Oxfordshire · Heat pump installation
Tiddington air source heat pumps
MCS certified installation of air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, with the boiler upgrade scheme grant applied for, in Tiddington and nearby. Ask us for a fixed-price quote; we reply the same working day.
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
- Plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump
- Checking eligibility for a heat pump grant
Air source heat pumps in Tiddington, done properly
In England, an air source heat pump on a house can often go in under permitted development rights. The conditions include an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 m³ and compliance with MCS 020(a), and the unit cannot be used solely for cooling or sit within the curtilage of a listed building. We look at the planning position for your home during the survey. If you are dealing with questions about listed buildings or conservation areas and replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump, we can sort it out.
If your home in or near Tiddington is heated by oil, LPG or electric heaters with no mains gas, an extra £1,500 is available through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme until March 2027, on top of the £7,500.
Warranty on the equipment is the manufacturer’s own, on the manufacturer’s terms, and we set them out on your quote. Each brand sets its own conditions, so we go through them with you rather than leave you to find the small print.
- Where
- Tiddington (OX9)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Costs
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Response
- Answered the same working day
- Quotes
- Fixed after a survey or pictures
- Credentials
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Tiddington
Is the heat pump grant available in Tiddington?
Tiddington is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. For an air-to-water heat pump the amount is £7,500; an air-to-air system can get £2,500 if it replaces the fossil-fuel heating outright, meets the home’s full heating demand and isn’t an add-on to a boiler. The installer applies, and we’re MCS certified.
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump in Tiddington?
The answer turns on the property and where the outdoor unit would sit. The half-mile around the middle of Tiddington holds about 19 listed buildings and structures. 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 needed, we check with South Oxfordshire council, which is usually the planning authority for Tiddington.
Do you work on commercial properties?
Yes. From a single let flat to offices, shops and public buildings, we work the same way: survey or diagnosis, a fixed price and proper paperwork.
Do you offer emergency call-outs?
Yes, day and night. Call the emergency line and tell us the make, the symptoms and any error code, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Why does F-Gas certification matter?
Anyone installing, repairing or servicing the refrigerant side must be qualified, and their company certified. Ask to see proof before booking anyone and we’ll gladly show you ours.
Who has to arrange F-Gas leak checks?
The F-gas rules share it between the equipment’s operator and the engineers who work on it. How often depends on the size of the refrigerant charge in tonnes of CO2 equivalent: at least yearly for 5 to under 50 tCO2e, and every 6 months for 50 to under 500 tCO2e.
Does servicing affect my warranty?
That depends on the brand. Where servicing is a condition, a missed service could give the manufacturer grounds to refuse a claim and we will tell you what your brand asks for.
Nearby places to Tiddington
What else we do in Tiddington
Different systems, different jobs
Heat loss surveys
The survey covers the building fabric and how air moves through it along with the room sizes.
Hot water cylinders
Existing cylinders may not be suitable for a heat pump, and we explain whether yours can stay.
Homes in Tiddington and heat pumps
Census 2021 figures found about 74% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these.
Historic houses such as Adwell House, about 4.5 miles south-east, are a reminder that listed homes need consent before a heat pump goes in. Period properties close to Church of St Helen can suit a heat pump, though insulation and any heritage protection are checked first.
Tiddington is about 4 miles west of Thame, in Oxfordshire. We cover Tiddington for air source heat pumps and across the rest of Oxfordshire. Count every place we list in Oxfordshire and you reach 443, with Tiddington on the list. We also work in Guildford, around 40 miles away.
Here we cover the OX9 postcode area. From Oxford Road, Albury View and Brookside Close to the smaller roads in between, nowhere is left out. Close to Tiddington, our area also takes in Albury (1 mile east), Draycott (1 mile north), Milton Common (1 mile south), Little Ickford (1 mile north) and Ickford (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Oxford (7 miles west), Didcot (12 miles south-west), Bicester (12 miles north) and Abingdon-on-Thames (10 miles south-west).
Near you in Tiddington
In Tiddington, that means homes and buildings near The Fox Inn, among other places. Other landmarks nearby include Thame Community Hospital (3.9 miles east) and Waterperry Gardens Rural Museum (1.5 miles north-west). Not far away are Wells Farm.
The process
Protection comes first: sheets over the floor and any furniture nearby, and we ask before moving anything. Then the electrics are made safe and the work begins. It 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, and we clear up before we go. We plan the trip to Tiddington around you.
- It begins with your house and the heating it relies on now.
- A heat loss survey is carried out, room by room.
- The design covers the heat pump, emitters, hot water and outdoor unit.
- Cost, grant and VAT appear on one fixed-price quote.
- We install, commission and register the system under MCS.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the manual or the paperwork for the system, if you have it
- Keep pets out of the rooms we are working in
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, high walls or locked plant areas
Ask for a quote
If you need air source heat pumps in Tiddington, phone 07833 053749 or write to us at info@aircondoctor.co.uk. Tell us what kind of property it is and what you’d like done, plus some pictures if they’re to hand. Enquiries get a reply the same working day.
Related advice
Owner checks or an engineer?
Keep a note of anything odd: error codes, noises, drips, smells or a drop in performance. It helps us diagnose quickly, and a photo or a short video of the display is even better.
There are a few things you can safely do yourself: keep the outdoor unit clear of leaves, plants and clutter, check the settings and the remote, and follow the cleaning the manual describes. Anything inside the units, the electrics and the refrigerant is engineer’s work.
Fixed-price quotes for air source heat pumps in Tiddington
The survey or diagnosis tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Whether the existing supply is suitable
- The equipment or parts the job needs
- How easy the units are to reach
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we look at the job first, from pictures or on a survey, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Simple jobs can often be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Your installation or service records
- The address and the type of property
- A photo of the consumer unit with the cover closed
Want a quote for air source heat pumps? Please ring us on 07833 053749, or email if that’s easier with a few details about the property. We’ll talk you through the options and give you a fixed-price quote before anything is booked.
What a customer said
“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