Kent · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Cranbrook Common, Kent
Air source heat pumps in and around Cranbrook Common, from the first look to the final check and a fixed price agreed before work begins.
- Deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home
- Working out whether radiators need upsizing
- Checking whether planning permission is needed
Safe owner checks
Owners can handle the everyday basics: keep the outdoor unit clear of leaves, plants and clutter, check the settings and the remote, and follow the cleaning the manual describes. Opening up the units, the electrics and the refrigerant circuit are a job for us.
For air conditioning, cleaning the indoor unit’s filters is the main job owners can do where the manufacturer’s manual explains how. They come out, get a gentle clean and go back only when they’re dry. For a heat pump, the main owner jobs are a clear outdoor unit and sensible control settings.
How we handle air source heat pumps in Cranbrook Common
We begin with a room-by-room heat loss survey. It shows how much heat each room needs on a cold day, so the heat pump and the radiators or indoor units can be sized properly. Guesswork leads to systems that are too big or too small. The work covers underfloor heating, homes heated by oil, LPG or gas and hot water cylinders, and people most often call us about moving away from fossil-fuel heating and replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump.
For a home around Cranbrook Common that’s off mains gas and heated by oil or LPG, an extra £1,500 is available through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme until March 2027.
Aftercare is simple, and most of it is in the manual: keep the outdoor unit clear, follow the manufacturer’s guidance on cleaning and book a service at the interval they recommend. It also keeps you on the right side of any warranty terms that ask for servicing.
- Location
- Cranbrook Common (TN17)
- Region
- Kent
- Replies
- Same working day
- Guide price
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Certified
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Cranbrook Common
Replacing a boiler in a hurry when it breaks leaves little time to consider a heat pump. Planning ahead gives time for the heat loss survey, the design and the grant application before you need the heat. Small faults tend to grow, so it’s worth dealing with them early.
No two properties are the same, so each one gets its own fixed-price quote. The equipment, how we reach it, the route between units and the work needed all make a difference.
Why people in Cranbrook Common choose us
- A 24/7 emergency line
- Enquiries answered the same working day
- Every job looked at before it’s priced
- An F-Gas certified company, as the law requires
Cranbrook Common: your questions answered
Will a heat pump in Cranbrook Common need planning permission?
It comes down to the building and the spot chosen for the outdoor unit. A conservation area takes in the middle of Cranbrook Common. The permitted development rules for heat pumps leave out listed buildings and stop outdoor units going on road-facing walls or roofs in conservation areas. Anything outside the rules needs an application, and we raise it with the planning department at Tunbridge Wells council, usually the authority for Cranbrook Common first.
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Cranbrook Common?
Yes, if the home and the heat pump meet the scheme’s rules: Cranbrook Common is in England, where it applies. 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. The installer applies, and we’re MCS certified.
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 you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we’ll suggest a schedule with a fixed price. That can include the leak checks the F-gas rules require for larger systems.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is looked at first, either on a site survey or from photos and details for simple jobs. A fixed-price quote follows.
Do I get paperwork after the visit?
Yes. You get a written record of every visit, and any work on the refrigerant circuit goes in the F-Gas records. File them with the system’s paperwork.
What does F-Gas certified mean?
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.
How it works
You do not need to do much on the day. Someone needs to let us in and show us the units, or where they’re going, and we take it from there. At the end, we tidy up and run through the work with you. Rural lanes and tight entrances are worth mentioning before a visit to Cranbrook Common.
- It begins with your house and the heating it relies on now.
- We measure heat loss for every room.
- We design the system, check the radiators and cylinder and look at the outdoor unit position.
- Cost, grant and VAT appear on one fixed-price quote.
- Then it’s fitted, commissioned and registered with MCS.
Before we arrive
- Let us know where we can park and unload
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, high walls or locked plant areas
- Clear a path to the units and the space around them
Getting a quote
Every quote starts with a look at the job, either on a site survey or, for simple jobs, from your photos and details. Then you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Advice
Let and managed properties
Under the GB F-gas rules, responsibility for leak checks is shared between whoever operates the equipment and the engineers who work on it. In a let or managed building, it’s worth agreeing who that operator is, and we can work for either side.
Running several properties is easier with one contractor. Our area covers Greater London and the South East, so work at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Nearby places to Cranbrook Common
What else we do in Cranbrook Common
Air source heat pumps around Cranbrook Common
Valuation Office Agency council tax records put about 35% of homes in Cranbrook Common and the neighbourhoods around it before 1919, and about 71% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, 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. Houses normally have space for an outdoor unit and a hot water cylinder.
Older homes near Church of the Holy Trinity may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed. A heat loss calculation decides the size of heat pump your home needs.
Cranbrook Common is about 10 miles south of Maidstone, in Kent. For air source heat pumps in and around Cranbrook Common, it’s easy to get a fixed-price quote: please ring 07833 053749 or send an email. Our area covers London and the South East, Cranbrook Common included. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Cranbrook Common is one of them. The nearest of our city pages is East Grinstead, around 25 miles from Cranbrook Common.
Our nearest recent job to Cranbrook Common was on Mermaid Street, Rye (TN31), about 14 miles south-east: installing three Fujitsu wall-mounted units in guest bedrooms, with the outdoor units positioned in the hotel’s walled rear garden.
If your postcode is in TN17, we can take the job on. Close to Cranbrook Common, our area also takes in Sissinghurst (1 mile south), Wilsley Pound (1 mile south-west), Knox Bridge (1 mile north), Wilsley Green (2 miles south-west) and Frittenden (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (10 miles north), Ashford (13 miles east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles west) and Tonbridge (13 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Cranbrook Common
Typical jobs here are in properties near The Bull Public House and the streets around them. Cranbrook Common’s nearest station is Staplehurst station, about 3.5 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Sissinghurst Castle (1 mile east) and Sissinghurst Castle (1 mile east).
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