Kent · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Ivychurch, Kent
Our engineers work in Ivychurch on air source heat pumps. Diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we finish.
- Questions about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
- A boiler that’s getting old
- Plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump
Air source heat pumps in Ivychurch, done properly
As an MCS certified installer, we fit air source heat pumps for homes in Ivychurch and the rest of Kent. There are two kinds: air-to-water, which heats radiators or underfloor heating and your hot water, and air-to-air, which warms rooms through indoor units and can also cool. We help you work out which suits your home. Common call-outs are for wanting to stop using oil, LPG or gas for heating and questions about listed buildings or conservation areas, across hot water cylinders, air-to-water heat pumps and radiator systems.
Homes around Ivychurch usually have room outside for a heat pump, so the design focuses on heat loss and radiators.
Think of the paperwork as the system’s health record: a dated account of the work and the readings we took. It makes the next visit quicker and any warranty question simpler, so keep it safe.
- Place
- Ivychurch (TN29)
- Region
- Kent
- Approvals
- NICEIC and F-Gas, MCS
- Costs
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Quote
- Fixed-price quote after a site survey
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
Our engineers arrive at the time agreed with you and check the plan with you first. Dust sheets go down over floors and anything close to the work, and the electrics are made safe before any panel comes off. On site, it 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. A note on how to find the property and where to park makes a visit to Ivychurch easier.
- It begins with your house and the heating it relies on now.
- We measure heat loss for every room.
- From those figures we size the heat pump and decide on radiators, cylinder and outdoor position.
- A fixed-price quote explains the cost, the grant position and the VAT.
- We install, commission and register the system under MCS.
Getting ready for the visit
- Keep pets and children away from the work area
- Give us access to the outside wall, roof or yard where the outdoor unit sits
- Clear access to the fuse board
Getting a quote
For a fixed-price quote, phone us on 07833 053749 or email us with the address and a few details about the rooms or units involved. Photos help a lot. We reply to enquiries the same working day.
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What else we do in Ivychurch
Do you need air source heat pumps in Ivychurch?
For homes with no mains gas, heated by oil or LPG, a heat pump is well worth considering. Until March 2027, an extra £1,500 is available for air source and ground source heat pumps in homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas where the home is eligible.
If any of these sounds familiar, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Ageing boilers that will need replacing
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
Every heat pump design starts with a room-by-room heat loss calculation.
Before booking anyone
- The make and model of any parts or equipment being quoted
- Whether you get F-Gas records where refrigerant is involved
- Whether anyone has checked the property or the system first
Different systems, different jobs
Air-to-air heat pumps
Since 2025, air-to-air heat pumps can also be permitted development in England, subject to the conditions. A unit used solely for cooling is not covered, so check with the council.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme covers England and Wales: £7,500 for air-to-water (and ground source), and £2,500 for air-to-air with strict conditions. The application goes through the installer.
Ivychurch: your questions answered
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump in Ivychurch?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. Historic England lists about 6 buildings and structures within half a mile of the centre of Ivychurch. 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 Folkestone and Hythe council, typically the authority for Ivychurch.
Will you come out to Ivychurch?
We do. Villages and hamlets get the same service as the bigger towns. Send a few details and pictures, and we reply the same working day.
Do you look at the job first?
Yes. For simple jobs, pictures and a few details can be enough, while larger systems and faults that need testing are seen on site.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule and quote for it. That can include the leak checks the F-gas rules require for larger systems.
Who has to arrange F-Gas leak checks?
The operator of the equipment, working with qualified engineers. 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.
Can I get the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant?
Possibly. The scheme runs in England and Wales and pays £7,500 towards an eligible air-to-water or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 for an air-to-air system that meets stricter conditions. Until March 2027 there’s an extra £1,500 for air source or ground source heat pumps in homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas. We check your home against the rules at the survey.
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.
Air source heat pumps around Ivychurch
About 73% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to the last census (2021). Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these.
Older homes near Church of St George may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed.
Ivychurch is about 9 miles south of Ashford, in Kent. Ivychurch gets the same approach as every job we take on: diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we have finished. We cover 922 places across Kent. The nearest of our city pages is Eastbourne, around 31 miles from Ivychurch.
Our nearest recent job to Ivychurch was on Mermaid Street, Rye (TN31), about 8 miles south-west: installing three Fujitsu wall-mounted units in guest bedrooms, with the outdoor units positioned in the hotel’s walled rear garden.
If your postcode is in TN29, you’re inside the area we cover. Close to Ivychurch, our area also takes in Brenzett (2 miles west), Snargate (2 miles west), Ruckinge (4 miles north), Hamstreet (4 miles north) and Kenardington (5 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (9 miles north), Folkestone (13 miles east), Hythe (9 miles north-east) and Hawkinge (14 miles north-east).
What’s near Ivychurch
In Ivychurch, that means homes and buildings near The Bell Inn. The nearest railway station is Appledore (Kent) station, roughly 3.4 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find Brenzett Aeronautical Museum (1.2 miles west) and Romney 'castle' (1.5 miles south). Not far away are Burnthouse Pen.
Looking after your system
Looking after it is simple, and it helps at the next service:
- Book a yearly service
- Keep up with insulation and draught-proofing
- Keep the MCS certificate with the manufacturer’s paperwork
If you were eligible for a grant, we handle the application and keep you updated, as the installer applies for it.
Keep insulation and draught-proofing in good order because it reduces the heat the system needs to supply.
From one of our customers
“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