West Sussex · Heat pump installation
Poling air source heat pumps
MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the boiler upgrade scheme grant applied for, for Poling and the surrounding area. Call for a fixed-price quote, and we’ll reply the same working day.
- Working out where a cylinder could go
- Deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home
- Working out whether radiators need upsizing
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: sheets over the floor and any furniture nearby, and we ask before moving anything. After that, anything electrical is made safe and we start. 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. Work in Poling is booked in advance at a time that suits you.
- First we talk through the property and the current system.
- A heat loss survey is carried out, room by room.
- We design the system, check the radiators and cylinder and look at the outdoor unit position.
- You get a fixed price, with any grant and the VAT set out.
- Then it’s fitted, commissioned and registered with MCS.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, high walls or locked plant areas
- Mention any managing agent or landlord rules we need to follow
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from a site survey or, where the job is straightforward, from photos and measurements. Then you get a fixed price so you know the cost before we begin.
Advice
Air source heat pumps in Poling, done properly
Heat pumps run at lower flow temperatures than most boilers, so radiators may need to be larger to give out the same heat. The survey shows which rooms are fine and which need changes, and the quote sets it out. If you’re dealing with not knowing whether a grant applies and an oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life, we can help.
If your home in or near Poling is heated by oil, LPG or electric heaters with no mains gas, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme adds an extra £1,500 until March 2027 for an air source or ground source heat pump.
If a fault appears while the equipment is under the manufacturer’s warranty, tell us the make, model and installation date. We will explain how the manufacturer’s terms are likely to apply before anything chargeable is done.
- Place
- Poling (BN18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guide price
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Approvals
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Quotes
- Fixed, in writing
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Poling
Is Poling within the area you cover?
Yes. Poling is within the area we cover across London and the South East. A few pictures and the postcode are enough to get things started.
Is the heat pump grant available in Poling?
Poling is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. Air-to-water and ground source systems attract £7,500. Air-to-air gets £2,500, but only where it takes over from fossil-fuel heating and covers the whole home’s heating demand. You do not apply yourself: the MCS certified installer does, which is us.
Who is responsible for 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.
What’s the difference between air-to-water and air-to-air heat pumps?
It depends on your home, your heating and whether you want cooling. The grant is £7,500 for eligible air-to-water systems and £2,500 for air-to-air in limited cases, and we set out the options after the survey.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we will propose a schedule and quote for it. Leak checks required by the F-gas rules can be built in for larger systems.
Do I get paperwork after the visit?
Yes. You get a written record of each visit, and any work on the refrigerant circuit goes in the F-Gas records. File them with the system’s paperwork.
Will you make a mess?
Floors and furniture near the work are covered with dust sheets before work begins, and we tidy up as we go. At the end, we clear up and show you what we have done.
Towns and villages near Poling
What else we do in Poling
What a heat pump looks like in Poling
At about 3 miles from the coast, Poling is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt air is hard on outdoor units, so a heat pump near the sea needs a sensible position and regular checks, and some models offer corrosion protection for coastal sites. The Parish Church of St Nicholas, listed at grade I, is one of roughly 11 protected buildings and structures in the half-mile around Poling’s centre. For a heat pump, permitted development doesn’t apply within the grounds of a listed building, and in a conservation area the outdoor unit cannot go on a wall or roof facing a road, so we check with Arun council, typically the planning authority here where needed.
Period properties close to The Parish Church of St Nicholas can suit a heat pump, though insulation and any heritage protection are checked first. If your home is listed, like Ecclesden Manor about 2 miles east, listed building consent comes before any heat pump work.
Poling is about 2 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. If you need air source heat pumps in Poling, please call 07833 053749 for a fixed-price quote. We work across London and the South East, including Poling. Count every place we list in West Sussex and you reach 371, with Poling on the list.
The closest recent job we can point to from Poling was on Marine Parade, Worthing (BN11), about 5 miles east: installing a Samsung wall-mounted unit in the main living area.
Postcode districts we cover here: BN18. Neighbouring places we cover include Crossbush (1 mile north-west), Warningcamp (1 mile north-west), Toddington (1 mile south-west), Lyminster (2 miles west) and Rustington (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Worthing (5 miles east), Bognor Regis (8 miles south-west), Chichester (12 miles west) and Selsey (14 miles south-west).
What’s near Poling
The closest station to Poling is Arundel station, roughly 1.6 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Rustington Museum (2 miles south) and Zachary Merton Hospital (2.1 miles south). Open spaces near Poling include Highdown Hill and WWT Arundel.
For landlords and property managers
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.
Larger air conditioning systems in buildings need more than servicing: systems with an effective rated output over 12 kW need a TM44 inspection by an accredited energy assessor at least every 5 years. We arrange the inspection, get the system ready and put right anything it picks up.
After we have gone
Looking after it is simple, and it helps at the next service:
- Leave space around the outdoor unit
- Diary the next service
- Keep the MCS certificate with the manufacturer’s paperwork
We show you how to use the controls and explain how a heat pump works differently from a boiler. Heat pumps tend to work best running steadily rather than in short bursts, and we will explain the settings for your home.
Heat pumps prefer steady, low-temperature running, using the settings agreed at handover.
What happens if it’s left?
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 while the old heating still works. Small faults tend to grow, so it’s worth dealing with them early.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we look at the job first, from photos or on a survey, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- MCS certification for heat pump work
- Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba and more
- One contact for properties across the South East and London
- NICEIC approved electrical contractors
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