Brighton and Hove · Heat pump installation
Air Source Heat Pumps in Brighton
Heat pump installation, for Brighton and the surrounding area. Call for a fixed-price quote; we reply the same working day.
- Checking eligibility for a heat pump grant
- Radiators that may be too small for a heat pump
- Comparing heat pump types
Air source heat pumps in Brighton, done properly
As an MCS certified installer, we fit air source heat pumps for homes in Brighton and the rest of Brighton and Hove. 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. The work covers hot water cylinders, air-to-air heat pumps and homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, and common reasons people get in touch are checking eligibility for a heat pump grant and comparing heat pump types.
In Brighton, some homes suit an air-to-air system instead, which heats and cools through indoor units. The £2,500 grant for air-to-air has strict conditions: it must replace the fossil-fuel heating and meet the whole home’s heating need.
Aftercare is simple, and most of it is in the manual: clear space around the outdoor unit, the cleaning the manual describes and a service at the recommended interval. It also keeps you on the right side of any warranty terms that ask for servicing.
- Place
- Brighton (BN1, BN2, BN3)
- Region
- Brighton and Hove
- Approvals
- NICEIC and F-Gas, MCS
- Typical price
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Pricing
- A fixed-price quote up front
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Brighton
Will a heat pump in Brighton need planning permission?
That depends on the building and where the outdoor unit goes. The Valley Gardens Conservation Area is close to the centre of Brighton. A heat pump on a house can be permitted development if it meets the conditions, including the MCS noise check, but not within the grounds of a listed building, and in a conservation area the outdoor unit cannot face a road. Where necessary, we check with the local planning authority (for Brighton, usually Brighton and Hove council).
Is the heat pump grant available in Brighton?
Brighton 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.
Do you protect the property while you work?
We put dust sheets over floors and furniture near the work first, and we tidy up as we go. At the end, we clear up and show you what we’ve done.
What warranty do I get?
It’s the manufacturer’s, and the terms are theirs. Some terms depend on regular servicing by a qualified engineer so it’s worth keeping the service records.
Which type of heat pump is right for my home?
Air-to-water feeds your central heating and hot water, while air-to-air warms and cools rooms directly. Air-to-air does not heat hot water and the survey helps decide.
Who has to arrange F-Gas leak checks?
The F-gas rules share it between the equipment’s operator and the engineers who work on it. The interval depends on the refrigerant charge, measured in tonnes of CO2 equivalent: at least every 12 months from 5 tCO2e, and every 6 months from 50 tCO2e.
Which manufacturers do you install and repair?
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.
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Air source heat pumps in Brighton: the local picture
The coast is only about 1 mile from Brighton. Near the coast, we choose the outdoor unit position with salt-laden wind in mind. About 66% of homes across Brighton and its surrounding area were built before 1919, according to VOA council tax data, and about 58% of households live in flats, according to the last census (2021). Period properties can still suit a heat pump, but the design has to start from accurate heat loss figures. Flats are often harder for air-to-water systems, so we look at whether air-to-air suits better.
With Royal Pavilion about 0.8 miles south-west, it’s worth asking whether your own home is listed before planning a heat pump.
Brighton is in Brighton and Hove. Homes and businesses alike in Brighton, we can help with air source heat pumps. You’ll hear back from us the same working day and our emergency line runs 24/7. Count every place we list in Brighton and Hove and you reach 30, with Brighton on the list.
One of our recent jobs in Brighton was on New Road (BN1): installing individual wall-mounted Panasonic units in all 22 guest rooms, plus two cassette units in the restaurant and a dedicated unit for the server room at basement level.
Local streets include London Road, Isetta Square and Pelham Square, and we cover them all. If your postcode is in BN1, BN2 and BN3, we can take the job on. Neighbouring places we cover include Hanover (1 mile south), Carlton Hill (1 mile south), West Hill (1 mile west), Hollingdean (1 mile north) and Seven Dials (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Brighton and Hove (3 miles west), Aldrington (3 miles west), Hangleton (3 miles west) and Saltdean (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Brighton
Locally, jobs take us to houses, flats and workplaces close to Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College, William Clarke Park and Park Crescent pub and the streets around them. Brighton has its own railway station: London Road (Brighton) station. Well-known places in the area include Brighton General Hospital (0.7 miles east) and Old Police Cells Museum (1 mile south-west). For a walk, there’s Newmarket Hill and Whitehawk Hill.
Different systems, different jobs
Heat loss surveys
We look at walls, windows, floors, roofs and ventilation along with the room sizes.
VAT on heat pumps
Please treat this as general guidance rather than tax advice.
What you can do yourself, and what needs us
Good habits make our visits easier, not unnecessary. Simple care keeps the air moving through the system, but the refrigerant circuit, the electrics and the parts you cannot see still need an engineer at the interval the manufacturer recommends.
Before you call us about a fault, a few checks can save a visit: is the system in the right mode, is the set temperature sensible, are the remote’s batteries working and has the breaker tripped. If the breaker trips a second time, leave it off and phone 07833 053749 or use the quote form.
When to call us in Brighton
People also ask about air-to-air heat pumps because they heat and cool. They heat rooms through wall, floor or ceiling units and switch to cooling in warm weather. Whether a grant applies depends on the scheme conditions.
Common reasons people call us include:
- Working out where a cylinder could go
- Questions about where the outdoor unit can go
- Deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home
If your home is one of the older properties near St Martin's Church, the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whose warranty applies, and on what terms
- The make and model of any parts or equipment being quoted
- Whether the quote shows VAT clearly
What we do, step by step
Everything the job needs comes with us, from tools and test equipment to ladders and dust sheets. You only need to give us clear access to the units, or their planned positions, and to the fuse board. The visit takes several days for an air-to-water system with a new cylinder, less for an air-to-air system. The more we can see beforehand, the smoother the visit to Brighton will be.
- First we find out about the property, the heating you have now and what you’re hoping for.
- On the visit we calculate what every room loses on a cold day, then check the radiators, room for a cylinder and outdoor unit options.
- A fixed-price quote follows, setting out the system, any grant that applies 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
- Let us know if the building has a permit or sign-in process
- Clear access to the fuse board
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, high walls or locked plant areas
Get a fixed-price quote
Every quote starts with a look at the job, either on a site survey or, for simple jobs, from your photos and details. After that, we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we begin.
Advice
From one of our customers
“Office air con broke down in the July heatwave. Called at 8am, engineer was here by noon and fixed within 2 hours. Brilliant emergency response. They now hold the service contract for the whole building.”
James T., Crawley, office manager