
     epc: EpcPropertyData = object.__new__(EpcPropertyData)
     epc.property_type = "2"
@@ -61,6 +70,19 @@ def _epc(
     window.window_height = 1.0
     window.glazing_type = glazing_type
     epc.sap_windows = [window]
+    heating: SapHeating = object.__new__(SapHeating)
+    detail: MainHeatingDetail = object.__new__(MainHeatingDetail)
+    detail.main_fuel_type = main_fuel_type
+    detail.main_heating_category = main_heating_category
+    detail.main_heating_control = main_heating_control
+    heating.main_heating_details = [detail]
+    heating.water_heating_fuel = water_heating_fuel
+    heating.water_heating_code = water_heating_code
+    heating.cylinder_insulation_type = 1
+    heating.secondary_heating_type = None
+    epc.sap_heating = heating
+    epc.has_hot_water_cylinder = has_hot_water_cylinder
+    epc.solar_water_heating = solar_water_heating
     return epc
 
 
@@ -348,6 +370,42 @@ def test_confidence_excludes_absent_component_values_from_the_denominator() -> N
     assert confidence.cohort_size == 3
 
 
+def test_heating_is_a_coherent_donor_not_the_structural_template() -> None:
+    # Arrange — the size-representative template (median 80 m²) runs an atypical
+    # system (fuel 99, no cylinder), but the cohort's modal heating signature is a
+    # gas system (fuel 1) with a cylinder, including a recent 2024 cert. Heating
+    # sub-fields can't be field-moded, so the whole SapHeating cluster must be
+    # copied from the coherent modal donor — the most recent among the matches —
+    # not inherited from the structural template.
+    cohort = _dated_cohort(
+        (
+            _epc(
+                floor_area=80.0,
+                main_fuel_type=99,
+                main_heating_control=99,
+                has_hot_water_cylinder=False,
+            ),
+            date(2016, 1, 1),
+        ),
+        (_epc(main_fuel_type=1, main_heating_control=5), date(2018, 1, 1)),
+        (_epc(main_fuel_type=1, main_heating_control=5), date(2019, 1, 1)),
+        (_epc(main_fuel_type=1, main_heating_control=7), date(2024, 1, 1)),
+    )
+
+    # Act
+    predicted: EpcPropertyData = EpcPrediction().predict(
+        PredictionTarget(postcode="LS6 1AA", property_type="2"), cohort
+    )
+
+    # Assert — heating comes coherently from the modal-signature donor (gas +
+    # cylinder), the most recent match (control 7 from 2024), not the template's
+    # fuel 99.
+    detail = predicted.sap_heating.main_heating_details[0]
+    assert detail.main_fuel_type == 1
+    assert detail.main_heating_control == 7
+    assert predicted.has_hot_water_cylinder is True
+
+
 def test_glazing_follows_the_recency_weighted_cohort_mode() -> None:
     # Arrange — an old majority single-glazed (type 1, 2015) and a recent
     # minority double-glazed (type 3, 2025). Glazing is retrofitted over time