Hertfordshire · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Brickendon, Hertfordshire
Air source heat pumps across Brickendon and nearby, from the first look to the final check with the price fixed before work begins.
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
- An oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life
- Checking eligibility for a heat pump grant
What owners can safely do
Some faults have simple causes you can check first: check the mode, the set temperature, the remote’s batteries and the breaker. If the breaker trips a second time, leave it off and ring us on 07833 053749, or email if that’s easier.
Do not move, re-route or disconnect units or pipework yourself. Moving a unit involves the refrigerant circuit, so it needs an F-Gas qualified engineer, and the electrics need care too. If you need something moved, we can quote for it.
How we handle air source heat pumps in Brickendon
We install air source heat pumps in Brickendon and across Hertfordshire, and we are MCS certified. Air-to-water systems feed your radiators or underfloor heating and hot water cylinder, while air-to-air systems heat rooms directly through indoor units and can cool them too. We help you work out which suits your home. Common call-outs are for checking eligibility for a heat pump grant and checking emitters for a heat pump, on homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, air-to-air heat pumps and hot water cylinders.
If your home in or near Brickendon is heated by oil, LPG or electric heaters with no mains gas, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme adds an extra £1,500 until March 2027 for an air source or ground source heat pump, on top of the £7,500.
Refrigerant work is written up in the F-Gas records: the work carried out, the refrigerant involved and the quantities. File them with the system’s paperwork, ready for the next service or a warranty query.
- Place
- Brickendon (SG13)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Prices
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Approvals
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Enquiries
- We reply the same working day
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Brickendon
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Brickendon?
Brickendon is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. For an air-to-water heat pump the amount is £7,500; an air-to-air system can get £2,500 if it replaces the fossil-fuel heating outright, meets the home’s full heating demand and is not an add-on to a boiler. You do not apply yourself: the MCS certified installer does, which is us.
Is planning permission needed for a heat pump in Brickendon?
That depends on the building and where the outdoor unit goes. The Brickendon Conservation Area takes in the middle of Brickendon. On a house, an air source heat pump can often go ahead under permitted development, with an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 cubic metres and an installation that meets MCS 020(a), which includes a noise check. Those rights do not reach the grounds of a listed building, and conservation areas rule out walls or roofs facing a road. If that might affect you, we ask East Hertfordshire council, which is usually the planning authority for Brickendon.
Can I fit air conditioning or a heat pump myself?
No, not the refrigerant side. Under the F-gas rules, it must be done by qualified engineers from a certified company, and a new electrical circuit is notifiable building work unless a registered competent person does it.
Which brands do you work with?
The main ones, including Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi. For a new system, we suggest the make and model that suit the property and tell you why.
Which type of heat pump is right for my home?
Air-to-water suits homes with radiators and a cylinder; air-to-air suits rooms that need heating and cooling. The survey helps decide. We install both types.
Can you look at a system you didn’t fit?
Yes. Systems fitted by other companies are fine, on all the main brands. Tell us the make and model and send any paperwork you have.
Do you look at the job first?
Yes. We always look before we price, either on a site survey or from pictures and details for simple jobs. A fixed-price quote follows.
What the work involves, system by system
VAT on heat pumps
HMRC says most air conditioning units are air source heat pumps, but each case depends on the facts and the VAT is confirmed on your quote.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme covers England and Wales: £7,500 for air-to-water (and ground source), and £2,500 for air-to-air with strict conditions. The installer applies.
Air source heat pumps in Brickendon: the local picture
About 72% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to Census 2021 figures. Detached and semi-detached houses usually have room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder.
If your home is near Bayford station and heated by a gas boiler, an air-to-water heat pump can replace it where the survey shows it suits.
Brickendon is about 3 miles west of Hoddesdon, in Hertfordshire. Our engineers cover Brickendon for air source heat pumps, along with the rest of Hertfordshire. Count every place we list in Hertfordshire and you reach 381, with Brickendon on the list. London is in our area too, about 18 miles from Brickendon.
If your postcode is in SG13, you’re inside the area we cover. If you are just outside Brickendon, we cover Wormley West End (2 miles south-east), Goose Green (2 miles east), Horns Mill (2 miles north), High Leigh (2 miles east) and Woollensbrook (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Watford (15 miles south-west), Stevenage (11 miles north), St Albans (11 miles west) and Bishop's Stortford (13 miles north-east).
Near you in Brickendon
We fit and service air conditioning in homes and premises around The Farmer's Boy pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Brickendon is Bayford station, roughly 0.6 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include The National Speedway Museum (1.2 miles south-east) and Hertford County Hospital (2.8 miles north). For a walk, there’s Cheshunt Lake and Danemead.
Also near Brickendon
What else we do in Brickendon
Signs you need air source heat pumps in Brickendon
Many enquiries start with a question about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. Whether you can get the grant depends on your home and the scheme conditions and we confirm it before you go ahead.
What we are most often called about:
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
- A boiler that is getting old
Older homes near Holy Cross & St Alban may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed.
Comparing quotes
- What the manufacturer’s warranty covers and for how long
- Whether you get F-Gas records where refrigerant is involved
- Whether testing, commissioning and paperwork are included
The process
If the system has to be off for part of the visit, we tell you before work begins, so you can plan around it. In a business, work can often be done one area at a time. The work takes anything from a couple of days for air-to-air to the best part of a week for air-to-water with radiator changes. A few photos help us make the most of a visit to Brickendon.
- First, a chat about the property and your goals for the heating.
- We survey for heat loss and look at radiators, cylinder space and outdoor unit options.
- We explain which type of heat pump suits the home and whether a grant could apply.
- We install the heat pump and connect it up.
- We commission it, complete the MCS certificate and show you how to use it.
Before we arrive
- Find the manual or the paperwork for the system, if you have it
- Mention any managing agent or landlord rules we need to follow
- Tell us about parking and loading
Get a fixed-price quote
If you need air source heat pumps in Brickendon, phone us on 07833 053749 or send an email. Let us know the type of property and what you need, plus some pictures if they’re to hand. We reply the same working day.
Advice
A customer’s words
“Very professional from the initial survey through to installation. The engineer explained everything clearly and the quote was exactly what we paid. Would not hesitate to recommend AirCon Doctor.”
David W., Haywards Heath