Essex · Heat pump installation
Great Horkesley air source heat pumps
MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the boiler upgrade scheme grant applied for, in Great Horkesley and nearby. Call for a fixed-price quote, and we will reply the same working day.
- Questions about listed buildings or conservation areas
- A boiler that is getting old
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
About our air source heat pumps in Great Horkesley
An air-to-water heat pump costs £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant. In England and Wales, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme offers a £7,500 grant towards an eligible air-to-water installation, and as the installer we apply for it on your behalf. Not every home qualifies, so we check eligibility before you commit. We are often asked to deal with deciding on the outdoor unit position and moving away from fossil-fuel heating, on underfloor heating, radiator systems and air-to-water heat pumps.
Older homes around Great Horkesley can be draughty or have solid walls, which a heat loss calculation will show. Sometimes insulation first is the better investment.
For a fault on a system that may still be under warranty, send us the make, model and installation date. We’ll tell you how the manufacturer’s warranty is likely to apply before any chargeable work goes ahead.
- Place
- Great Horkesley (CO6)
- Region
- Essex
- Quote
- Fixed, in writing
- Price guide
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Accreditations
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What owners can safely do
Owners can handle the everyday basics: keeping the outdoor unit clear, checking the mode and set temperature, and the routine cleaning in the manual. Anything inside the units, the electrics and the refrigerant is engineer’s work.
Never try to top up, release or handle refrigerant yourself. The law requires anyone working on equipment containing F gas to hold the right qualifications, and the company to be certified, and refrigerant lines can cause cold burns. A suspected leak is our job, not yours.
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Common questions in Great Horkesley
Can I get the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant in Great Horkesley?
Great Horkesley is in England, where the Boiler Upgrade Scheme runs. The amount depends on the type of heat pump, and the survey confirms which applies. The installer applies, and we’re MCS certified.
Will a heat pump in Great Horkesley need planning permission?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. Historic England lists about 9 buildings and structures within half a mile of the centre of Great Horkesley. Heat pumps on houses are often permitted development, but listed buildings need consent and conservation areas restrict outdoor units facing a road. Where it’s needed, we check with the planning department at Colchester council, typically the authority for Great Horkesley.
Who has to arrange F-Gas leak checks?
Whoever operates the equipment, together with the technicians who service it. 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 can tell you which band your system falls into.
Do you protect the property while you work?
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 when we finish.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is looked at first, either on a site survey or from pictures and details for simple jobs. A fixed-price quote follows.
What accreditations do you have?
F-Gas company certification, NICEIC approval for electrical work and MCS certification for heat pumps, plus Checkatrade membership. Our engineers also hold the individual F-gas qualifications needed to work on refrigerant.
Which brands do you work with?
The main ones, including Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi. For new systems, we recommend a brand and model to suit the job and explain why.
Air source heat pumps around Great Horkesley
About 73% of homes in and around Great Horkesley have been built since 2000, according to the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures, and about 62% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to Census 2021 figures. Better insulated, newer homes are often a good match for a heat pump. Detached and semi-detached houses typically have room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder.
A heat loss calculation decides the size of heat pump your home needs. Period properties close to Church of St John can suit a heat pump, though insulation and any heritage protection are checked first.
Great Horkesley is about 3 miles north of Colchester, in Essex. Anywhere in CO6, we can help with air source heat pumps. Great Horkesley is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for homes and businesses. You can also see our page for London, roughly 51 miles from Great Horkesley.
Work in CO6 follows the same survey, fixed-price quote and written records as everywhere else we cover. From Exeter Close, Malvern Way and Keelers Way to the smaller roads in between, nowhere is left out. Neighbouring places we cover include Mile End (1 mile south-east), West Bergholt (1 mile south-west), Little Horkesley (2 miles north-west), Wissington (3 miles north-west) and Fordham Heath (3 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Colchester (3 miles south), Braintree (14 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (15 miles south-east) and Witham (13 miles south-west).
Near you in Great Horkesley
We fit and service air conditioning in homes and premises around The Half Butt Inn and Gilberd School. The closest station to Great Horkesley is Colchester station, about 1.9 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Lion Walk (2.8 miles south) and Colchester Castle (2.8 miles south-east). The countryside around Great Horkesley includes Westhouse Wood.
The process
The work area is kept tidy throughout, with dust sheets down and offcuts and packaging cleared up. Any holes, fixings or cable routes are agreed with you before we drill. The visit takes a few days on site, depending on the cylinder, the radiators and the pipework involved. Send pictures of the space and the outside wall, and we can plan the work near Great Horkesley.
- First, a chat about the property and your goals for the heating.
- A survey covers heat loss, radiators, hot water and where the outdoor unit could sit.
- You get our view on the right type for the house, and on whether the Boiler Upgrade Scheme applies.
- The system is installed and connected to the controls.
- We commission it, complete the MCS certificate and show you how to use it.
Before we arrive
- Keep pets and children away from the work area
- Let us know if the units are on a roof, a high wall or in a locked area
- Make sure we can reach the consumer unit or fuse board
Ask for a quote
Some jobs can be priced from pictures, while others need a survey. Multi-room systems, commercial buildings and anything with a long or hidden pipe route are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work is booked.
Advice
What air source heat pumps can’t fix
In fairness, some problems need a different answer:
- Improving the building’s insulation
- Tax rulings, which only HMRC can give
- Planning decisions, which rest with the council
Not sure which it is? You can ring 07833 053749, or email if that’s easier and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Underfloor heating
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Hot water cylinders
- Radiator systems
- Air-to-water heat pumps
What happens if it’s left?
Getting the sizing wrong causes problems that are hard to fix later. Doing the survey properly from the start avoids that. An early booking makes the visit to Great Horkesley easier to arrange.
A single unit or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and what it needs. The price is fixed before work begins, with VAT shown clearly.
Why book with us
- A reply the same working day
- Manufacturer’s warranty terms explained on your quote
- NICEIC approved electrical contractors
- F-Gas company certification
Take a look at what air conditioning costs and how to check a contractor.
What a customer said
“Very professional from the initial survey through to installation. The engineer explained everything clearly and the quote was exactly what we paid. Would not hesitate to recommend AirCon Doctor.”
David W., Haywards Heath