Wokingham · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Crowthorne, Wokingham
MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the boiler upgrade scheme grant applied for, in Crowthorne and nearby. Call for a fixed-price quote; we reply the same working day.
- Wanting to stop using oil, LPG or gas for heating
- Working out whether radiators need upsizing
- Deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home
About our air source heat pumps in Crowthorne
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. If you’re dealing with choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air and not knowing whether a grant applies, we can sort it out.
Plenty of older homes in Crowthorne can run on a heat pump, sometimes with larger radiators or more insulation. The heat loss calculation shows what’s needed.
AirCon Doctor is an F-Gas certified company and 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.
- Place
- Crowthorne (RG45, RG40)
- Region
- Wokingham
- Quote
- Fixed, in writing
- Certified
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Typical price
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about air source heat pumps in Crowthorne
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Crowthorne?
Crowthorne is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. Air-to-water and ground source systems attract £7,500. Air-to-air gets £2,500, but only where it takes over from fossil-fuel heating and covers the whole home’s heating demand. As an MCS certified installer, we apply for it on your behalf.
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump in Crowthorne?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. The centre of Crowthorne is in a conservation area. 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 Bracknell Forest council, which is usually the planning authority for Crowthorne.
How much time does a heat pump install need?
It takes from a couple of days to around a week, depending on the system and how much of the heating changes. The cylinder, the radiators and the pipework make the biggest difference, and we confirm the timing with your quote.
Does servicing affect my warranty?
For some brands, yes. Read the manufacturer’s terms, or send us the make and model and we will explain them and stick to the interval they set.
How do you keep the place clean during the work?
Floors and furniture near the work are covered with dust sheets before we start, and we tidy up as we go. Before we leave, we clear up and run through the work with you.
Can landlords and managing agents book you?
Yes. We work for homeowners, landlords, letting and managing agents, and businesses of every size across London and the South East. Tell us who should receive the paperwork.
Can you set up regular servicing?
Yes. We offer maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system and the manufacturer need. Each visit is written up, with F-Gas records where refrigerant work is involved.
What air source heat pumps can’t fix
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Grants for hybrid systems or replacements of low-carbon systems
- 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 phone us on 07833 053749 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Underfloor heating
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Radiator systems
- Hot water cylinders
The process
You do not need to do much on the day. Just let us in and point us to the units, or to where they’ll be fitted, and the rest is down to us. At the end, we tidy up and run through the work with you. Three things shape a visit in Crowthorne: parking, access to the outside of the building and when suits you.
- First we talk through the property and the current system.
- A heat loss survey is carried out, room by room.
- The design covers the heat pump, emitters, hot water and outdoor unit.
- You get a fixed price, with any grant and the VAT set out.
- We install, commission and register the system under MCS.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move furniture away from the wall where we will be working
- Make sure someone can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know where we can park and unload
Getting a quote
Want a quote for air source heat pumps? Please call us on 07833 053749 or write to us at info@aircondoctor.co.uk with a few details about the property. We will explain what we’d recommend and why, then send a fixed-price quote before anything is booked.
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Pricing air source heat pumps in Crowthorne
You will get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- One-off work versus a regular service cycle
- Whether the existing supply is suitable
- Access, including height, roofs and ladders
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’re not sure what’s needed, phone 07833 053749 or drop us a line and we will give you an honest view and a fixed price.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any error code or flashing light on the display
- The fuse board and where it is in the property
- Wide pictures of the room or the existing unit
Quotes don’t take long. Call or email with a few details and we’ll come back to you the same working day. If we need to see the property first, we book a survey at a time that works for you.
Towns and villages near Crowthorne
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What a heat pump looks like in Crowthorne
The 2021 Census found about 73% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Houses usually have space for an outdoor unit and a hot water cylinder.
Sizing comes from the heat each room loses on a cold day, not from the size of the old boiler. Live in one of the older houses around Crowthorne Methodist Church? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status.
Crowthorne is about 3 miles south-west of Bracknell, in Wokingham. Anywhere in RG45, we can help with air source heat pumps. Count every place we list in Wokingham and you reach 35, with Crowthorne on the list. For properties nearby, see our Guildford page (13 miles or so).
Not far from Crowthorne, a recent job of ours was on Princess Way, Camberley (GU15), about 4 miles south-east: installing a Samsung VRF system serving twelve rooms across two floors, including open-plan working areas, individual offices, a server room and a boardroom.
You will find streets such as Church Road East, Church Road West and High Street, and we cover them all. If your postcode is in RG45 and RG40, the property is within reach. Nearby, we also cover air source heat pumps in Owlsmoor (1 mile south-east), Home Farm (1 mile north-east), Wooden Hill (2 miles north-east), Sandhurst (2 miles south) and Hanworth (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Reading (9 miles north-west), Wokingham (3 miles north-west), Woodley (7 miles north-west) and Earley (7 miles north-west).
What’s near Crowthorne
Around Crowthorne, our work takes us to homes and businesses near King Edward VI Aston School, The Prince pub and Edgbarrow Woods. The closest station to Crowthorne is Crowthorne station, about 1 mile south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find The Lexicon (3.7 miles north-east) and Pinewood Hospital (0.9 miles north). Open spaces near Crowthorne include Wildmoor Heath and Heath Lake.
Different systems, different jobs
Air-to-water heat pumps
Air-to-water systems take heat from the air and put it into your central heating and hot water. It replaces the boiler as the main heat source, and is MCS certified when we install it.
Air-to-air heat pumps
An air-to-air system heats rooms directly and can also provide cooling. Hot water needs a separate source, so that has to come from elsewhere.
A customer’s words
“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