Hampshire · Heat pump installation
Chawton air source heat pumps
For air source heat pumps in Chawton, choose an F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved company. A fixed price before work begins, and a 24/7 emergency line.
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Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Chawton
A heat pump takes heat from the outside air and moves it into your home, using electricity to drive the process. The technology is close to air conditioning, which is why we install both, and air-to-air heat pumps are sometimes simply called air conditioning. We are often asked to deal with deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home and an oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life, across air-to-air heat pumps, radiator systems and homes heated by oil, LPG or gas.
If your home in or near Chawton 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.
If a fault appears while the equipment is under the manufacturer’s warranty, tell us the make, model and installation date. We’ll explain how the manufacturer’s terms are likely to apply before anything chargeable is done.
- Location
- Chawton (GU34)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Quote
- A fixed-price quote up front
- Replies
- We reply the same working day
- Typical price
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Approvals
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What owners can safely do
Owners can handle the everyday basics: keeping the outdoor unit clear, checking the mode and set temperature, and the routine cleaning in the manual. Anything inside the units, the electrics and the refrigerant is engineer’s work.
Good habits make our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and a clear outdoor unit help the system run as it should, but the refrigerant circuit, the electrics and the parts you cannot see still need an engineer at the interval the manufacturer recommends.
When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Getting planning permission or listed building consent on your behalf
- Promising eligibility for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
- Disconnecting or servicing a gas boiler
If in doubt, give us a ring on 07833 053749 and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
- Underfloor heating
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Radiator systems
What we do, step by step
If the system has to be off for part of the visit, we tell you before we start so it does not catch you out. For businesses, we can typically work room by room or zone by zone. On site, it takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. Visits to Chawton are agreed with you in advance and planned so the job can be finished in one trip where possible.
- First we talk through the property and the current system.
- A heat loss survey is carried out, room by room.
- We design the system, check the radiators and cylinder and look at the outdoor unit position.
- You get a fixed price, with any grant and the VAT set out.
- Then it’s fitted, commissioned and registered with MCS.
Before we arrive
- Make sure we can reach the consumer unit or fuse board
- Make sure someone can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear the space around the indoor unit, or where it will go
Get a fixed-price quote
For a fixed-price quote, phone us on 07833 053749 or drop us a line with the address and a few details about the rooms or units involved. Photos help a lot. We reply to enquiries the same working day.
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Heat pumps in Chawton: local notes
About 61% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to Census 2021 figures. Detached and semi-detached houses normally have room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder.
If your home is listed, like Bentworth Hall about 2.8 miles west, listed building consent comes before any heat pump work. Live in one of the older houses around Church of St Nicholas? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status.
Chawton is about 1 mile south-west of Alton, in Hampshire. Homes and businesses alike in Chawton, our engineers can help with air source heat pumps. You will hear back from us the same working day and our emergency line runs 24/7. Chawton is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work. The nearest of our city pages is Guildford, around 20 miles from Chawton.
The closest recent job we can point to from Chawton was on Castle Street, Farnham (GU9), about 10 miles north-east: installing a Fujitsu multi-split system serving three offices and a client meeting room.
If you need air source heat pumps at a property on Winchester Road and Wolf's Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Our engineers cover all of the GU34 postcode area for air source heat pumps and the streets around it. Close to Chawton, our area also takes in Alton (1 mile north-east), Upper Farringdon (2 miles south), Lower Farringdon (2 miles south), Farringdon (2 miles south) and Hartley Mauditt (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (10 miles north-west), Winchester (15 miles west), Farnborough (15 miles north-east) and Fleet (12 miles north-east).
Around Chawton
Around Chawton, our work takes us to homes and businesses near The Greyfriar pub and Amery Hill School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Alton station, about 1.6 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Allen Gallery (1.3 miles north-east) and Alton Community Hospital (within half a mile north). For a walk, there’s King's Hill.
Chawton: your questions answered
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Chawton?
Yes, the scheme covers homes in England, including Chawton, if they qualify. The amount depends on the type of heat pump, and the survey confirms which applies. The installer applies, and we are MCS certified.
Is planning permission needed for a heat pump in Chawton?
The answer turns on the property and where the outdoor unit would sit. Central Chawton sits inside the Chawton Conservation Area. 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 can’t face a road. Where needed, we check with East Hampshire council, which is usually the planning authority for Chawton.
How does the warranty work?
It’s the manufacturer’s warranty, which varies by brand. For example, Daikin’s standard warranty on split air conditioning is 2 years, and we explain the terms for whichever brand you choose.
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.
Who has to arrange F-Gas leak checks?
Whoever operates the equipment, together with the technicians who service it. Systems below 5 tCO2e fall outside the set leak check intervals, while larger ones need checks at least every 12 months, or every 6 months from 50 tCO2e. We will work out which band applies to yours.
What’s the difference between air-to-water and air-to-air heat pumps?
Air-to-water suits homes with radiators and a cylinder; air-to-air suits rooms that need heating and cooling, and we help you choose. Both are part of what we install.
Will you make a mess?
Floors and furniture near the work are covered with dust sheets before any work starts, and the area is kept tidy throughout. Before we leave, we clear up and run through the work with you.
For landlords and property managers
Larger air conditioning systems in buildings need more than servicing: a TM44 inspection by an accredited energy assessor is required at least every 5 years for systems over 12 kW. We can arrange it, prepare the system for it and fix what it finds.
Running several properties is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of properties can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
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