Greater London · Heat pump installation
Brentford air source heat pumps
Air source heat pumps for Brentford, from F-Gas certified engineers, with warranty terms explained brand by brand. Enquiries answered the same working day.
- Plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump
- Finding a place for the outdoor unit
- Working out whether radiators need upsizing
What happens on the day
We keep the work area tidy as we go, with dust sheets down and offcuts and packaging cleared up. If we need to drill through a wall, we agree the spot with you first. On site, it takes from a couple of days to around a week, depending on the system and how much of the heating changes. Pictures of the space and the outside wall help us plan the work in Brentford.
- First we find out about the property, the heating you have now and what you’re hoping for.
- The survey measures heat loss room by room and looks at radiators, hot water and the best spot for the outdoor unit.
- We send a fixed-price quote that shows the equipment, the grant position and the VAT.
- The outdoor unit, the indoor equipment and the controls are installed and connected.
- We commission the heat pump, complete the MCS paperwork and talk you through the controls.
How to prepare
- Make sure we can reach the consumer unit or fuse board
- Clear a path to the units and the space around them
- Name a contact who can meet us at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
Quotes do not take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we reply the same working day. If we need to see the property first, we book a survey at a time that works for you.
Advice
Air source heat pumps in Brentford
Air-to-water heat pumps heat your hot water through a cylinder. Homes with a combi boiler may not have a cylinder, so finding space for one is part of the survey. Air-to-air systems don’t heat hot water, so you will need another way to do that. Typical jobs include an oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life and not knowing whether a grant applies, across homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, underfloor heating and radiator systems.
In a flat in Brentford, the lease and the freeholder typically decide where a heat pump can go. Permitted development limits are different for flats, and we check before designing.
If a fault appears while the equipment is under the manufacturer’s warranty, tell us the make, model and installation date. We will tell you how the manufacturer’s warranty is likely to apply before any chargeable work goes ahead.
- Place
- Brentford (TW8, W3, W4, W5)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Price
- Fixed after a survey or photos
- Response
- On the working day you ask
- Guide price
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Certified
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Places near Brentford
What else we do in Brentford
What affects the cost of air source heat pumps
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- What we find on the survey or diagnosis
- The distance and route between the indoor and outdoor units
- Whether it’s a simple split or a larger system
One room or a whole building, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and what it needs. You’ll have a fixed price before we start, with VAT shown clearly.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Photos showing the indoor unit and the space around it
- Where the outdoor unit is, or where you’d like it
- Your consumer unit or fuse board
To help us quote: the address and the type of property, a few photos, the brand and model of anything already fitted and any symptoms, from error codes to drips. Once you have those, ring us on 07833 053749 or send an email.
What a heat pump looks like in Brentford
About 38% of homes across Brentford and its surrounding area have been built since 2000, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax records, and Census 2021 figures found about 66% of households live in flats. Newer homes normally lose less heat, which tends to suit a heat pump well. For flats, the first questions are where an outdoor unit could go, whether a cylinder fits and what the lease allows. For a London home, the outdoor unit position and the MCS noise check need careful planning.
For a home near Brentford station, the survey looks at whether an air-to-water or air-to-air heat pump suits better. Kew Palace lies about 0.5 miles south-east. Owners of listed homes need consent before a heat pump is fitted, so it’s one of our first questions.
Brentford is about 2 miles south of Ealing, in Greater London. Homes and businesses alike in Brentford, our engineers can help with air source heat pumps. You’ll hear back from us the same working day and our emergency line runs 24/7. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, Brentford among them. London, roughly 9 miles off, has its own page on this site.
The closest recent job we can point to from Brentford was on Richmond Hill, Richmond (TW10), about 2 miles south: installing a Mitsubishi Electric Zubadan multi-split system serving four bedrooms, the study and the living room: six indoor units in total.
Work in TW8, W3, W4 and W5 follows the same survey, fixed-price quote and written records as everywhere else we cover. Main roads around Brentford include the A4 and A315, so getting to you is simple. Close by, we work in Brentford End (1 mile south-west), Northfields (1 mile north-west), Gillette Corner (1 mile west), Isleworth (2 miles south-west) and Spring Grove (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (9 miles east), City of Westminster (7 miles east), Marylebone (7 miles east) and Kensington (4 miles east).
Landmarks near Brentford
Around Brentford, our work takes us to homes and businesses near Library for Iranian Studies, Brentford School for Girls and Kew College Prep. Other local landmarks include The Brook pub (within half a mile south-west) and Kew Green (0.7 miles south-east). There’s a railway station in Brentford itself: Brentford station. Well-known places in the area include Treaty Centre (3 miles south-west) and Musical Museum (0.5 miles east). The countryside around Brentford includes Kew Gardens Lake and Long Wood.
Your questions about air source heat pumps in Brentford
Do I need permission to put air conditioning in my flat in Brentford?
Often, yes, but the lease and the freeholder normally have a say. Permitted development rules for flats are tighter than for houses, so we check the outdoor unit position and give you the details to send to the freeholder or managing agent.
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump in Brentford?
That depends on the building and where the outdoor unit goes. There’s a conservation area, the St Paul's Brentford Conservation Area, close to central Brentford. Heat pumps on houses are often permitted development, but listed buildings need consent and conservation areas restrict outdoor units facing a road. Where it’s needed, we check with Hounslow council, which is typically the planning authority for Brentford.
Do you work on commercial properties?
Yes. From a single let flat to offices, shops and public buildings, we work the same way: a look first, a fixed-price quote and written records.
Can I get the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant?
Eligibility depends on the property and the scheme rules. In England and Wales, the scheme offers £7,500 towards an eligible air-to-water or ground source heat pump, and £2,500 towards an air-to-air heat pump only in limited cases, and we check before you commit.
Are my radiators big enough for a heat pump?
It depends on each radiator and the room it heats. At the lower temperatures a heat pump uses, radiators need more surface, and the survey checks each one.
How quickly will you reply?
The same working day. After that, we agree a survey, diagnosis or installation date that suits you, and you get a fixed price before any work goes ahead.
Do you provide F-Gas records?
Yes. Each visit is written up, and any work on the refrigerant circuit goes in the F-Gas records. File them with the system’s paperwork.
Looking after your system
After the visit, a few habits help:
- Leave indoor units unobstructed
- Find out the grant position at the survey
- Use the settings explained at handover
In cold, damp weather the outdoor unit runs a defrost cycle from time to time. You might see steam or hear the unit change note, and that’s normal.
Book a service every year. Your manufacturer’s warranty terms may say something about servicing.
How the job changes from property to property
Radiators and underfloor heating
Underfloor heating suits a heat pump’s lower flow temperature, and we can connect to it where it’s already in.
Hot water cylinders
Hot water from an air-to-water system is stored in a cylinder. The survey looks at where it can go, especially if you have a combi boiler.
What a customer said
“Excellent service from start to finish. Two wall-mounted units installed in our home. Clean, tidy work: they protected all the floors and left no mess. The systems work brilliantly. Would highly recommend.”
Sarah M., East Grinstead