West Berkshire · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Easton, West Berkshire
For MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant applied for in Easton, one call is all it takes: diagnosis, fixed price, work and sign-off. F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved and Checkatrade members.
- Working out whether radiators need upsizing
- Questions about listed buildings or conservation areas
- Deciding on the outdoor unit position
How we handle air source heat pumps in Easton
Many air source heat pumps can be installed as permitted development in England, without a planning application. Conditions include a maximum outdoor unit size of 1.5 m³, compliance with MCS 020(a), use for more than cooling alone and a site outside the curtilage of a listed building. We look at the planning position for your home during the survey. If you are dealing with choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air and plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump, we can sort it out.
In a place like Easton, some homes are listed, and permitted development does not cover listed buildings, so consent comes first.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: commissioning details for an installation, a fault and repair note for a repair, or a record of the service. File it with the manual so it’s to hand next time.
- Place
- Easton (RG20)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Accreditations
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Price guide
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about air source heat pumps in Easton
Will you come out to Easton?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Send a few details and pictures, and we reply the same working day.
Do you cover Easton for air source heat pumps?
Yes. Easton is one of the places we cover. Get in touch with the details and we reply the same working day.
Can landlords and managing agents book you?
Yes. We work for homeowners, landlords, letting and managing agents, and businesses of every size in Easton and across West Berkshire. Tell us who should receive the paperwork.
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump?
Under the Planning Portal rules, a heat pump on a house can often be permitted development. Listed buildings are excluded, and listed building consent is separate. We check what applies to you.
Can I do any of the installation myself?
Anything that involves the refrigerant needs an F-Gas qualified engineer from a certified company. That is the law, not just our preference, and it also matters for the manufacturer’s warranty. We are happy to quote for the full job, supply to commissioning.
Does servicing affect my warranty?
Check the manufacturer’s terms. Some manufacturers make regular servicing by a qualified engineer a condition of the warranty, so it’s worth checking. Keep every service record either way.
Whose job is it to check the system for leaks?
The operator of the equipment, working with qualified engineers. Systems below 5 tCO2e fall outside the set leak check intervals, while larger ones need checks at least every 12 months, or every 6 months from 50 tCO2e. We will work out which band applies to yours.
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The process
Wherever the system can be run before we leave, we run it and check it in operation. Then we explain what was done and answer your questions, and anything that needs attention later is pointed out. The visit takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. Work in Easton is booked in advance at a time that suits you.
- Step one is understanding the house, how it’s heated today and what you’d like to change.
- On the visit we calculate what every room loses on a cold day, then check the radiators, room for a cylinder and outdoor unit options.
- The price comes back fixed and in writing, with the grant and VAT shown line by line.
- The outdoor unit, the indoor equipment and the controls are installed and connected.
- The system is commissioned and registered under MCS, and we show you how to use it.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know if the building has a permit or sign-in process
- Arrange for someone to be there to let us in
- Clear access to the fuse board
How to get a quote
Quotes do not take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we reply the same working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits you.
Advice
Rented and managed buildings
The F-gas rules share responsibility for leak checking between the equipment’s operator and the service technicians. In a let or managed building, it’s worth agreeing who that operator is, and we can work for either side.
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.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by air source heat pumps, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- Grants for hybrid systems or replacements of low-carbon systems
- Tax advice on your own circumstances
- Gas boiler work, such as disconnecting the old boiler, which needs a Gas Safe registered engineer
If in doubt, call us on 07833 053749 or write to us at info@aircondoctor.co.uk and we will say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Radiator systems
- Underfloor heating
Homes in Easton and heat pumps
About 38% of homes in Easton and the neighbourhoods around it were built before 1919, according to VOA council tax data, and about 79% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to the last census (2021). 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 usually have space for an outdoor unit and a hot water cylinder. Easton is about 56 miles from central London, well within the area we cover from our base in East Grinstead.
If your home is listed, like Benham Park about 3.1 miles south-east, listed building consent comes before any heat pump work. Older homes near Church of St Gregory may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed.
Easton is about 5 miles north-west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Easton gets the same approach as every job we take on: a look at the job first, a fixed-price quote and written records at the end. Count every place we list in West Berkshire and you reach 155, with Easton on the list. Guildford is in our area too, around 38 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here: RG20. We also cover the places around Easton: Wickham (1 mile west), Weston (2 miles north-west), East Shefford (2 miles north-west), Halfway (2 miles south) and Clapton (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Newbury (5 miles south-east), Thatcham (7 miles south-east), Burghfield Common (15 miles east) and Speenhamland (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Easton
In Easton, that means homes and buildings near The Bell pub. For rail, the closest station is Kintbury station, about 3.5 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Hamstead Marshall 3 (3.2 miles south) and West Berkshire Community Hospital (5.5 miles south-east). Not far away are Sole Common Pond.
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Ask about the grant before you commit
- Keep to regular servicing
- Leave space around the outdoor unit
Where we applied for a Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant, we keep you informed through the process, as the installer applies for it.
A well-insulated home helps a heat pump, as lower heat loss means the system has less to do.
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