Kent · Heat pump installation
Cliftonville air source heat pumps
Air source heat pumps in Cliftonville from an F-Gas certified company, with the manufacturer’s warranty terms explained on your quote. Enquiries answered the same working day.
- Questions about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
- A boiler that is getting old
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Cliftonville
Every installation starts with a heat loss survey. That tells us how much heat the home needs, room by room so the system is sized to match. Sizing by rule of thumb is not good enough. Common call-outs are for a boiler that’s getting old and working out where a cylinder could go, on air-to-air heat pumps, homes heated by oil, LPG or gas and underfloor heating.
Whether a home near Cliftonville has mains gas makes a difference to the grant. Homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas can get an extra £1,500 on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme until March 2027, for an air source or ground source heat pump.
Warranty periods vary by brand and by product. For example, Daikin’s standard warranty on split air conditioning is 2 years, and its longer extensions apply to its air-to-water units only. For any other brand, we explain the manufacturer’s terms on your quote.
- Location
- Cliftonville (CT9)
- Region
- Kent
- Certified
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Typical price
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Price
- Fixed, in writing
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Cliftonville
The extra £1,500 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas is available until March 2027. If that applies to you, it’s worth asking about sooner rather than later. For a place like Cliftonville, booking ahead lets us plan the visit properly.
Typical ranges are on our prices page, but your price depends on the job in front of us. Call for a fixed-price quote, and we will talk you through it.
What you get with us
- A reply the same working day
- Fixed-price quotes after a survey or pictures
- MCS certification for heat pump work
- Warranty terms set out brand by brand
Take a look at how installs are priced and our accreditations.
What happens on the day
We book the visit for a day and time that suit you, and we keep you posted if anything changes. On arrival, the engineer compares the job with the survey, your photos or the details you gave us. If something is different, we talk it through with you before carrying on. From there, 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. Around Cliftonville, access is usually simple, though gates and garden access are worth mentioning.
- You tell us about the home and what you want from a heat pump.
- We survey for heat loss and look at radiators, cylinder space and outdoor unit options.
- We recommend air-to-water or air-to-air and check the grant position.
- The system is installed and connected to the controls.
- After commissioning, you get the MCS certificate and a handover.
Getting ready for the visit
- Unlock any gate, garage or side passage we need
- Arrange for someone to be there to let us in
- Keep pets and children away from the work area
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either on a site survey or, for simple jobs, from your photos and details. Then you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Related advice
Homes in Cliftonville and heat pumps
Cliftonville is within about 1 mile of the coast. Near the coast, we choose the outdoor unit position with salt-laden wind in mind. VOA council tax data put about 58% of homes across Cliftonville and its surrounding area before 1919, and about 54% of households live in flats, according to the 2021 Census. Older homes can lose heat faster, so a room-by-room heat loss calculation, and sometimes insulation or larger radiators, comes before sizing a heat pump. A flat may have no room for a hot water cylinder, and the freeholder normally has a say on the outdoor unit, which can tip the choice towards air-to-air. Cliftonville’s centre is no more than about a third of a mile from the Norfolk Road, Warwick Road and Surrey Road Conservation Area. Draw a one-mile circle round the middle of Cliftonville and it takes in 8 conservation areas. Grapevine Cottage, listed at grade II, is one of roughly 6 protected buildings and structures in the half-mile around Cliftonville’s centre. 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 planning team at Thanet council, which usually handles Cliftonville.
If your home is one of the older properties near Church of St Paul, the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen. With Quex Park about 3.9 miles west, it’s worth asking whether your own home is listed before planning a heat pump.
Cliftonville is about 1 mile north-east of Margate, in Kent. Wherever you are in the CT9 postcode area, our engineers can take on air source heat pumps. Count every place we list in Kent and you reach 922, with Cliftonville on the list. The nearest of our city pages is Bromley, around 60 miles from Cliftonville.
Gap Road, Sweyn Road and Holly Lane and the roads off them are all inside our area. Our working area takes in CT9, every street of it. If you’re just outside Cliftonville, we cover Palm Bay (1 mile north-east), Northdown (1 mile east), Kingsgate (2 miles east), St Peter's (2 miles south) and Broadstairs (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Ramsgate (3 miles south), Deal (12 miles south), Herne Bay (12 miles west) and Walmer (13 miles south).
Landmarks near Cliftonville
Typical jobs here are in properties near Hartsdown Academy and Clifton Arms Public House, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Margate station, about 1.4 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Public Library & Museum (Camborne) (0.7 miles west) and Westwood Cross (2.1 miles south).
Places near Cliftonville
Also in Cliftonville
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly:
- Check what your manufacturer’s warranty asks of you
- Keep up with insulation and draught-proofing
- Leave indoor units unobstructed
If anything does not seem right after installation, call 07833 053749 or email us and we’ll talk it through. A yearly service is a good habit.
Keep radiators and indoor units unobstructed, as the system relies on them giving out heat.
How the job changes from property to property
Heat loss surveys
The survey works out the heat needed room by room. Everything else is sized from it.
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 in limited cases. The installer applies.
Cliftonville questions
Will you come out to Cliftonville?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Send a few details and photos, and we reply the same working day.
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Cliftonville?
Cliftonville is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. It gives £7,500 towards an air-to-water or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 towards an air-to-air heat pump that replaces the fossil-fuel heating and meets the whole home’s heating need. You do not apply yourself: the MCS certified installer does, which is us.
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 circuit is notifiable under Part P unless a registered electrician, such as a NICEIC approved contractor, does it.
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump?
That depends on your home and the unit’s position. Flats have tighter limits, conservation areas add conditions, and Article 4 directions can remove rights, so we check during the survey.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job for simple work, while bigger systems and repairs that need testing get a visit.
How much does an air source heat pump cost?
Air-to-water work is in the £8,000–£16,000 range (0% VAT on homes), with any grant still to come off. The heat pump size, radiator changes and the cylinder decide where in that range you are. Air-to-air is priced after a survey.
Why does F-Gas certification matter?
F-Gas certification shows a company is approved to work on equipment containing fluorinated gases, such as the refrigerant in air conditioning and heat pumps. That is not optional: it’s required by law, and AirCon Doctor is certified.
From one of our customers
“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