Air Source Heat Pumps in Foxendown

What you can do yourself, and what needs us

Never try to top up, release or handle refrigerant yourself. Under the F-gas rules, engineers need their own qualifications and the company must be certified, and escaping refrigerant can cause cold burns. If you suspect a leak, switch the system off and call us.

Don’t move, re-route or disconnect units or pipework yourself. Moving a unit involves the refrigerant circuit, so it needs an F-Gas qualified engineer, and the electrical side needs a competent person. If you need something moved, we can quote for it.

Homes in Foxendown and heat pumps

About 70% of homes in Foxendown and the neighbourhoods around it date from 1945 to 1972, according to VOA council tax data, and the last census (2021) found about 89% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. For homes of that age, the survey checks the insulation, the radiators and the hot water setup. Detached and semi-detached houses typically have room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder. In the mile around Foxendown’s centre, 3 conservation areas have been designated. Listed buildings are part of the picture here: about 6 within half a mile of the centre, such as Parish Church of St John the Baptist (grade I). For a heat pump, permitted development doesn’t apply within the grounds of a listed building, and in a conservation area the outdoor unit can’t go on a wall or roof facing a road, so we check with the planning team at Gravesham council, which normally handles Foxendown where necessary.

Historic houses such as Cobham College, about 1.8 miles north-east, are a reminder that listed homes need consent before a heat pump goes in. Live in one of the older houses around Parish Church of St John the Baptist? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status.

Foxendown is about 4 miles south of Gravesend, in Kent. We cover Foxendown for air source heat pumps, along with the rest of Kent. Foxendown is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover. Bromley is in our area too, around 16 miles away.

The closest recent job we can point to from Foxendown was on Station Road, Orpington (BR6), about 12 miles west: installing three Daikin cassette units in the main office area and a wall-mounted unit in the client meeting room.

Foxendown Lane and Brimstone Hill and the roads off them are all inside our area. Our working area takes in DA13, every street of it. If you’re just outside Foxendown, we cover Meopham (1 mile north-west), Priestwood (1 mile south), Sole Street (1 mile north), Luddesdown (1 mile east) and Priestwood Green (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (10 miles south-east), Dartford (8 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (10 miles south-west) and Gravesend (4 miles north).

Landmarks near Foxendown

Typical jobs here are in properties near Meopham School, The Railway Inn and Camer Park Country Park and the streets around them. Foxendown’s nearest station is Sole Street station, about 1 mile north. Nearby you’ll also find Coldrum Long Barrow (3.3 miles south) and Gravesham Community Hospital (5.1 miles north). For a walk, there’s Gad's Hill and Ranscombe Farm.