Hampshire · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Forton, Hampshire
Air source heat pumps in and around Forton, from a site survey or diagnosis to sign-off and a fixed price agreed before any work starts.
- A boiler that’s getting old
- Plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump
- Questions about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
Do you need air source heat pumps in Forton?
Extensions, renovations and loft conversions are a natural time to rethink the heating. It’s simpler to plan radiators, pipework and a cylinder while the builders are in.
Most people get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Questions about listed buildings or conservation areas
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
Period properties close to St John the Evangelist can suit a heat pump, though insulation and any heritage protection are checked first.
Questions to ask before booking
- Which VAT rate the quote uses, and why
- Whether they hold F-Gas company certification, not just individual qualifications
- The make and model of any parts or equipment being quoted
Air source heat pumps in Forton, done properly
As an MCS certified installer, we fit air source heat pumps for homes in Forton and the rest of Hampshire. Air-to-water systems feed your radiators or underfloor heating and hot water cylinder, while air-to-air systems heat rooms directly through indoor units and can cool them too. We’ll explain which type fits your home and why. If the problem is deciding on the outdoor unit position and working out where a cylinder could go, we can sort it out.
For a house near Forton, space outside is rarely the problem, so heat loss, radiators and the electrics are what we check.
If a fault appears while the equipment is under the manufacturer’s warranty, tell us the make, model and installation date. We will tell you how the manufacturer’s warranty is likely to apply before anything chargeable is done.
- Place
- Forton (PO12, PO13)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Replies
- Answered the same working day
- Quote
- Fixed after a survey or pictures
- Credentials
- NICEIC and F-Gas, MCS
- Typical price
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
Our engineers arrive at the time agreed with you and run through the plan before anything else. Floors and furniture near the work are covered with dust sheets, and anything electrical is made safe before work starts. The work itself takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. Everything the job in Forton needs is worked out beforehand.
- It starts with a conversation about the home, the existing heating and your plans.
- 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.
- We fit the outdoor unit and connect it to the heating, hot water and controls.
- The system is commissioned and registered under MCS, and we show you how to use it.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear access to the fuse board
- Make sure someone can let us in at the agreed time
- Move furniture away from the wall where we will be working
Getting a price
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 get going, phone us on 07833 053749 or fill in the contact form.
Advice
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Leave space around the outdoor unit
- Avoid switching the heat pump on and off often
- Diary the next service
Equipment warranties come from the manufacturer. We go through the conditions with you, including any servicing they ask for.
A well-insulated home helps a heat pump, as lower heat loss means the system has less to do.
System by system
Air-to-air heat pumps
The £2,500 grant for air-to-air applies only when the system replaces the fossil-fuel heating and covers the whole home’s demand. It also has to be fitted by an MCS certified installer, in a home.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme
There’s one grant per property, and you cannot get a grant to replace a low-carbon system. Hybrids are excluded.
What a heat pump looks like in Forton
At about 1 mile from the coast, Forton is close enough for sea air to matter. For a heat pump near the sea, ask about any coastal protection option the manufacturer offers. About 39% of households live in terraced houses, according to the 2021 Census. Shared walls keep a terrace’s heat loss down, while gardens next door make the noise check on the outdoor unit important. 10 conservation areas lie within a mile of central Forton. Railway Station Old Terminal, listed at grade II*, is one of roughly 12 protected buildings and structures in the half-mile around Forton’s centre. That affects heat pumps: listed buildings need consent, and conservation areas limit where the outdoor unit can go under permitted development. Where needed, we check with the local planning authority (typically Gosport council).
A heat loss calculation decides the size of heat pump your home needs.
Forton is about 1 mile south-east of Gosport, in Hampshire. Our engineers cover Forton for air source heat pumps and across the rest of Hampshire. Count every place we list in Hampshire and you reach 683, with Forton on the list. Worthing, roughly 32 miles off, has its own page on this site.
Our engineers work on Lee Road, Ford Road and Lees Lane and the roads around them. If your postcode is in PO12 and PO13, you are inside the area we cover. If you’re just outside Forton, we cover Gosport (1 mile north-west), Priddy's Hard (1 mile north-east), Elson (1 mile north), Bridgemary (2 miles north-west) and Rowner (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Havant (8 miles north-east), Eastleigh (15 miles north-west), Fareham (4 miles north-west) and Horndean (9 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Forton
Typical jobs here are in properties near The Trafalgar pub, Brune Park Community School and St Vincent College. The closest station to Forton is Portsmouth Harbour station, roughly 1.5 miles east. Nearby you will also find Portchester Castle (2.8 miles north-east) and Gosport War Memorial Hospital (0.6 miles south-west). The countryside around Forton includes West of the River Alver and Portsdown Hill.
Places near Forton
Also in Forton
Forton: your questions answered
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Forton?
Forton is in England, where the Boiler Upgrade Scheme runs. 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. As an MCS certified installer, we apply for it on your behalf.
Do you cover smaller places like Forton?
We do. Villages and hamlets get the same service as the bigger towns. Send a few details and pictures, and we reply the same working day.
What does an air-to-water heat pump cost?
For air-to-water, it’s £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes) before any Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant. Air-to-air systems are priced after a survey, with the VAT confirmed on your quote.
Which manufacturers do you install and repair?
Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi and others. For new systems, we recommend a brand and model to suit the job and tell you why.
Do you work on systems someone else installed?
Yes. We work on systems fitted by other installers as well as our own, on all the main brands. Tell us the make and model and send any paperwork you have.
How quickly will you reply?
We reply to enquiries the same working day. If it’s an emergency, ring the 24/7 line instead.
Will you make a mess?
We start with protection: dust sheets over floors and anything close to the work. Holes and fixings are agreed with you, and we clean up afterwards before we leave.
What a customer said
“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