West Sussex · Heat pump installation
Ditchling Common air source heat pumps
Expert air source heat pumps for Ditchling Common: a survey or diagnosis, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed-price quote.
- Not knowing whether a grant applies
- Checking whether planning permission is needed
- Deciding on the outdoor unit position
Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Ditchling Common
Hot water from an air-to-water system is stored in 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. The work covers radiator systems, air-to-air heat pumps and underfloor heating, and the jobs we see most are comparing heat pump types and checking emitters for a heat pump.
Space for an outdoor unit is rarely an issue near Ditchling Common, so the design focuses on heat loss and radiators.
We are an F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved for electrical work, MCS certified for heat pumps and a Checkatrade member. Our engineers hold the F-gas qualifications needed to work on refrigerant.
- Location
- Ditchling Common (BN6)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Pricing
- Fixed, in writing
- Prices
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Approvals
- NICEIC and F-Gas, MCS
- Enquiries
- On the working day you ask
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Do you need air source heat pumps in Ditchling Common?
Many people look at heat pumps when an oil, LPG or gas boiler is getting old. Planning the change before the boiler fails gives you time to survey, design and apply for any grant, rather than rushing a replacement in winter.
What we’re most often called about:
- Checking whether planning permission is needed
- Wanting to stop using oil, LPG or gas for heating
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
A heat loss calculation decides the size of heat pump your home needs.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they hold F-Gas company certification, not just individual qualifications
- Whether the electrical work is done by a registered contractor, such as NICEIC approved
- Whether the quote shows VAT clearly
Rented and managed buildings
Records are where property maintenance often slips. Each visit produces a dated record, with F-Gas records wherever refrigerant work is involved, so you can show what was done and when.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease or tenancy agreement normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the paperwork can go to both.
What happens on the day
Protection comes first: sheets over the floor and any furniture nearby, and we ask before moving anything. After that, anything electrical is made safe and we start. It takes a few days on site, depending on the cylinder, the radiators and the pipework involved, and we tidy up before we leave. For a place like Ditchling Common, the timing is set with you and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We start with your plans and the property.
- We survey for heat loss and look at radiators, cylinder space and outdoor unit options.
- You get our view on the right type for the house, and on whether the Boiler Upgrade Scheme applies.
- Installation follows on the agreed dates.
- The job ends with commissioning, the MCS certificate and a walk through the controls.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any managing agent or landlord rules we need to follow
- Keep pets and children away from the work area
Getting a price
Quotes do not 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.
Advice
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What you can do yourself, and what needs us
Don’t move, re-route or disconnect units or pipework yourself. Disconnecting a system means dealing with refrigerant, which only a qualified engineer can do, and the electrics need care too. Ask us to quote for a move instead.
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.
What a heat pump looks like in Ditchling Common
Listed buildings are part of the picture here: about 4 within half a mile of the centre, such as Middleton Common Farmhouse (grade II). For a heat pump, permitted development does not apply within the grounds of a listed building, and in a conservation area the outdoor unit cannot go on a wall or roof facing a road, so we check with the local planning authority (normally Lewes council) where necessary. The last census (2021) found about 76% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these.
Historic houses such as Ockenden Manor, about 4.7 miles north-west, are a reminder that listed homes need consent before a heat pump goes in.
Ditchling Common is about 2 miles south-east of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. If you need air source heat pumps in Ditchling Common, it’s easy to get a fixed-price quote: please ring us on 07833 053749. Our area covers London and the South East, Ditchling Common included. Ditchling Common is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover.
The closest recent job we can point to from Ditchling Common was on Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill (RH15), about 2 miles north-west: installing a Samsung wall-mounted split system in the treatment area and a second smaller unit in the nail bar section.
All of BN6 is covered, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Close by, we work in Wivelsfield (1 mile north), Wivelsfield Green (2 miles north-east), Plumpton Green (2 miles south-east), Streat (2 miles south) and East Chiltington (3 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Crawley (12 miles north), Horsham (13 miles north-west), Haywards Heath (4 miles north) and East Grinstead (13 miles north).
What’s near Ditchling Common
In Ditchling Common, that means homes and buildings near The Burgess Hill Academy and Burgess Hill Girls. For rail, the closest station is Burgess Hill station, about 1.6 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Clayton Castle (3.4 miles south-west) and Burgess Hill Museum (1.7 miles north-west). Open spaces near Ditchling Common include Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve and Ditchling Beacon.
Your questions about air source heat pumps in Ditchling Common
Will you come out to Ditchling Common?
Yes, and the size of the place makes no difference to how we work. Visits to smaller places are planned so the engineer arrives with what the job needs.
Can I get the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant in Ditchling Common?
Ditchling Common is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. For an air-to-water heat pump the amount is £7,500; an air-to-air system can get £2,500 if it replaces the fossil-fuel heating outright, meets the home’s full heating demand and is not an add-on to a boiler. You do not apply yourself: the MCS certified installer does, which is us.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always look before we price, either on a site survey or from pictures and details for simple jobs. A fixed-price quote follows.
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump?
In England, many air source heat pumps on houses can be permitted development, if the conditions are met. The outdoor unit must be 1.5 m³ or less, comply with MCS 020(a), not be cooling-only and not be within a listed building’s curtilage.
How quickly will you reply?
The same working day. Then we agree a date that works for you, with a fixed price before work starts.
Who has to arrange F-Gas leak checks?
The operator of the equipment, working with qualified engineers. Larger systems need regular checks: at least every 12 months from 5 tCO2e and every 6 months from 50 tCO2e. We can tell you which band your system falls into.
Do I need new radiators for a heat pump?
It depends on each radiator and the room it heats. At the lower temperatures a heat pump uses, radiators need more surface, and the survey checks each one.
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