Kent · Heat pump installation
Air Source Heat Pumps in Chilham
For heat pump installation in Chilham, choose an F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved company. A fixed price before any work starts, and a 24/7 emergency line.
- No space for a hot water cylinder
- Ageing boilers that will need replacing
- Wanting to stop using oil, LPG or gas for heating
Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Chilham
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. With air-to-air, hot water has to come from something else. The work covers homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, air-to-air heat pumps and air-to-water heat pumps, and people most often call us about no space for a hot water cylinder and planning and permitted development questions.
If your home in or near Chilham 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.
We are an F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved for electrical work, MCS certified for heat pumps and a Checkatrade member. Refrigerant work is done by engineers who hold the F-gas qualifications the law requires.
- Location
- Chilham (CT4)
- Region
- Kent
- Certified
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Response
- On the working day you ask
- Pricing
- A fixed-price quote up front
- Typical price
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
Where something has to be switched off during the work, we agree it with you first, so you can plan around it. For businesses, we can usually work room by room or zone by zone. 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. We agree a date with you and plan the visit to Chilham so we arrive with what’s needed.
- You tell us about the home and what you want from a heat pump.
- The survey checks heat loss, emitters, hot water and the outdoor unit position.
- We recommend air-to-water or air-to-air and check the grant position.
- Installation follows on the agreed dates.
- The job ends with commissioning, the MCS certificate and a walk through the controls.
Before we arrive
- Keep pets and children away from the work area
- Mention any managing agent or landlord rules we need to follow
- Let us know where the consumer unit is
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from a site survey or, where the job is straightforward, from pictures and measurements. Then you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Owner checks or an engineer?
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.
For air conditioning, cleaning the indoor unit’s filters is the main job owners can do, if the manual says so. With the power off, they lift out, can be vacuumed or rinsed and must be fully dry before they go back. On a heat pump, the equivalent is keeping the outdoor unit clear and checking the controls.
What a heat pump looks like in Chilham
Census 2021 figures found about 71% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Houses usually have space for an outdoor unit and a hot water cylinder. The centre of Chilham lies within a conservation area. Listed buildings are part of the picture here: about 57 within half a mile of the centre, such as Church of St Mary (grade I). That affects heat pumps: listed buildings need consent, and conservation areas limit where the outdoor unit can go under permitted development. Where needed, we check with the local planning authority (typically Ashford council).
Older homes near Church of St Mary may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed. For a home near Chilham station, the survey looks at whether an air-to-water or air-to-air heat pump suits better.
Chilham is about 5 miles south-west of Canterbury, in Kent. Homes and businesses alike in Chilham, our engineers can help with air source heat pumps. You will hear back from us the same working day, and there’s a 24/7 emergency line. Our list for Kent has 922 entries and Chilham is among them. Bromley, roughly 43 miles off, has its own page on this site.
Work in CT4 follows the same survey, fixed-price quote and written records as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include The Street, The Square and Bagham Road, each of them within reach. Places around Chilham that are also on our list: Mountain Street (1 mile south-west), Old Wives Lees (1 mile north), Godmersham (2 miles south), Shottenden (2 miles west) and Perrywood (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Ashford (8 miles south-west), Canterbury (5 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north-west) and Folkestone (14 miles south-east).
What’s near Chilham
Around Chilham, our work takes us to homes and businesses near Woolpack Inn and Broadham Down. Chilham has its own railway station: Chilham station. Well-known places in the area include Kent and Canterbury Hospital (5.3 miles east) and Chilham Castle (less than half a mile west). The countryside around Chilham includes Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
FAQs for Chilham
Will you come out to Chilham?
Yes, and the size of the place makes no difference to how we work. We are based in East Grinstead and plan each visit so the job can be finished in one trip where possible.
Can I get the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant in Chilham?
Chilham is in England, where the Boiler Upgrade Scheme runs. The grant is £7,500 for an air source (air-to-water) heat pump and £2,500 for an air-to-air system that replaces the existing fossil-fuel heating. We hold MCS certification, so the application is ours to make for you.
Which accreditations do you hold?
F-Gas company certification, NICEIC approval for electrical work and MCS certification for heat pumps, plus Checkatrade membership. Engineers who handle refrigerant hold their own F-gas qualifications as well.
Why does F-Gas certification matter?
Companies working on equipment that contains F gas must be certified by an approved body, and each engineer needs the right qualifications too. It means the refrigerant in your system is handled legally.
Do I need new radiators for a heat pump?
It varies from room to room. The survey compares each radiator with the room’s needs and the quote shows what’s needed.
Will you make a mess?
Protection goes down first: sheets over the floor and nearby furniture. Holes and fixings are agreed with you, and we clean up afterwards when we finish.
How long will it take to install a heat pump?
Expect it to take anything from a couple of days for air-to-air to the best part of a week for air-to-water with radiator changes. The cylinder, the radiators and the pipework make the biggest difference and the timing is set out with your quote.
Why deal with it now?
A sudden boiler failure rarely leaves room to plan a heat pump properly. Planning ahead gives time for the heat loss survey, the design and the grant application while the old heating still works. Small faults tend to grow, so it’s worth dealing with them early.
Leaving a fault or an overdue service rarely makes the work cheaper. Small problems, from blocked filters to slow leaks, tend to get worse, and a struggling system uses more electricity to do less. If you are not sure what’s needed, call 07833 053749 or use the quote form for straight advice and a fixed price.
Why people in Chilham choose us
- Checkatrade member
- Every job looked at before it’s priced
- F-Gas company certification
- A reply the same working day
What air source heat pumps cannot fix
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Insulation work, such as loft or cavity wall insulation
- Gas boiler work, such as disconnecting the old boiler, which needs a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Formal advice on VAT for your situation
Not sure which it is? You can ring us on 07833 053749 and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Radiator systems
- Hot water cylinders
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Underfloor heating
What a customer said
“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