Kent · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installers in Hickmans Green
MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the boiler upgrade scheme grant applied for, for Hickmans Green and the surrounding area. Call for a fixed-price quote; we reply the same working day.
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
- Questions about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
About our air source heat pumps in Hickmans Green
Air-to-water heat pumps heat your hot water through a cylinder. Homes with a combi boiler may not have a cylinder, so finding space for one is part of the survey. With air-to-air, hot water has to come from something else. The work covers radiator systems, air-to-air heat pumps and homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, and common reasons people get in touch are ageing boilers that will need replacing and questions about listed buildings or conservation areas.
Homes around Hickmans Green typically have room outside for a heat pump, so the design focuses on heat loss and radiators.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: commissioning details for an installation, a fault and repair note for a repair, or a record of the service. File it with the manual, because it helps with any later warranty question.
- Location
- Hickmans Green (ME13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Approvals
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Quotes
- Fixed, in writing
- Price guide
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Air source heat pumps in Hickmans Green: the local picture
VOA council tax data put about 39% of homes across Hickmans Green and its surrounding area before 1919, and Census 2021 figures found about 74% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. In older homes, the heat loss calculation is especially important, as solid walls and draughts change the size of heat pump needed. Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these. In the mile around Hickmans Green’s centre, 3 conservation areas have been designated. Historic England lists about 13 buildings and structures within half a mile of the centre of Hickmans Green, including Trent Cottage (grade II). Where a home is affected, the outdoor unit position is settled with the planning team at Swale council, which usually handles Hickmans Green before the heat pump design is finished.
Belmont House and Gardens, roughly 4.9 miles west, is a reminder to check your home’s listing status: permitted development doesn’t cover listed buildings. Older homes near St Barnabas may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed.
Hickmans Green is about 3 miles south-east of Faversham, in Kent. Hickmans Green gets the same approach as every job we take on: diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we have finished. Count every place we list in Kent and you reach 922, with Hickmans Green on the list. Bromley is in our area too, around 41 miles away.
Every address in ME13 is within our area. Other places close to Hickmans Green include Winterbourne (1 mile south-east), Boughton under Blean (1 mile north-east), Oversland (1 mile south), South Street (1 mile south-west) and Crouch (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (11 miles south), Canterbury (5 miles east), Sittingbourne (10 miles west) and Whitstable (6 miles north-east).
Near you in Hickmans Green
Around Hickmans Green, our work takes us to homes and businesses near Mount Ephraim Gardens and The Queens Head pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Selling station, about 1 mile south-west. A little further out are Tower keep castle at Chilham (3.1 miles south) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (5.4 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
System by system
Air-to-water heat pumps
Air-to-water systems take heat from the air and put it into your central heating and hot water. It replaces the boiler as the main heat source and we install it to MCS standards.
Heat loss surveys
We look at walls, windows, floors, roofs and ventilation, and the size of each room.
Why deal with it now?
Replacing a boiler in a hurry when it breaks leaves little time to consider a heat pump. Planning ahead gives time for the heat loss survey, the design and the grant application before you need the heat. Booking before summer means the work in Hickmans Green is done before the hot weather.
What you pay depends on the system and the number of rooms or units, the access and what the work involves. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
What you get with us
- Clear warranty information from the manufacturer
- MCS certified for heat pumps
- Electrical work covered by our NICEIC approval
- F-Gas certified company
Common questions in Hickmans Green
Do you cover smaller places like Hickmans Green?
Yes, and the size of the place makes no difference to how we work. Visits to smaller places are planned so the engineer arrives with what the job needs.
Is the heat pump grant available in Hickmans Green?
Yes, the scheme covers homes in England, including Hickmans Green, if they qualify. Whether your home qualifies, and for how much, depends on the type of heat pump and the heating it replaces. The installer applies, and we’re MCS certified.
Who has to arrange F-Gas leak checks?
The F-gas rules share it between the equipment’s operator and the engineers who work on it. The interval depends on the refrigerant charge, measured in tonnes of CO2 equivalent: at least every 12 months from 5 tCO2e, and every 6 months from 50 tCO2e.
Which type of heat pump is right for my home?
Air-to-water feeds your central heating and hot water, while air-to-air warms and cools rooms directly. With air-to-air, hot water needs another source and the survey helps decide.
Can you look at a system you didn’t fit?
Yes. Systems fitted by other companies are fine, on all the main brands. Send us the make and model, and any records you have.
Will you make a mess?
We put dust sheets over floors and furniture near the work first, and the area is kept tidy throughout. At the end, we clear up and show you what we’ve done.
How much time does a heat pump install need?
A typical installation takes several days for an air-to-water system with a new cylinder, less for an air-to-air system. We plan the work so you are without heating for as little time as possible and agreed before any work starts.
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What we do, step by step
We book the visit for a day and time that suit you, and we let you know if plans need to move. On arrival, the engineer compares the job with the survey, your photos or the details you gave us. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, the work takes anything from a couple of days for air-to-air to the best part of a week for air-to-water with radiator changes. Rural lanes and tight entrances are worth mentioning before a visit to Hickmans Green.
- 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.
- We send a fixed-price quote that shows the equipment, the grant position and the VAT.
- Installation covers the outdoor unit, the indoor connections and the controls.
- The system is commissioned and registered under MCS, and we show you how to use it.
Getting ready for the visit
- Keep pets out of the rooms we are working in
- Make sure someone can let us in at the agreed time
- Find the manual or the paperwork for the system, if you have it
Getting a price
Getting a quote is straightforward. Call or email with a few details and we will come back to you the same working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits you.
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After we’ve gone
Every system needs looking after, and most of it is easy. A few tips:
- Leave space around the outdoor unit
- Diary the next service
- Look at insulation alongside the heat pump
Equipment warranties come from the manufacturer. We go through the conditions with you, including any servicing they ask for.
Leave space around the outdoor unit. It needs good airflow to collect heat from outside so keep it unobstructed.
From one of our customers
“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