Surrey · Heat pump installation
Air Source Heat Pumps in Forest Green
Air source heat pumps in Forest Green from an F-Gas certified company, with warranty terms explained brand by brand. We reply to enquiries the same working day.
- Deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home
- Plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump
- Checking whether planning permission is needed
How it works
Each visit runs to the same pattern: check the plan with you, protect the area, carry out the job, test what we have done and talk you through it. The visit itself takes a few days on site, depending on the cylinder, the radiators and the pipework involved. Seeing the property in photos first means the trip to Forest Green can be planned properly.
- We start with your plans and the property.
- We survey for heat loss and look at radiators, cylinder space and outdoor unit options.
- We explain which type of heat pump suits the home and whether a grant could apply.
- The system is installed and connected to the controls.
- After commissioning, you get the MCS certificate and a handover.
Getting ready for the visit
- Dig out any previous service or F-Gas records
- Arrange for someone to be there to let us in
- Clear access to the fuse board
How to get a quote
Getting a quote is straightforward. Call or email with a few details and we will 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.
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How we handle air source heat pumps in Forest Green
A £2,500 grant is available for some air-to-air heat pumps, with conditions. The system must replace the existing fossil-fuel heating and meet the home’s full heating demand, it must be installed by an MCS certified installer, and it must be in a home; adding it alongside a boiler does not qualify. The work covers air-to-water heat pumps, air-to-air heat pumps and hot water cylinders, and the jobs we see most are finding a place for the outdoor unit and plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump.
Older and listed homes in villages like Forest Green need extra care, because permitted development does not apply within the grounds of a listed building, so we check consent first.
The records are your system’s health record: a dated account of the work and the readings we took. If anything goes wrong later, it helps the next engineer and the manufacturer, so keep it safe.
- Place
- Forest Green (RH5)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Pricing
- A fixed price before work begins
- Response
- We reply the same working day
- Prices
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Approvals
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
A sudden boiler failure rarely leaves room to plan a heat pump properly. Surveying and designing in advance means the system is sized right and any grant is applied for before you need the heat. A system that’s left with a fault, or without a service, usually costs more to run.
Several rooms, units or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why people in Forest Green choose us
- One number for homes and businesses across London and the South East
- Clear warranty information from the manufacturer
- Emergency calls taken 24/7
- A reply the same working day
Take a look at our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after it is simple, and it helps at the next service:
- Store the MCS certificate and warranty documents together
- Check what your manufacturer’s warranty asks of you
- Let the heat pump run steadily, as set up at handover
We show you how to use the controls and explain how a heat pump works differently from a boiler. Heat pumps tend to work best running steadily rather than in short bursts so we set the controls up with you.
Leave space around the outdoor unit. Airflow is what it runs on, so keep it clear all year.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Forest Green
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’re happy to deal with whoever it is.
If you look after several properties, we can quote and plan the work across all of them. Every address has its own paperwork, so each one has its own history.
Questions from Forest Green
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Forest Green?
Forest Green 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. You don’t apply yourself: the MCS certified installer does, which is us.
Is planning permission needed for a heat pump in Forest Green?
It depends on the property. Central Forest Green sits inside the Forest Green Conservation Area. 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 Mole Valley council, typically the authority for Forest Green first.
Will my radiators work with a heat pump?
That depends on the room’s heat loss and the radiator’s size. The survey compares each radiator with the room’s needs and the quote shows what’s needed.
Are you F-Gas certified?
As the law requires for refrigerant work, we are an F-Gas certified company. NICEIC approval, MCS certification for heat pumps and Checkatrade membership sit alongside it.
Will you work on another installer’s system?
Yes. We work on systems fitted by other installers as well as our own, on all the main brands. Send us the make and model, and any records you have.
Is Forest Green in your area?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Forest Green included.
How much time does a heat pump install need?
The work takes several days for an air-to-water system with a new cylinder, less for an air-to-air system. The survey lets us set a firm programme, and you can phone us on 07833 053749 or send an email to book it.
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Heat pumps in Forest Green: local notes
About 40% of homes in Forest Green and the neighbourhoods around it were built before 1919, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax records, and Census 2021 figures found about 76% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. 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. Detached and semi-detached houses usually have room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder.
Live in one of the older houses around Holy Trinity? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status. Every heat pump design starts with a room-by-room heat loss calculation.
Forest Green is about 6 miles south-west of Dorking, in Surrey. For air source heat pumps in and around Forest Green, please phone 07833 053749 or fill in the contact form for a fixed-price quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Forest Green. Forest Green is one of 395 towns, villages and districts in Surrey we cover. Horsham, roughly 7 miles off, has its own page on this site.
Our nearest recent job to Forest Green was on High Street, Cranleigh (GU6), about 4 miles west: installing two Daikin wall-mounted units in the main working hall and a third unit in the meeting room.
Our engineers cover all of the RH5 postcode area for air source heat pumps and the roads nearby. We cover homes and businesses on Horsham Road and Ockley Road and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Ockley (2 miles south-east), Abinger Bottom (2 miles north), Coldharbour (2 miles north-east), Friday Street (3 miles north) and Abinger Common (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Guildford (10 miles north-west), Woking (13 miles north-west), Epsom (13 miles north-east) and Horley (10 miles east).
Around Forest Green
Locally, jobs take us to houses, flats and workplaces close to The Parrot pub and Wallis Wood. The nearest railway station is Ockley station, about 2.6 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Abinger Castle (2.9 miles north) and Mesolithic Museum (2.9 miles north). For a walk, there’s Leith Hill and Vann Lake.
What a customer said
“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