West Berkshire · Heat pump installation
Colthrop air source heat pumps
Air source heat pumps for Colthrop, from F-Gas certified engineers, with warranty terms explained brand by brand. Enquiries answered the same working day.
- Deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
- Not knowing whether a grant applies
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by air source heat pumps, and we will tell you before we start. It won’t put right:
- Gas boiler work, such as disconnecting the old boiler, which needs a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Promising eligibility for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
- Formal advice on VAT for your situation
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 07833 053749 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Underfloor heating
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Hot water cylinders
- Radiator systems
- Air-to-water heat pumps
About our air source heat pumps in Colthrop
Air-to-water heat pumps heat your hot water through a cylinder. If you have a combi boiler and no cylinder, the survey looks at where one could go. With air-to-air, hot water has to come from something else. If you are dealing with checking emitters for a heat pump and no space for a hot water cylinder, we can sort it out.
Space for an outdoor unit is rarely an issue near Colthrop, so the design focuses on heat loss and radiators.
Looking after a system is mostly common sense: keep the outdoor unit clear, follow the manufacturer’s guidance on cleaning and book a service at the interval they recommend. That also helps where the warranty terms ask for regular servicing.
- Place
- Colthrop (RG19, RG18)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Approvals
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Costs
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Pricing
- Fixed-price quote after a site survey
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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Colthrop questions
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Colthrop?
Colthrop is in England, where the Boiler Upgrade Scheme runs. Whether your home qualifies, and for how much, depends on the type of heat pump and the heating it replaces. As an MCS certified installer, we apply for it on your behalf.
Will a heat pump in Colthrop need planning permission?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. The half-mile around the middle of Colthrop holds about 4 listed buildings and structures. 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 don’t 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 the local planning authority (for Colthrop, usually West Berkshire council).
How long will it take to install a heat pump?
As a guide, it 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. The programme is planned to keep time without heating short and agreed before work begins.
Is Colthrop in your area?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Colthrop.
Can I do any of the installation myself?
The refrigerant side has to be done by a qualified engineer working for an F-Gas certified company. That’s the law, not just our preference, and it also matters for the manufacturer’s warranty. We can quote for the whole job, from supply to commissioning.
Can you look at a system you didn’t fit?
Yes. We look at it first and tell you what we find, including any issues with how it was fitted. Any work is priced before it goes ahead.
Do I need new radiators for a heat pump?
Some radiators may be fine as they are, and some may need to be larger. At the lower temperatures a heat pump uses, radiators need more surface, and the survey checks each one.
When to call us in Colthrop
For homes with no mains gas, heated by oil or LPG, a heat pump is well worth considering. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme includes an extra £1,500, until March 2027, for air source or ground source heat pumps in homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas, subject to the scheme rules.
If any of these sounds familiar, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Wanting to stop using oil, LPG or gas for heating
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
- Comparing heat pump types
Shaw House, roughly 3.5 miles west, is a reminder to check your home’s listing status: permitted development doesn’t cover listed buildings.
What your quote should include
- What records you get at the end
- What’s in the price and what isn’t
- Whether the company is F-Gas certified, and whether you can check it
Heat pumps in Colthrop: local notes
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.
For a home near Thatcham station, the survey looks at whether an air-to-water or air-to-air heat pump suits better.
Colthrop is about 1 mile east of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Whatever kind of property you have in Colthrop, our engineers can help with air source heat pumps. You’ll hear back from us the same working day, and there’s a 24/7 emergency line. We cover 155 places across West Berkshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. Guildford, roughly 31 miles off, has its own page on this site.
You’ll find streets such as Bath Road, Ashman Road and Fokerham Road, and we cover them all. Every address in RG19 and RG18 is covered, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Close to Colthrop, our area also takes in Crookham (2 miles south-east), Hyde End (2 miles south-east), Heads Hill (2 miles south-west), Mill Green (2 miles south) and Goose Hill (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Newbury (4 miles west), Burghfield Common (8 miles east), Speenhamland (4 miles west) and Hungerford (12 miles west).
Near you in Colthrop
Locally, jobs take us to houses, flats and workplaces close to The Swan pub and Kennet School. The nearest railway station is Thatcham station, about 0.5 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find Old Chapel Textile Centre (2.6 miles south-west) and Donnington Castle (4.6 miles west). The countryside around Colthrop includes Thatcham Reed Beds.
Let and managed properties
From a single flat to a whole estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, access agreed with the people on site and paperwork at the end.
Landlords, letting agents and managing agents book us, not only the people who live or work in the property. Let us know who will give us access and who the records should go to and we will copy in whoever needs it.
What we do, step by step
Protection comes first: dust sheets over floors and furniture near the work, and we ask before moving anything. Then the electrics are made safe and the work begins. It 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, and we tidy up before we leave. Pictures of the space and where the outdoor unit could go let us plan the work in Colthrop.
- First, a chat about the property and your goals for the heating.
- A survey covers heat loss, radiators, hot water and where the outdoor unit could sit.
- 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.
- After commissioning, you get the MCS certificate and a handover.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know if the units are on a roof, a high wall or in a locked area
- Plan for pets to be kept clear during the visit
Ask for a quote
Quotes don’t take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we reply the same working day. If we need to see the property first, we book a survey at a time that works for you.
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A customer’s words
“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