Kent · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installers in Thurnham
MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the boiler upgrade scheme grant applied for, for Thurnham and the surrounding area. Ask us for a fixed-price quote; we reply the same working day.
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Air source heat pumps in Thurnham: the local picture
Census 2021 figures found about 79% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Detached and semi-detached houses normally have room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder.
Older homes near St Mary the Virgin Church may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed. If your home is listed, like Stoneacre about 2.6 miles south, listed building consent comes before any heat pump work.
Thurnham is about 3 miles north-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Homes and businesses alike in Thurnham, our engineers can help with air source heat pumps. You’ll hear back from us the same working day and our emergency line runs 24/7. Count every place we list in Kent and you reach 922, with Thurnham on the list. Bromley, roughly 26 miles off, has its own page on this site.
Our working area takes in ME14. Streets in the area include Thurnham Lane, Aldington Lane and Pilgrims Way, and we cover them all. We also cover the places around Thurnham: Detling (1 mile north-west), Bearsted (1 mile south-west), Weavering (2 miles south-west), Grove Green (2 miles west) and Harbourland (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (3 miles south-west), Sittingbourne (7 miles north-east), Gravesend (13 miles north-west) and Tonbridge (15 miles south-west).
What’s near Thurnham
We fit and service air conditioning in homes and premises around White Horse Wood and Black Horse Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Bearsted station, about 1.1 miles south-west. A little further out are Allington Castle (3.3 miles west) and KIMS hospital (1.4 miles west). Not far away are Detling Hill.
Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Thurnham
Until 31 March 2027, a heat pump installed in residential accommodation carries 0% VAT, with 5% from 1 April 2027. This is HMRC’s energy-saving materials relief, which applies to homes rather than businesses. For air-to-air systems, we confirm the VAT on your quote. This is general information, not tax advice. If the problem is ageing boilers that will need replacing and questions about where the outdoor unit can go, we can help.
If your home in or near Thurnham 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.
Each manufacturer sets its own warranty period. Daikin, for instance, gives a standard 2 years on split air conditioning, with longer extensions only on its air-to-water heat pumps. For any other brand, we explain the manufacturer’s terms on your quote.
- Location
- Thurnham (ME14)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Quote
- Fixed-price quote after a site survey
- Prices
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Accreditations
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Response
- On the working day you ask
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
When it’s something else
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Getting planning permission or listed building consent on your behalf
- Disconnecting or servicing a gas boiler
- Insulation work, such as loft or cavity wall insulation
If in doubt, call us on 07833 053749 or write to us at info@aircondoctor.co.uk and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Underfloor heating
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Radiator systems
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
What you can do yourself, and what needs us
Good habits make our visits easier, not unnecessary. Simple care keeps the air moving through the system, but the refrigerant circuit, the electrics and the parts you cannot see still need an engineer at the interval the manufacturer recommends.
Do not move, re-route or disconnect units or pipework yourself. Disconnecting a system means dealing with refrigerant, which only a qualified engineer can do, and the electrics need care too. If you need something moved, we can quote for it.
How the visit works
We book the visit for a day and time that suit you, and we keep you posted if anything changes. On arrival, the engineer compares the job with the survey, your pictures or the details you gave us. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, the work takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. We plan the trip to Thurnham around you.
- 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.
- You get a fixed-price quote, with any grant you’re eligible for and the VAT explained.
- Fitting day: the outdoor unit is placed, the indoor side connected and the controls set up.
- Commissioning, MCS certification and a handover of the controls finish the job.
How to prepare
- Find the manual or the paperwork for the system, if you have it
- Let us know if the units are on a roof, a high wall or in a locked area
- Arrange for someone to be there to let us in
How to get a quote
If you need air source heat pumps in Thurnham, phone us on 07833 053749 or send an email. Let us know the type of property and what you need, and send a few pictures if you can. We reply the same working day.
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Thurnham: your questions answered
Is Thurnham within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Send a few details and photos, and we reply the same working day.
Will a heat pump in Thurnham need planning permission?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. Historic England lists about 17 buildings and structures within half a mile of the centre of Thurnham. 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 can’t face a road. Where necessary, we check with the planning department at Maidstone council, typically the authority for Thurnham.
Can I do the refrigerant work myself?
Anything that involves the refrigerant needs an F-Gas qualified engineer from a certified company. That’s the law, not just our preference, and it also matters for the manufacturer’s warranty. We are happy to quote for the full job, supply to commissioning.
Are my radiators big enough for a heat pump?
We find out during the survey. Where a radiator is already large enough, it stays and any changes are in the quote.
Will you make a mess?
We put dust sheets over floors and furniture near the work first, and we tidy up as we go. Before we leave, we clear up and run through the work with you.
Does the grant cover air-to-air heat pumps?
Sometimes, and the amount is £2,500 rather than £7,500. It must replace fossil-fuel heating and meet the full heating demand of a home with an MCS certified installer.
Is the equipment covered by a warranty?
Warranty is the manufacturer’s own, on its terms. Each brand sets its own conditions and periods, so we explain them on your quote.
Rented and managed buildings
Facilities teams in offices, schools and public buildings book us too across Kent. Larger buildings can be done in stages around the people who use them.
The F-gas rules share responsibility for leak checking between the equipment’s operator and the service technicians. Where a building is let or managed, the lease or contract should make clear who looks after the system and we are happy to deal with whoever it is.
A customer’s words
“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