Oxfordshire · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installers in Swinford
Our engineers work in Swinford on MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant applied for. Diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we finish.
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
- Deciding on the outdoor unit position
- Not knowing whether a grant applies
The process
Each visit follows the same order: agree the plan on site, protect the area, carry out the job, test what we have done and explain it all to you. On site, the work 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. Photos of the room and the outside of the property help us plan a visit to Swinford.
- Step one is understanding the house, how it’s heated today and what you’d like to change.
- We survey the home room by room for heat loss, and check the emitters, hot water and outdoor unit position.
- You get a fixed-price quote, with any grant you’re eligible for and the VAT explained.
- We fit the outdoor unit and connect it to the heating, hot water and controls.
- The system is commissioned and registered under MCS, and we show you how to use it.
How to prepare
- Keep pets out of the rooms we are working in
- Let us know where we can park and unload
- Let us know if the units are on a roof, a high wall or in a locked area
Getting a quote
For a fixed-price quote, call us on 07833 053749 or send an email with the address and a few details about the rooms or units involved. A few photos make it quicker. You will hear back from us the same working day.
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How we handle air source heat pumps in Swinford
We begin with a room-by-room heat loss survey. That tells us how much heat the home needs, room by room, so the heat pump and the radiators or indoor units can be sized properly. Guesswork leads to systems that are too big or too small. Common call-outs are for working out where a cylinder could go and questions about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, on radiator systems, air-to-air heat pumps and homes heated by oil, LPG or gas.
For a home around Swinford that’s off mains gas and heated by oil or LPG, an extra £1,500 is available through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme until March 2027, on top of the £7,500.
For a fault on a system that may still be under warranty, send us the make, model and installation date. We’ll explain how the manufacturer’s terms are likely to apply before anything chargeable is done.
- Location
- Swinford (OX29)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Pricing
- A fixed price before work begins
- Accreditations
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Guide price
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Replies
- Answered the same working day
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, system by system
Hot water cylinders
The cylinder size depends on how much hot water the household uses.
VAT on heat pumps
Please treat this as general guidance rather than tax advice.
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.
For anyone managing more than one building, we can quote and plan the work across all of them. Each property gets its own records, so each one has its own history.
What a heat pump looks like in Swinford
Valuation Office Agency council tax records date about 40% of homes in the Swinford area to the post-war years, 1945 to 1972, and about 71% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to the 2021 Census. Homes of that age often have cavity walls that may or may not be insulated, which the survey checks. Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these. Swinford Farmhouse, listed at grade II, is one of roughly 5 protected buildings and structures in the half-mile around Swinford’s centre. Where a home is affected, the outdoor unit position is settled with the planning team at West Oxfordshire council, which typically handles Swinford before the heat pump design is finished.
Older homes near Church of St Leonard may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed. Historic houses such as Appleton Manor, about 4.4 miles south, are a reminder that listed homes need consent before a heat pump goes in.
Swinford is about 6 miles west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Swinford gets the same approach as every job we take on: diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we have finished. Count every place we list in Oxfordshire and you reach 443, with Swinford on the list. Guildford, roughly 50 miles off, has its own page on this site.
Every address in OX29 is covered, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Close by, we work in Eynsham (1 mile north-west), Farmoor (1 mile south-east), Cassington (1 mile north-east), Filchampstead (2 miles south) and Wytham (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Oxford (6 miles east), Didcot (12 miles south-east), Bicester (12 miles north-east) and Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Swinford
Locally, jobs take us to houses, flats and workplaces close to The Talbot Public House and Attached Stable and Bartholomew School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Hanborough station, roughly 3.6 miles north. A little further out are Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains (4.4 miles east) and Oxford Bus Museum (3.6 miles north). Not far away are Cumnor Hill and Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by air source heat pumps, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It does not solve:
- Insulation work, such as loft or cavity wall insulation
- A grant for a home that doesn’t meet the scheme rules
- Tax advice on your own circumstances
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 07833 053749 or email us and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Radiator systems
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Underfloor heating
Towns and villages near Swinford
Other services in Swinford
Swinford questions
Do you cover smaller places like Swinford?
We do. Villages and hamlets get the same service as the bigger towns. A few pictures and the postcode are enough to get things started.
Is the heat pump grant available in Swinford?
Swinford 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. As an MCS certified installer, we apply for it on your behalf.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For simple jobs, pictures and a few details can be enough, while larger systems and faults that need testing are seen on site.
Will my radiators work with a heat pump?
It depends on each radiator and the room it heats. At the lower temperatures a heat pump uses, radiators need more surface so we check every radiator against the room’s heat loss.
Which brands do you work with?
We install and work on the leading makes, from Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin and Fujitsu to Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi. Tell us the make and model and we will take it from there.
Which type of heat pump is right for my home?
Air-to-water replaces the boiler for heating and hot water, while air-to-air heats and cools rooms, and we help you choose. We install both types.
Do you provide F-Gas records?
Yes. It’s the record a manufacturer or the next engineer will ask to see: the date, the work, and any refrigerant added or recovered.
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