Kent · Heat pump installation
Air Source Heat Pumps in Pratling Street
Our engineers work in Pratling Street on heat pump installation. Diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we finish.
- Working out whether radiators need upsizing
- A boiler that is getting old
- Comparing heat pump types
About our air source heat pumps in Pratling Street
In England, an air source heat pump on a house can often go in under permitted development rights. Conditions include a maximum outdoor unit size of 1.5 m³, compliance with MCS 020(a), use for more than cooling alone and a site outside the curtilage of a listed building. We check the rules for your property as part of the survey. The work covers radiator systems, air-to-air heat pumps and hot water cylinders, and common reasons people get in touch are working out where a cylinder could go and planning and permitted development questions.
In a place like Pratling Street, some homes are listed, and permitted development doesn’t cover listed buildings, so we check consent first.
Whatever the visit, you get a written record: commissioning details and F-Gas records for a new system, a note of the fault and the fix for a repair, or a service record. File it with the manual, because it helps with any later warranty question.
- Where
- Pratling Street (ME20)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Costs
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Response
- Same working day
- Approvals
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Price
- A fixed-price quote up front
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
When it’s something else
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Planning approval where permitted development doesn’t apply
- A grant for a home that does not meet the scheme rules
- Disconnecting or servicing a gas boiler
If in doubt, call 07833 053749 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Underfloor heating
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Radiator systems
How it works
If the system has to be off for part of the visit, we tell you before any work starts, so you can plan around it. In a business, work can often be done one area at a time. The work takes several days for an air-to-water system with a new cylinder, less for an air-to-air system. For a village like Pratling Street, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- Step one is understanding the house, how it’s heated today and what you’d like to change.
- On the visit we calculate what every room loses on a cold day, then check the radiators, room for a cylinder and outdoor unit options.
- We send a fixed-price quote that shows the equipment, the grant position and the VAT.
- Fitting day: the outdoor unit is placed, the indoor side connected and the controls set up.
- Once it’s running correctly, the MCS certificate is issued and we show you the settings.
Before we arrive
- Give us access to the outside wall, roof or yard where the outdoor unit sits
- Make sure we can reach the consumer unit or fuse board
- Plan for pets to be kept clear during the visit
Get a fixed-price quote
To get a fixed-price quote, call us on 07833 053749 or use the quote form and tell us about the property and what you need. A few pictures make it quicker. We reply to enquiries the same working day.
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Questions from Pratling Street
Can I fit a heat pump in Pratling Street without planning permission?
The answer turns on the property and where the outdoor unit would sit. The half-mile around the middle of Pratling Street holds about 9 listed buildings and structures. 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 local planning authority (for Pratling Street, usually Tonbridge and Malling council).
Is the heat pump grant available in Pratling Street?
Pratling Street is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. It gives £7,500 towards an air-to-water or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 towards an air-to-air heat pump that replaces the fossil-fuel heating and meets the whole home’s heating need. You do not apply yourself: the MCS certified installer does, which is us.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job for simple work, while larger systems and faults that need testing are seen on site.
What’s the price of a heat pump installation?
Air-to-water installations cost £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant. Air-to-air systems are priced after a survey, with the VAT confirmed on your quote.
What warranty do I get?
The manufacturer provides it, on its own terms. Some terms depend on regular servicing by a qualified engineer so it’s worth keeping the service records.
Can I do the refrigerant work myself?
The refrigerant side has to be done by a qualified engineer working for an F-Gas certified company. That is the law, not just our preference, and manufacturers expect it for their warranty too. We can quote for the whole job, from supply to commissioning.
Do you protect the property while you work?
Protection goes down first: dust sheets over floors and anything close to the work. Holes and fixings are agreed with you, and we clean up afterwards when we finish.
Looking after your system
Systems last better with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Use the settings explained at handover
- Store the MCS certificate and warranty documents together
- Check what your manufacturer’s warranty asks of you
Should you have questions after the install, call us on 07833 053749 or send an email and we will talk it through. A yearly service is a good habit.
Don’t cover radiators with furniture or heavy curtains so the heat can get into the room.
Also in Pratling Street
Different systems, different jobs
Hot water cylinders
Existing cylinders may not be suitable for a heat pump, and we explain whether yours can stay.
Air-to-air heat pumps
Air-to-air heat pumps warm rooms through indoor units and can cool them in summer. They don’t heat hot water, so that has to come from elsewhere.
Homes in Pratling Street and heat pumps
About 30% of homes in Pratling Street and the neighbourhoods around it have been built since 2000, according to the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures, and about 63% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to the last census (2021). Newer homes usually lose less heat, which tends to suit a heat pump well. Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these.
With Starkey Castle about 4.3 miles north, it’s worth asking whether your own home is listed before planning a heat pump. Older homes near Methodist Church Including Sunday School may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed.
Pratling Street is about 3 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. Whether you’re in the middle of Pratling Street or further out, we cover air source heat pumps, from a single room to a whole building. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. Bromley, roughly 22 miles off, has its own page on this site.
Every address in ME20 is within our area. From Old Mill Lane, Pratling Street and St Michaels Close to the smaller roads in between, the whole area is covered. We also cover the places around Pratling Street: Forstal (1 mile south-west), Eccles (1 mile north-west), Burham (2 miles north-west), New Hythe (2 miles west) and Larkfield (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (3 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles east), Dartford (15 miles north-west) and Sevenoaks (14 miles west).
Near you in Pratling Street
Around Pratling Street, our work takes us to homes and businesses near Aylesford School, The Bush pub and Tyland Barn, among other places. Pratling Street’s nearest station is Aylesford station, roughly 1.4 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Fremlin Walk (2.4 miles south-east) and Allington Castle (1.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Burham Down and Boxley Hills.
What a customer said
“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