West Sussex · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Three Bridges, West Sussex
Expert air source heat pumps for Three Bridges: diagnosis first, then a fixed-price quote, the work and written records. Call for a fixed-price quote.
- Questions about listed buildings or conservation areas
- Checking emitters for a heat pump
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
Air source heat pumps around Three Bridges
The Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures date about 64% of homes in the Three Bridges area to the post-war years, 1945 to 1972. Whether the walls and loft have been insulated makes a real difference to the heat pump size for homes of that period.
If your home is one of the older properties near St Barnabas', the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen.
Three Bridges is about 1 mile east of Crawley, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of property you have in Three Bridges, our engineers can help with air source heat pumps. You will hear back from us the same working day and our emergency line runs 24/7. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, Three Bridges among them.
Not far from Three Bridges, a recent job of ours was on Manor Royal Business District, Crawley (RH10), about 1 mile west: installing a Daikin VRV system serving six indoor cassette units across an open-plan office, two meeting rooms and a server room.
All of RH10 is covered, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include Ash Road, Mill Road and North Road, and we cover them all. Other places close to Three Bridges include Pound Hill (1 mile north-east), Worth (1 mile south-east), Maidenbower (1 mile south-east), Tilgate (1 mile south-west) and Crawley (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Horsham (8 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (9 miles south), Burgess Hill (11 miles south) and East Grinstead (7 miles east).
Local landmarks in Three Bridges
Around Three Bridges, our work takes us to homes and businesses near Hazelwick School, Central Sussex College and Grattons Park, among other places. Three Bridges has its own railway station: Three Bridges station. Other landmarks nearby include Crawley Hospital (1.6 miles west) and Crawley Museum (1.2 miles west). Not far away are Tilgate Lake.
Air source heat pumps in Three Bridges, done properly
A £2,500 grant is available for some air-to-air heat pumps, with conditions. The system must replace the existing fossil-fuel heating and meet the home’s full heating demand, it must be installed by an MCS certified installer, and it must be in a home, so an add-on next to a boiler is not eligible. We are often asked to deal with planning and permitted development questions and wanting to stop using oil, LPG or gas for heating, on homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, air-to-air heat pumps and air-to-water heat pumps.
If your home near Three Bridges has no mains gas, the grant can be bigger. Homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas can get an extra £1,500 on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme until March 2027.
Some warranty terms depend on the system being serviced regularly by a qualified engineer. If that applies to your system, booking the service on time keeps the record straight and each visit is recorded.
- Place
- Three Bridges (RH10)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Quotes
- Fixed, in writing
- Certified
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Prices
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Questions from Three Bridges
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump in Three Bridges?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. There’s a conservation area, the Hazelwick Road Conservation Area, close to central Three Bridges. A heat pump on a house can be permitted development if it meets the conditions, including the MCS noise check, but not within the grounds of a listed building, and in a conservation area the outdoor unit cannot face a road. Where needed, we check with the local planning authority (for Three Bridges, normally Crawley council).
Is the heat pump grant available in Three Bridges?
Three Bridges is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. 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. You do not apply yourself: the MCS certified installer does, which is us.
Can landlords and managing agents book you?
Yes. Homeowners, landlords, agents and businesses all book us in Three Bridges and across West Sussex. Tell us who should receive the paperwork.
Do you offer emergency call-outs?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for problems that cannot wait for a planned visit. Call 07833 053749 and tell us what’s happened.
Can I do the refrigerant work myself?
Not the refrigerant work. Under the F-gas rules, it must be done by qualified engineers from a certified company, and a new electrical circuit is notifiable building work unless a registered competent person does it.
Do I get paperwork after the visit?
Yes. It’s the record a manufacturer or the next engineer will ask to see: a dated note of the work, with refrigerant details where they apply.
Do you work on systems someone else installed?
Yes. We work on systems fitted by other installers as well as our own from all the leading brands. Send us the make and model, and any records you have.
What air source heat pumps can’t fix
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Any gas work on the existing boiler
- Insulation work, such as loft or cavity wall insulation
- Getting planning permission or listed building consent on your behalf
Not sure which it is? You can ring 07833 053749 and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in Three Bridges
- Radiator systems
- Underfloor heating
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
Common problems we fix in Three Bridges
An ageing boiler is often the moment people start thinking about a heat pump. Starting early leaves time for the survey, the design and any grant application, rather than rushing a replacement in winter.
Reasons to give us a call include:
- Wanting to stop using oil, LPG or gas for heating
- Deciding on the outdoor unit position
- Checking eligibility for a heat pump grant
Homeowners near Three Bridges station often ask whether a heat pump can take over from the boiler, and the heat loss survey answers that.
Questions to ask before booking
- What’s in the price and what is not
- Whether the company is F-Gas certified, and whether you can check it
- Which VAT rate the quote uses, and why
What affects the quote in Three Bridges
Your quote is based on your property. We consider:
- The pipe route between the units
- The type of system, from a single split to a larger system
- A single visit or a regular plan
Leaving a fault or an overdue service rarely makes the work cheaper. Faults and wear in a system tend to grow, and a system working harder than it should costs more to run. If you are unsure, call 07833 053749 or email us and we will give you an honest view and a fixed price.
What to send for a quote
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- The remote or wall controller showing any error
- The postcode and whether it’s a home, flat or business
- The outside wall, roof or yard where the outdoor unit sits or would go
Need a price for air source heat pumps? Please give us a ring on 07833 053749 or fill in the contact form and tell us about the job. We’ll talk you through the options and give you a fixed-price quote before you commit to anything.
How the visit works
You don’t need to do much on the day. Someone needs to let us in and show us the units, or where they’re going, and we take it from there. At the end, we tidy up and run through the work with you. We plan the visit to Three Bridges from the survey or your pictures.
- Step one is understanding the house, how it’s heated today and what you’d like to change.
- The survey measures heat loss room by room and looks at radiators, hot water and the best spot for the outdoor unit.
- The price comes back fixed and in writing, with the grant and VAT shown line by line.
- The outdoor unit, the indoor equipment and the controls are installed and connected.
- Once it’s running correctly, the MCS certificate is issued and we show you the settings.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear a path to the units and the space around them
- Make sure we can reach the outdoor unit, or where it will go
- Let us know where we can park and unload
Getting a price
Photos are the fastest route to a quote: the inside and outside of the property where the work is, plus the rating plate of any unit already there. Add the address and what you’d like done, and simple jobs can often be priced without a visit.
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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