Kent · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installers in Payden Street
For MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant applied for in Payden Street, choose an F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved company. Fixed-price quotes and a 24/7 emergency line.
- Deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
- A boiler that is getting old
Air source heat pumps in Payden Street, done properly
Air-to-air heat pumps can qualify for a £2,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant, but only in some cases. It has to replace the fossil-fuel heating, cover the whole heating demand, be fitted by an MCS certified installer and be in a home, so an add-on next to a boiler is not eligible. Typical jobs include working out whether radiators need upsizing and not knowing whether a grant applies, across air-to-air heat pumps, air-to-water heat pumps and underfloor heating.
If your home in or near Payden Street 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.
Some manufacturers make regular servicing by a qualified engineer a condition of their warranty. If that applies to your system, booking the service on time keeps the record straight and each visit is recorded.
- Where
- Payden Street (ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Approvals
- NICEIC and F-Gas, MCS
- Pricing
- Fixed, in writing
- Prices
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Payden Street: your questions answered
Is Payden Street within the area you cover?
We do. Villages and hamlets get the same service as the bigger towns. Visits to smaller places are planned so the engineer arrives with what the job needs.
Is the heat pump grant available in Payden Street?
Yes, the scheme covers homes in England, including Payden Street, if they qualify. 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.
Which brands do you work with?
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.
Which accreditations do you hold?
F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved and MCS certified for heat pumps, and we are Checkatrade members. Our engineers also hold the individual F-gas qualifications needed to work on refrigerant.
Are my radiators big enough for a heat pump?
The heat loss survey answers that, room by room. Where a radiator is already large enough, it stays, and any that need upsizing are set out in the quote.
Can you set up regular servicing?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we will suggest a schedule with a fixed price. Leak checks required by the F-gas rules can be built in for larger systems.
Will skipping a service affect the warranty?
Each manufacturer decides. If servicing is in the terms, missing one could affect a claim and we will tell you what your brand asks for.
Different systems, different jobs
Air-to-air heat pumps
An air-to-air system heats rooms directly and can also provide cooling. They don’t heat hot water, so that has to come from elsewhere.
VAT on heat pumps
This is general information, not tax advice.
Also near Payden Street
Other services in Payden Street
Homes in Payden Street and heat pumps
The Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures show about 32% of homes in the Payden Street area were built in 2000 or later, and about 71% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to the last census (2021). Better insulated, newer homes are often a good match for a heat pump. Houses normally have space for an outdoor unit and a hot water cylinder. At about 40 miles from central London, Payden Street sits inside the area we cover across London and the South East.
If your home is one of the older properties near Church of St Margaret, the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen. Belmont House and Gardens, roughly 4.3 miles east, is a reminder to check your home’s listing status: permitted development does not cover listed buildings.
Payden Street is about 6 miles south of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Across the ME17 area, our engineers can take on air source heat pumps. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent. Bromley, roughly 33 miles off, has its own page on this site.
Our engineers cover all of the ME17 postcode area for air source heat pumps and the roads nearby. Close to Payden Street, our area also takes in Warren Street (1 mile south-east), Woodside Green (1 mile west), West Street (1 mile west), Wichling (1 mile north) and Cold Harbour (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (10 miles west), Ashford (9 miles south-east), Canterbury (14 miles east) and Sittingbourne (6 miles north).
What’s near Payden Street
In Payden Street, that means homes and buildings near The Harrow pub. For rail, the closest station is Lenham station, about 2.3 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Newnham Castle (3.2 miles north-east).
How the visit works
There’s very little for you to do on the day. Just let us in and point us to the units, or to where they’ll be fitted, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and we explain what we have done. We agree a date with you and plan the visit to Payden Street so we arrive with what’s needed.
- 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 recommend air-to-water or air-to-air and check the grant position.
- The system is installed and connected to the controls.
- The job ends with commissioning, the MCS certificate and a walk through the controls.
Getting ready for the visit
- Give us access to the outside wall, roof or yard where the outdoor unit sits
- Clear access to the fuse board
- Clear a path to the units and the space around them
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs; others need a visit first. Multi-room systems, commercial buildings and anything with a long or hidden pipe route are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work is booked.
Advice
Why deal with it now?
A heat pump sized without a proper heat loss survey can struggle in cold weather or run inefficiently. A room-by-room survey gets it right first time. Getting the date in early helps for a place like Payden Street.
No two properties are the same, so we price each one individually. The system, the access, the pipe routes and the parts involved all make a difference.
Why us?
- Every job looked at before it’s priced
- Manufacturer’s warranty terms explained on your quote
- MCS certification for heat pump work
- 24/7 emergency line for breakdowns
Read what air conditioning costs or our accreditations and certificates.
Let and managed properties
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed-price quote.
Portfolio owners often want one contractor and one number. Our area covers Greater London and the South East, so a run of properties can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
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