Kent · Heat pump installation
Waltham air source heat pumps
One call covers heat pump installation in Waltham: diagnosis, fixed price, work and sign-off. An F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, on Checkatrade.
- No space for a hot water cylinder
- Deciding on the outdoor unit position
- Radiators that may be too small for a heat pump
Your questions about air source heat pumps in Waltham
Will you come out to Waltham?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. A few photos and the postcode are enough to get things started.
Is a heat pump in Waltham permitted development?
That depends on the building and where the outdoor unit goes. Central Waltham is a short walk from the Waltham Conservation Area. 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 the local planning authority (for Waltham, normally Canterbury City council).
Which type of heat pump is right for my home?
It depends on your home, your heating and whether you want cooling. The grant is £7,500 for eligible air-to-water systems and £2,500 for air-to-air in limited cases, and we set out the options after the survey.
Do you work on all makes?
The main ones, including Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi. For a new system, we suggest the make and model that suit the property and tell you why.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For simple jobs, pictures and a few details can be enough, while bigger systems and repairs that need testing get a visit.
What does F-Gas certified mean?
The law says any company working on equipment containing F gas has to be certified, and the engineers need their own qualifications. It means the refrigerant in your system is handled legally.
Will you work on another installer’s system?
Yes. Systems fitted by other companies are fine, on all the main brands. Tell us the make and model and send any paperwork you have.
About our air source heat pumps in Waltham
Air source heat pumps collect heat from outdoor air and bring it inside, using electricity to drive the process. The technology is close to air conditioning, which is why we install both and the Energy Saving Trust notes that air-to-air heat pumps are sometimes referred to as air conditioning. If the problem is moving away from fossil-fuel heating and no space for a hot water cylinder, we can sort it out.
For a home around Waltham 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.
If a fault appears while the equipment is under the manufacturer’s warranty, tell us the make, model and installation date. We’ll explain how the manufacturer’s terms are likely to apply before any chargeable work goes ahead.
- Where
- Waltham (CT4)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Pricing
- A fixed-price quote up front
- Accreditations
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Typical price
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Enquiries
- On the working day you ask
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Air source heat pumps around Waltham
The last census (2021) found about 71% 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.
Sizing comes from the heat each room loses on a cold day, not from the size of the old boiler.
Waltham is about 6 miles south-west of Canterbury, in Kent. Wherever you are in the CT4 postcode area, our engineers can take on air source heat pumps. Count every place we list in Kent and you reach 922, with Waltham on the list. Eastbourne is in our area too, around 43 miles away.
Our engineers cover all of CT4 for air source heat pumps. Local streets include Church Lane, Richdore Road and Kake Street, each of them within reach. Places around Waltham that are also on our list: Stelling Minnis (2 miles east), Bossingham (2 miles east), Stowting Common (4 miles south), Stowting (4 miles south) and Rhodes Minnis (4 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Ashford (8 miles south-west), Canterbury (6 miles north-east), Dover (13 miles east) and Folkestone (10 miles south-east).
Near you in Waltham
Typical jobs here are in properties near Compasses Inn. For rail, the closest station is Chilham station, roughly 3.7 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Chilham Castle (4.1 miles north-west) and Kent and Canterbury Hospital (5.5 miles north-east).
How the visit works
Each visit runs to the same pattern: check the plan with you, protect the area, carry out the job, test what we’ve done and talk you through it. 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. Pictures of the space and where the outdoor unit could go let us plan the work in Waltham.
- It begins with your house and the heating it relies on now.
- Every room’s heat loss is worked out on site.
- We design the system, check the radiators and cylinder and look at the outdoor unit position.
- You get a fixed price, with any grant and the VAT set out.
- Installation, commissioning and MCS registration complete the job.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about parking and loading
- Name a contact who can meet us at the agreed time
- Make sure we can reach the outdoor unit, or where it will go
Ask for a quote
For a fixed-price quote, phone us on 07833 053749 or use the quote form with the address and a few details about the rooms or units involved. A few pictures make it quicker. We reply to enquiries the same working day.
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Rented and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease or tenancy agreement normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the records to whoever needs them.
The F-gas rules share responsibility for leak checking between the equipment’s operator and the service technicians. In a let or managed building, it’s worth agreeing who that operator is and we’re happy to deal with whoever it is.
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Pricing air source heat pumps in Waltham
Your quote is based on your property. We take into account:
- Access, including height, roofs and ladders
- The equipment or parts the job needs
- The condition of any existing system
Every job is different, so each one gets its own fixed-price quote. The system, the access, the pipe routes and the parts involved all make a difference.
What we need to know
Simple jobs can often be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- A few photos of the room and the wall the unit is on, or will go on
- Any error code or flashing light on the display
- The paperwork from the last service, if you have it
For air source heat pumps in Waltham, ring 07833 053749 or email us. Tell us what kind of property it is and what you’d like done, and send a few photos if you can. We reply the same working day.
Signs you need air source heat pumps in Waltham
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.
Look out for any of the following:
- Finding a place for the outdoor unit
- Radiators that may be too small for a heat pump
- Checking eligibility for a heat pump grant
Live in one of the older houses around Church of St Bartholomew? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the manufacturer’s warranty depends on regular servicing
- How extra work would be agreed if they find something unexpected
- Which brand and model they’re proposing, and why
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