Kent · Heat pump installation
Maplescombe air source heat pumps
Need air source heat pumps in Maplescombe? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around you, then sign it off with written records.
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
- An oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life
- Checking eligibility for a heat pump grant
Air source heat pumps in Maplescombe, done properly
For an air-to-water heat pump, the price is £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme can provide £7,500 towards an eligible air-to-water system in England and Wales, and as the installer we apply for it on your behalf. Eligibility depends on the property, so we confirm it before anything is agreed. The work covers hot water cylinders, air-to-air heat pumps and air-to-water heat pumps, and common reasons people get in touch are an oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life and questions about where the outdoor unit can go.
If your home in or near Maplescombe is heated by oil, LPG or electric heaters with no mains gas, an extra £1,500 is available through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme until March 2027, on top of the £7,500.
Think of the paperwork as the system’s health record: what was fitted or found, what was done and when. It makes the next visit quicker and any warranty question simpler and it’s worth keeping safe.
- Place
- Maplescombe (DA4)
- Region
- Kent
- Price guide
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Replies
- Same working day
- Accreditations
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Pricing
- Fixed after a survey or pictures
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about air source heat pumps in Maplescombe
Is the heat pump grant available in Maplescombe?
Maplescombe is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. For an air-to-water heat pump the amount is £7,500; an air-to-air system can get £2,500 if it replaces the fossil-fuel heating outright, meets the home’s full heating demand and is not an add-on to a boiler. As an MCS certified installer, we apply for it on your behalf.
Will a heat pump in Maplescombe need planning permission?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. The centre of Maplescombe is in a conservation area. A heat pump on a house can be permitted development if it meets the conditions, including the MCS noise check, but not within the grounds of a listed building, and in a conservation area the outdoor unit cannot face a road. Where needed, we check with the local planning authority (for Maplescombe, normally Sevenoaks council).
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.
When will I hear back?
On the same working day you contact us. Then we agree a date that works for you, with a fixed price before work starts.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the job needs and how to do it and the fixed price is built on it.
What warranty do I get?
It’s the manufacturer’s, and the terms are theirs. Some brands make regular servicing a condition, so keep your service records.
Do you work on all makes?
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 explain why.
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Rented and managed buildings
Under the GB F-gas rules, responsibility for leak checks is shared between whoever operates the equipment and the engineers who work on it. Where a building is let or managed, the lease or contract should make clear who looks after the system, and we can work for either side.
Whether it’s one property or many, the approach is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, access agreed with the people on site and paperwork at the end.
Why act early in Maplescombe
The two types suit different homes and needs. Air-to-water heats radiators and hot water, and can attract a £7,500 grant where eligible; air-to-air heats and cools rooms, and only qualifies for £2,500 under strict conditions, and we explain which fits your home. A dirty or faulty system works harder and costs more to run.
The cost depends on the system and the number of rooms or units, how easy the units are to reach and what the work involves. You get a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Why people in Maplescombe choose us
- Every job looked at before it’s priced
- We work on all the leading brands
- Members of Checkatrade
- Fixed-price quotes after a survey or pictures
How the job changes from property to property
Radiators and underfloor heating
Underfloor heating suits a heat pump’s lower flow temperature, and we can connect to it where it’s already in.
Air-to-water heat pumps
Flow temperatures are lower than with a typical boiler, which is why radiator sizing is part of the survey.
What a heat pump looks like in Maplescombe
The last census (2021) found about 74% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. 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. If your home is listed, like Lullingstone Castle about 1.9 miles west, listed building consent comes before any heat pump work.
Maplescombe is about 6 miles north-east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Anywhere in DA4, we cover air source heat pumps. In Kent alone we list 922 places, and Maplescombe is one. You can also see our page for Bromley, roughly 10 miles from Maplescombe.
Our nearest recent job to Maplescombe was on Station Road, Orpington (BR6), about 6 miles west: installing three Daikin cassette units in the main office area and a wall-mounted unit in the client meeting room.
Every address in DA4 is within our area. Other places close to Maplescombe include West Kingsdown (1 mile south-east), East Hill (1 mile south), Eynsford (1 mile north-west), Knatts Valley (2 miles south) and Speed Gate (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (14 miles south-east), Dartford (6 miles north), Sevenoaks (6 miles south-west) and Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south).
What’s near Maplescombe
The closest station to Maplescombe is Eynsford station, roughly 1.6 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Eynsford Castle (1.5 miles north-west) and Sevenoaks Hospital (5 miles south-west).
The process
We keep the work area tidy as we go, with dust sheets down and offcuts and packaging cleared up. If we need to drill through a wall, we agree the spot with you first. On site, it takes several days for an air-to-water system with a new cylinder, less for an air-to-air system. A few pictures help us make the most of a visit to Maplescombe.
- First, a chat about the property and your goals for the heating.
- We survey for heat loss and look at radiators, cylinder space and outdoor unit options.
- We explain which type of heat pump suits the home and whether a grant could apply.
- The system is installed and connected to the controls.
- The job ends with commissioning, the MCS certificate and a walk through the controls.
How to prepare
- Move furniture away from the wall where we’ll be working
- Tell us about any building rules, permits or sign-in
- Arrange for someone to be there to let us in
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address and the type of property, a few photos, the make and model of any existing system and anything you’ve noticed, such as an error code or a noise. Then ring us on 07833 053749 or email us.
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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