Kent · Heat pump installation
Hersden air source heat pumps
Air source heat pumps in Hersden from an F-Gas certified company, with the manufacturer’s warranty terms explained on your quote. We reply to enquiries the same working day.
- Comparing heat pump types
- Deciding on the outdoor unit position
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
Managing agents and facilities teams in Hersden
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease or tenancy agreement normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the paperwork can go to both.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated record, with F-Gas records wherever refrigerant work is involved, ready for a tenant, a buyer or an inspection.
Air source heat pumps in Hersden
In England, an air source heat pump on a house can often go in under permitted development rights. The conditions include an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 m³ and compliance with MCS 020(a), and the unit cannot be used solely for cooling or sit within the curtilage of a listed building. We look at the planning position for your home during the survey. We’re often asked to deal with replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump and choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air, on underfloor heating, radiator systems and air-to-air heat pumps.
For a house near Hersden, space outside is rarely the problem, so heat loss, radiators and the electrics are what we check.
AirCon Doctor is an F-Gas certified company and NICEIC approved for electrical work, with MCS certification for heat pumps and Checkatrade membership. Our engineers hold the F-gas qualifications needed to work on refrigerant.
- Place
- Hersden (CT3)
- Region
- Kent
- Quotes
- A fixed-price quote up front
- Credentials
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Prices
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Hersden
Do you cover Hersden for air source heat pumps?
Yes. Hersden is one of the places we cover. Tell us a little about the job and we’ll take it from there.
Will you come out to Hersden?
We do. Villages and hamlets get the same service as the bigger towns. We are based in East Grinstead and plan each visit so the job can be finished in one trip where possible.
When will I hear back?
You’ll hear from us the same working day. For a breakdown that can’t wait, call our 24/7 emergency line.
Which manufacturers do you install and repair?
The main ones, including Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi. For a new system, we suggest the make and model that suit the property and tell you why.
Can I fit air conditioning or a heat pump myself?
Not the refrigerant work. The F-gas rules require certified companies and qualified engineers for it, and a new circuit is notifiable under Part P unless a registered electrician, such as a NICEIC approved contractor, does it.
Do you offer emergency call-outs?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like water coming from a unit or a critical room overheating, call our 24/7 line and we’ll agree what happens next.
Do you work on commercial properties?
Yes. We work for homeowners, landlords, letting and managing agents, and businesses of every size in Hersden and across Kent. Tell us who should receive the paperwork.
Heat pumps in Hersden: local notes
The last census (2021) found about 76% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Houses typically have space for an outdoor unit and a hot water cylinder. In the mile around Hersden’s centre, 3 conservation areas have been designated. For a heat pump, permitted development does not apply within the grounds of a listed building, and in a conservation area the outdoor unit cannot go on a wall or roof facing a road, so we check with the planning team at Canterbury City council, which usually handles Hersden where needed.
If your home is one of the older properties near Church of All Saints, the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen.
Hersden is about 4 miles south of Herne Bay, in Kent. For air source heat pumps in and around Hersden, please ring 07833 053749 or drop us a line for a fixed-price quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Hersden. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Hersden is one of them. We also work in Bromley, around 50 miles away.
Whether you’re on The Firs, The Sycamores and Chequer Tree Close or a nearby road, our engineers can take on the work. Our working area takes in CT3. Close by, we work in Westbere (1 mile south-west), Stodmarsh (1 mile south-east), Hoath (1 mile north), Knave's Ash (1 mile north) and Sturry (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Canterbury (4 miles south-west), Margate (11 miles north-east), Dover (14 miles south-east) and Ramsgate (11 miles east).
Around Hersden
Locally, jobs take us to houses, flats and workplaces close to Frank Montgomery School, Spires Academy and Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn. For rail, the closest station is Sturry station, roughly 1.9 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Canterbury Castle (4.5 miles south-west) and St Martins Hospital (3.4 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s West Blean and Thornden Woods.
Common problems we fix in Hersden
Extensions, renovations and loft conversions are a natural time to rethink the heating. Pipework, radiators and space for a cylinder are easier to plan while work is going on.
Look out for these signs:
- An oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life
- Questions about listed buildings or conservation areas
- Wanting to stop using oil, LPG or gas for heating
A heat loss calculation decides the size of heat pump your home needs.
Before you book anyone
- Whether you get F-Gas records where refrigerant is involved
- Whether they looked at the job before pricing it
- Whether the manufacturer’s warranty depends on regular servicing
What the work involves, system by system
Outdoor unit position and planning
Where the outdoor unit goes depends on airflow, access and the route into the house. Noise is part of the MCS 020(a) check, so we consider nearby homes too.
Air-to-water heat pumps
An air-to-water heat pump heats water for your radiators or underfloor heating and your hot water cylinder. It takes over from the boiler and we install it to MCS standards.
How it works
Wherever the system can be run before we leave, we run it and check it in operation. Then we show you what we’ve done and answer any questions, and anything that needs a follow-up is pointed out there and then. The visit takes several days for an air-to-water system with a new cylinder, less for an air-to-air system. In a place like Hersden, parking is rarely an issue, but tell us about gates and access to the back of the property.
- We talk through your home, your current heating and what you want from a heat pump.
- A heat loss survey works out how much heat each room needs, and we look at the radiators, the cylinder space and where the outdoor unit could go.
- The price comes back fixed and in writing, with the grant and VAT shown line by line.
- Fitting day: the outdoor unit is placed, the indoor side connected and the controls set up.
- The system is commissioned and registered under MCS, and we show you how to use it.
Before we arrive
- Keep pets and children away from the work area
- Find the manual or the paperwork for the system, if you have it
- Move furniture away from the wall where we’ll be working
Getting a price
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the room or the existing unit, the outside wall or roof where the outdoor unit sits or would go, and the label on any existing unit. Tell us the address and what you need, and many jobs can be priced from that.
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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