Greater London · Heat pump installation
Air Source Heat Pumps in Kingston upon Thames
Air source heat pumps in and around Kingston upon Thames, from the first look to the final check with the price fixed before work begins.
- An oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life
- Deciding on the outdoor unit position
- Working out whether radiators need upsizing
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheets over the floor and any furniture nearby and nothing is moved without asking you. Then the electrics are made safe and the work begins. The work on site 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, and we clear up before we go. A few photos of the room, the outside wall and the fuse board help us plan a job in Kingston upon Thames.
- 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.
- A fixed-price quote follows, setting out the system, any grant that applies and the VAT.
- Fitting day: the outdoor unit is placed, the indoor side connected and the controls set up.
- Commissioning, MCS certification and a handover of the controls finish the job.
Before we arrive
- Arrange for someone to be there to let us in
- Keep pets and children away from the work area
- Clear the space around the indoor unit, or where it will go
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address and the type of property, photos of the rooms or units, the brand and model of anything already fitted and anything you’ve noticed, such as an error code or a noise. Once you have those, ring us on 07833 053749.
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Air source heat pumps in Kingston upon Thames
Air source heat pumps collect heat from outdoor air and bring it inside, using electricity to drive the process. It works on the same principle as air conditioning, run the other way, and air-to-air heat pumps are sometimes simply called air conditioning. If you are dealing with checking whether planning permission is needed and finding a place for the outdoor unit, we can sort it out.
A terrace in Kingston upon Thames shares walls with its neighbours, which helps keep heat in, provided the outdoor unit can sit somewhere that passes the MCS noise check.
Warranty periods vary by brand and by product. For example, Daikin’s standard warranty on split air conditioning is 2 years, and its longer extensions apply to its air-to-water units only. For any other brand, we explain the manufacturer’s terms on your quote.
- Place
- Kingston upon Thames (KT2, KT1, TW10)
- Region
- Greater London
- Certified
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Pricing
- A fixed price before work begins
- Typical price
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What a heat pump looks like in Kingston upon Thames
Valuation Office Agency council tax records put about 36% of homes in the Kingston upon Thames area before 1919, and about 57% of households live in flats, according to the last census (2021). Older homes can lose heat faster, so a room-by-room heat loss calculation, and sometimes insulation or larger radiators, comes before sizing a heat pump. A flat may have no room for a hot water cylinder, and the freeholder usually has a say on the outdoor unit, which can tip the choice towards air-to-air. For a London home, the outdoor unit position and the MCS noise check need careful planning.
Older homes near Church of St Luke may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed. If your home is near Kingston station and heated by a gas boiler, an air-to-water heat pump can replace it where the survey shows it suits.
Kingston upon Thames is about 7 miles south-west of Kensington, in Greater London. Whatever kind of property you have in Kingston upon Thames, we can help with air source heat pumps. We reply to enquiries the same working day, and there’s a 24/7 emergency line. 764 places in Greater London are on our list. For properties nearby, see our Croydon page (9 miles or so).
A recent job of ours in Kingston upon Thames was on Beaufort Road (KT1): installing a Samsung wall-mounted unit in the garden studio and a second unit in the main bedroom.
Getting to Kingston upon Thames is easy by the B3365. If your postcode is in KT2, KT1 and TW10, you’re inside the area we cover. Neighbouring places we cover include Norbiton (1 mile east), Coombe (2 miles east), New Malden (2 miles south-east), Coombe Hill (2 miles north-east) and Motspur Park (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (11 miles north-east), City of Westminster (9 miles north-east), Marylebone (10 miles north-east) and Kensington (7 miles north-east).
What’s near Kingston upon Thames
In Kingston upon Thames, that means homes and buildings near Canbury Gardens, The Grey Horse pub and Kingston Grammar School. There’s a railway station in Kingston upon Thames itself: Kingston station. Well-known places in the area include Eel Pie Island Museum (2.6 miles north-west) and Kingston Hospital (0.7 miles east). The countryside around Kingston upon Thames includes Rose Walk and Kingston Hill Road area.
What you can do yourself, and what needs us
Owner care supports servicing; it doesn’t replace it. Simple care keeps the air moving through the system, but the refrigerant circuit, the electrics and the parts you can’t see still need an engineer at the interval the manufacturer recommends.
Don’t move, re-route or disconnect units or pipework yourself. Disconnecting a system means dealing with refrigerant, which only a qualified engineer can do, and the electrics need care too. Ask us to quote for a move instead.
For landlords and property managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the property, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed-price quote.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and public buildings book us too across Greater London. Larger buildings can be done in stages around the people who use them.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Kingston upon Thames
Planning rules have specific conditions. Checking the position for your home at the survey stage avoids surprises later covering listed buildings, conservation areas and any Article 4 direction. Booking in spring means a home or office in Kingston upon Thames is ready before the first hot week.
Our prices page shows typical ranges, but your price depends on the job in front of us. Call for a fixed-price quote, and we will explain what it covers.
Why choose AirCon Doctor in Kingston upon Thames
- MCS certified heat pump installers
- Checkatrade member
- An F-Gas certified company, as the law requires
- NICEIC approved for electrical work
Take a look at how installs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Questions from Kingston upon Thames
Can I get the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant in Kingston upon Thames?
Kingston upon Thames is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. The grant is £7,500 for an air source (air-to-water) heat pump and £2,500 for an air-to-air system that replaces the existing fossil-fuel heating. We hold MCS certification, so the application is ours to make for you.
Can you fit air conditioning in a London flat in Kingston upon Thames?
In many cases, yes, once the lease and the building’s rules are checked. Permitted development rules for flats are tighter than for houses, so we check the outdoor unit position and give you the details to send to the freeholder or managing agent.
Do you offer emergency call-outs?
Yes, 24/7. Call the emergency line and tell us the make, the symptoms and any error code, and we will advise on what to do next.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule with a fixed price. That can include the leak checks the F-gas rules require for larger systems.
What does F-Gas certified mean?
The law says any company working on equipment containing F gas has to be certified, and each engineer needs the right qualifications too. It’s how you know the refrigerant is being handled legally and safely.
When will I hear back?
You will hear from us the same working day. If it’s an emergency, ring the 24/7 line instead.
Do you work on systems someone else installed?
Yes. We look at it first and tell you what we find, including anything about the original installation that needs putting right. You get a fixed price before any work goes ahead.
From one of our customers
“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