Wokingham · Heat pump installation
Air Source Heat Pumps in Earley
Air source heat pumps across Earley and nearby, from a site survey or diagnosis to sign-off with the price fixed before work begins.
- Checking whether planning permission is needed
- An oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life
- Plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump
Owner checks or an engineer?
Write down what you notice: error codes, noises, drips, smells or a drop in performance. It helps us diagnose quickly, and a photo or a short video of the display is even better.
Owners can handle the everyday basics: keeping the outdoor unit clear, checking the mode and set temperature, and the routine cleaning in the manual. Anything inside the units, the electrics and the refrigerant is engineer’s work.
Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Earley
A £2,500 grant is available for some air-to-air heat pumps, with conditions. It has to replace the fossil-fuel heating, cover the whole heating demand, be fitted by an MCS certified installer and be in a home; adding it alongside a boiler doesn’t qualify. If you’re dealing with deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home and questions about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, we can help.
Houses in Earley normally have room for an outdoor unit at the side or rear, and the position has to pass the MCS planning standard’s noise check to count as permitted development.
Some warranty terms depend on the system being serviced regularly by a qualified engineer. If that applies to your system, booking the service on time keeps the record straight and each visit is recorded.
- Where
- Earley (RG6, RG2, RG1)
- Region
- Wokingham
- Price
- Fixed, in writing
- Approvals
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Response
- Answered the same working day
- Guide price
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
Simple habits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Leave space around the outdoor unit
- Keep to regular servicing
- Keep up with insulation and draught-proofing
If anything doesn’t seem right after installation, ring 07833 053749 or email us and we’ll look into it. A yearly service is a good habit.
Have the system serviced regularly. Your manufacturer’s warranty terms may say something about servicing.
System by system
VAT on heat pumps
This is general information, not tax advice.
Radiators and underfloor heating
Underfloor heating suits a heat pump’s lower flow temperature and we look at it during the survey.
Common questions in Earley
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Earley?
Yes, the scheme covers homes in England, including Earley, if they qualify. The amount depends on the type of heat pump, and the survey confirms which applies. We hold MCS certification, so the application is ours to make for you.
Do you cover Earley for air source heat pumps?
Yes, Earley is within the area we cover. Get in touch with the details and we reply the same working day.
Do you offer emergency call-outs?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for breakdowns that can’t wait. Ring 07833 053749 any time and explain the problem.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we will propose a schedule and quote for it. Leak checks required by the F-gas rules can be built in for larger systems.
Is a heat pump permitted development?
Often not in England, as many heat pumps on houses are permitted development, if the conditions are met. These include an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 m³, compliance with MCS 020(a), not being used solely for cooling and not being within the curtilage of a listed building.
Why use an F-Gas certified company?
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 isn’t optional: it’s required by law, and AirCon Doctor is certified.
What does an air-to-water heat pump cost?
£8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes) for air-to-water, before the grant. Your price depends on the survey, the emitters and the hot water, and you get a fixed-price quote.
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What happens on the day
Our engineers arrive at the time agreed with you and check the plan with you first. Dust sheets go down over floors and anything close to the work, and anything electrical is made safe before work starts. The work itself takes from a couple of days to around a week, depending on the system and how much of the heating changes. Send us a few phone pictures and we can plan most of the visit to Earley.
- Step one is understanding the house, how it’s heated today and what you’d like to change.
- We survey the home room by room for heat loss, and check the emitters, hot water and outdoor unit position.
- We send a fixed-price quote that shows the equipment, the grant position and the VAT.
- The outdoor unit, the indoor equipment and the controls are installed and connected.
- Commissioning, MCS certification and a handover of the controls finish the job.
Before we arrive
- Clear the space around the indoor unit, or where it will go
- Unlock any gate, garage or side passage we need
- Mention any roof access, ladders or high-level work
How to get a quote
Our prices page gives typical ranges, but your quote is based on your job, because no two buildings, rooms or systems are the same. Once we have looked at the job, from photos or on a survey, you get a fixed price. To start, phone us on 07833 053749 or fill in the contact form.
Related advice
Heat pumps in Earley: local notes
Earley’s centre falls inside a designated conservation area. Historic England lists about 3 buildings and structures within half a mile of the centre of Earley, including Radstock Cottage (grade II). So the heat pump survey asks two extra questions here: is the home listed, and is it inside a conservation area? The 2021 Census found about 87% 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.
Live in one of the older houses around Trinity Church? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status. If your home is near Earley station and heated by a gas boiler, an air-to-water heat pump can replace it where the survey shows it suits.
Earley is about 2 miles south-east of Reading, in Wokingham. Earley gets the same approach as every job we take on: diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we have finished. In Wokingham alone we list 35 places, and Earley is one. Guildford, roughly 20 miles off, has its own page on this site.
The closest recent job we can point to from Earley was on Princess Way, Camberley (GU15), about 11 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.
Whether you’re on Elm Road, Elm Lane and Mays Lane or a nearby road, our engineers can take on the work. Postcode districts we cover here: RG6, RG2 and RG1. Close to Earley, our area also takes in Lower Earley (1 mile south-east), Whitley (1 mile west), Newtown (2 miles north-west), Whitley Wood (2 miles south-west) and Shinfield (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Wokingham (4 miles south-east), Crowthorne (7 miles south-east), Woosehill (4 miles south-east) and Emmbrook (3 miles east).
What’s near Earley
Locally, jobs take us to houses, flats and workplaces close to Maiden Erlegh Local Nature Reserve, Leighton Park School and The Three Tuns pub, among other places. Nearby too are University of Reading library (0.7 miles north-west) and Maiden Erlegh School (0.5 miles north-east). The closest station to Earley is Earley station, about 0.9 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Royal Berkshire Hospital (1.7 miles north-west) and Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum (1.7 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s South Lake and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
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