Greater London · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installers in St Luke's
Looking for air source heat pumps in St Luke's? We look at the job first, give you a fixed-price quote and do the work at a time that suits you, finishing with proper records.
- Checking emitters for a heat pump
- Finding a place for the outdoor unit
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
About our air source heat pumps in St Luke's
Hot water from an air-to-water system is stored in a cylinder. Homes with a combi boiler may not have a cylinder, so finding space for one is part of the survey. With air-to-air, hot water has to come from something else. The work covers homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, air-to-air heat pumps and hot water cylinders, and the jobs we see most are working out where a cylinder could go and checking eligibility for a heat pump grant.
Terraced houses in a London area like St Luke's can suit a heat pump well, provided the outdoor unit can sit somewhere that passes the MCS noise check.
If a fault appears while the equipment is under the manufacturer’s warranty, tell us the make, model and installation date. We will tell you how the manufacturer’s warranty is likely to apply before any chargeable work goes ahead.
- Where
- St Luke's (N1, EC1V, EC2A)
- Region
- Greater London
- Approvals
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Replies
- We reply the same working day
- Quotes
- Fixed, in writing
- Price guide
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
After we’ve gone
Looking after the system is mostly common sense. A few tips:
- Diary the next service
- Use the settings explained at handover
- Read the manufacturer’s warranty terms for your brand
The warranty on the heat pump is the manufacturer’s, on its own terms. We go through the conditions with you, including any servicing they ask for.
Heat pumps prefer steady, low-temperature running, using the settings agreed at handover.
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St Luke's: your questions answered
Is a heat pump in St Luke's permitted development?
It comes down to the building and the spot chosen for the outdoor unit. A conservation area takes in the middle of St Luke's. On a house, an air source heat pump can often go ahead under permitted development, with an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 cubic metres and an installation that meets MCS 020(a), which includes a noise check. Those rights do not reach the grounds of a listed building, and conservation areas rule out walls or roofs facing a road. If that might affect you, we ask the local planning authority (for St Luke's, typically the City of London Corporation).
Can I have air conditioning in a flat in St Luke's?
Typically, yes, though leaseholders normally need the freeholder’s agreement. 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.
Will skipping a service affect the warranty?
It can, for some brands. Send us the make and model and we will tell you what the manufacturer expects, and book the service at the interval they recommend.
How do you keep the place clean during the 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.
Which brands do you work with?
Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi and others. For new systems, we recommend a brand and model to suit the job and tell you why.
What accreditations do you have?
AirCon Doctor is an F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved for electrical work and MCS certified for heat pumps. We are also Checkatrade members.
Do I need new radiators for a heat pump?
That depends on the room’s heat loss and the radiator’s size. We check them all during the survey, so the quote covers any changes.
Heat pumps in St Luke's: local notes
The Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures show about 37% of homes in St Luke's and the neighbourhoods around it were built in 2000 or later, and about 93% of households live in flats, according to the last census (2021). Lower heat loss in recent homes often means a smaller heat pump and fewer radiator changes. A flat may have no room for a hot water cylinder, and the freeholder typically has a say on the outdoor unit, which can tip the choice towards air-to-air. London homes can be short of space for an outdoor unit and cylinder, which affects the choice of heat pump.
For a home near Old Street station, the survey looks at whether an air-to-water or air-to-air heat pump suits better. Live in one of the older houses around Jewin Welsh Presbyterian Chapel? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status.
St Luke's is about 2 miles north of London, in Greater London. For air source heat pumps in and around St Luke's, it’s easy to get a fixed-price quote: please call us on 07833 053749 or send an email. Our area covers London and the South East, St Luke's included. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and St Luke's is one of them.
The closest recent job we can point to from St Luke's was on Greenwich High Road, Greenwich (SE10), about 5 miles south-east: installing a Mitsubishi Electric wall-mounted unit in the retail area and a second unit in the stockroom and office.
Getting to St Luke's is easy by the A1 and A501. Long Lane, City Road and Moor Lane and the roads off them are all inside our area. We also cover the places around St Luke's: Finsbury (1 mile south), Barbican Estate (1 mile south), Shoreditch (1 mile east), Hoxton (1 mile north-east) and City of London (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover City of Westminster (3 miles west), Kensington (5 miles west), Walthamstow (5 miles north-east) and Hampstead (4 miles north-west).
Around St Luke's
Around St Luke's, our work takes us to homes and businesses near Barts Health Archives, Charterhouse Square School and The Masque Haunt pub. Other local landmarks include St Mary-at-Hill (1.1 miles south), Central Foundation Boys' School (less than half a mile east) and Artillery Ground (within half a mile south-east). St Luke's has its own railway station: Old Street station. A little further out are Gabriel's Wharf (1.3 miles south-west) and Montfichet's Tower (0.9 miles south-west). The countryside around St Luke's includes St. James's Park Lake and Barnsbury Wood.
What we do, step by step
Everything the job needs comes with us, from tools and test equipment to ladders and dust sheets. You only need to give us clear access to the units, or their planned positions, and to the fuse board. The visit takes a few days on site, depending on the cylinder, the radiators and the pipework involved. Parking bays, permits and roof or balcony access are the first things we ask about in St Luke's.
- You tell us about the home and what you want from a heat pump.
- 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.
- We install the heat pump and connect it up.
- After commissioning, you get the MCS certificate and a handover.
Getting ready for the visit
- Unlock any gate, garage or side passage we need
- Clear a path to the units and the space around them
- Plan for pets to be kept clear during the visit
Getting a price
Every quote shows the VAT clearly, and the rate that applies to your job is stated. VAT can differ between homes and businesses and between kinds of work, so we confirm it in writing rather than guess. For a fixed-price quote, give us a ring on 07833 053749 or drop us a line.
Advice
What air conditioning will not do
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Gas boiler work, such as disconnecting the old boiler, which needs a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Planning decisions, which rest with the council
- Grants for hybrid systems or replacements of low-carbon systems
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 07833 053749 and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Radiator systems
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
- Underfloor heating
Let and managed properties
Larger air conditioning systems in buildings need more than servicing: a TM44 inspection by an accredited energy assessor is required at least every 5 years for systems over 12 kW. We can arrange it, prepare the system for it and fix what it finds.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed-price quote.
What a customer said
“Excellent service from start to finish. Two wall-mounted units installed in our home. Clean, tidy work: they protected all the floors and left no mess. The systems work brilliantly. Would highly recommend.”
Sarah M., East Grinstead