Oxfordshire · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Foscot, Oxfordshire
Heat pump installation, in Foscot and nearby. Call for a fixed-price quote, and we’ll reply the same working day.
- Not knowing whether a grant applies
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
- Working out where a cylinder could go
After we have gone
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep the MCS certificate with the manufacturer’s paperwork
- Don’t block radiators or indoor units with furniture
- Ask about the grant before you commit
After commissioning, the installation is registered under MCS and you receive the certificate. File it with the warranty documents, as you may need it later.
A well-insulated home helps a heat pump because it reduces the heat the system needs to supply.
About our air source heat pumps in Foscot
Until 31 March 2027, a heat pump installed in residential accommodation carries 0% VAT, with 5% from 1 April 2027. This is HMRC’s energy-saving materials relief, which applies to homes rather than businesses. For air-to-air systems, we confirm the VAT on your quote. Please treat this as general information rather than tax advice. If the problem is working out whether radiators need upsizing and no space for a hot water cylinder, we can sort it out.
If your home in or near Foscot is heated by oil, LPG or electric heaters with no mains gas, an extra £1,500 is available through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme until March 2027, on top of the £7,500.
Aftercare is simple, and most of it is in the manual: clear space around the outdoor unit, the cleaning the manual describes and a service at the recommended interval. It also keeps you on the right side of any warranty terms that ask for servicing.
- Location
- Foscot (OX7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Quotes
- Fixed after a survey or pictures
- Price guide
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Approvals
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Disconnecting or servicing a gas boiler
- Tax rulings, which only HMRC can give
- Grants for hybrid systems or replacements of low-carbon systems
If in doubt, phone us on 07833 053749 and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Hot water cylinders
- Radiator systems
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Underfloor heating
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Air-to-air heat pumps
What happens on the day
Everything the job needs comes with us, from tools and test equipment to ladders and dust sheets. All we ask is clear access to the units, or to where they’ll go, and to the consumer unit. The visit takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. Somewhere like Foscot, it helps to know about lanes, gates and where to park.
- It begins with your house and the heating it relies on now.
- A heat loss survey is carried out, room by room.
- From those figures we size the heat pump and decide on radiators, cylinder and outdoor position.
- Cost, grant and VAT appear on one fixed-price quote.
- Then it’s fitted, commissioned and registered with MCS.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking restrictions near the property
- Make sure we can reach the consumer unit or fuse board
- Make sure someone can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a price
Need a price for air source heat pumps? Please give us a ring on 07833 053749 and tell us about the job. We’ll talk you through the options and give you a fixed-price quote before anything is booked.
Advice
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Air source heat pumps in Foscot: the local picture
The 2021 Census found about 80% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Detached and semi-detached houses normally have room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder.
Older homes near Church of St Leonard may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed. If your home is listed, like Chastleton House about 4.4 miles north, listed building consent comes before any heat pump work.
Foscot is about 9 miles north of Carterton, in Oxfordshire. If you need air source heat pumps in Foscot, please call us on 07833 053749 or email us for a fixed-price quote. We work across London and the South East, including Foscot. In Oxfordshire alone we list 443 places, and Foscot is one. The nearest of our city pages is Guildford, around 64 miles from Foscot.
Station Road and Old Burford Road and the roads off them are all inside our area. We cover every part of OX7 and the roads nearby. If you are just outside Foscot, we cover Idbury (2 miles south-west), Fifield (2 miles south), Milton-under-Wychwood (3 miles south), Fulbrook (6 miles south) and Little Barrington (6 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Witney (10 miles south-east), Carterton (9 miles south), Chipping Norton (5 miles north-east) and Woodstock (13 miles east).
Near you in Foscot
The closest station to Foscot is Kingham station, about 0.6 miles north-east. Nearby you’ll also find Moore Cottage Hospital (5 miles west).
FAQs for Foscot
Can I get the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant in Foscot?
Foscot 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.
Is planning permission needed for a heat pump in Foscot?
It depends on the property. Historic England lists about 20 buildings and structures within half a mile of the centre of Foscot. A heat pump on a house can be permitted development if it meets the conditions, including the MCS noise check, but not within the grounds of a listed building, and in a conservation area the outdoor unit cannot face a road. Where needed, we check with the planning department at West Oxfordshire council, usually the authority for Foscot.
Will I get records for the system?
Yes. Each visit is written up, and any work on the refrigerant circuit goes in the F-Gas records. File them with the system’s paperwork.
Can I do any of the installation myself?
Anything that involves the refrigerant needs an F-Gas qualified engineer from a certified company. That’s the law, not just our preference, and it also matters for the manufacturer’s warranty. We can quote for the whole job, from supply to commissioning.
How quickly will you reply?
On the same working day you contact us. After that, we agree a survey, diagnosis or installation date that suits you, and you get a fixed price before any work goes ahead.
Can you set up regular servicing?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we’ll suggest a schedule with a fixed price. That can include the leak checks the F-gas rules require for larger systems.
Can landlords and managing agents book you?
Yes. From a single let flat to offices, shops and public buildings, we work the same way: survey or diagnosis, a fixed price and proper paperwork.
Owner checks or an engineer?
On air conditioning, the filters in the indoor unit are normally the one part owners can clean where the manufacturer’s manual explains how. They come out, get a gentle clean and go back only when they’re dry. On a heat pump, the equivalent is keeping the outdoor unit clear and checking the controls.
Good habits make our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and a clear outdoor unit help the system run as it should, but the inside of the units, the refrigerant and the electrics still need a qualified engineer.
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