Greater London · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in West Drayton, Greater London
For air source heat pumps in West Drayton, choose an F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved company. A fixed price before work begins, and a 24/7 emergency line.
- An oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life
- Questions about where the outdoor unit can go
- Checking eligibility for a heat pump grant
Air source heat pumps in West Drayton
As an MCS certified installer, we fit air source heat pumps for homes in West Drayton and the rest of Greater London. There are two kinds: air-to-water, which heats radiators or underfloor heating and your hot water, and air-to-air, which warms rooms through indoor units and can also cool. We help you work out which suits your home. We are often asked to deal with no space for a hot water cylinder and questions about where the outdoor unit can go, across air-to-water heat pumps, hot water cylinders and homes heated by oil, LPG or gas.
In a flat in West Drayton, the lease and the freeholder normally decide where a heat pump can go. The planning rules for flats are stricter than for houses, and we check before designing.
If a fault appears while the equipment is under the manufacturer’s warranty, tell us the make, model and installation date. We will explain how the manufacturer’s terms are likely to apply before anything chargeable is done.
- Place
- West Drayton (UB7)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Costs
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Certified
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Price
- A fixed-price quote up front
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
A heat pump sized without a proper heat loss survey can struggle in cold weather or run inefficiently. A room-by-room survey gets it right first time. If a lease or managing agent is involved in West Drayton, start the conversation early.
Several rooms, units or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Mention every unit or room you need covered and we will price it together.
Why choose AirCon Doctor in West Drayton
- Fixed-price quotes after a survey or photos
- Enquiries answered the same working day
- Covering London and the South East
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Before you call an engineer
Keep a note of anything odd: an error code, a new noise, a drip, a smell or a change in how well the system heats or cools. It helps us diagnose quickly, and a photo of the display helps even more.
For air conditioning, cleaning the indoor unit’s filters is the main job owners can do, if the manual says so. With the power off, they lift out, can be vacuumed or rinsed and must be fully dry before they go back. For a heat pump, the main owner jobs are a clear outdoor unit and sensible control settings.
What a heat pump looks like in West Drayton
For a London home, the outdoor unit position and the MCS noise check need careful planning.
Live in one of the older houses around Church of St Martin? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status. Homeowners near West Drayton station often ask whether a heat pump can take over from the boiler, and the heat loss survey answers that.
West Drayton is about 2 miles west of Hayes, in Greater London. We cover West Drayton for air source heat pumps and across the rest of Greater London. In Greater London alone we list 764 places and West Drayton is among them. London, roughly 16 miles off, has its own page on this site.
Not far from West Drayton, a recent job of ours was on Church Street, Staines-upon-Thames (TW18), about 5 miles south: installing two LG wall-mounted units in the main office area and a single unit in the client meeting room.
From Church Road, Station Road and Constabulary Place to the smaller roads in between, the whole area is covered. Every address in UB7 is within our area, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Neighbouring places we cover include Yiewsley (1 mile north), Thorney (1 mile west), Cowley (2 miles north), Hayes (2 miles east) and Hillingdon (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include City of Westminster (14 miles east), Marylebone (14 miles east), Kensington (11 miles east) and St Pancras (15 miles east).
Local landmarks in West Drayton
We fit and service air conditioning in homes and premises around Park Academy West London, The Fox and Pheasant pub and Lake Farm Country Park and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is West Drayton station, roughly 0.5 miles north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include The Chimes (3 miles north) and British Airways Heritage Collection (2.5 miles north). Not far away are Uxbridge Moor and Staines Reservoirs.
FAQs for West Drayton
Do I need permission to put air conditioning in my flat in West Drayton?
In many cases, yes, once the lease and the building’s rules are checked. We look at where the outdoor unit could go, such as a balcony, flat roof or rear wall, and write it up for the freeholder or agent.
Will a heat pump in West Drayton need planning permission?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. The centre of West Drayton is in the West Drayton Green 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 necessary, we check with Hillingdon council, which is normally the planning authority for West Drayton.
Why does F-Gas certification matter?
The law says any company working on equipment containing F gas has to be certified, and each engineer needs the right qualifications too. It means the refrigerant in your system is handled legally.
Is there a Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant for air-to-air?
It can, as long as the system takes over the heating completely. The £2,500 applies when it replaces the fossil-fuel heating, covers the full heating demand, is fitted by an MCS certified installer and serves a home; as an add-on to a boiler it does not qualify.
Do you work in West Drayton?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes West Drayton.
How much VAT is charged on a heat pump in a home?
In residential accommodation, 0% until 31 March 2027 and 5% afterwards. Hotels and businesses pay the standard rate. Please treat this as general information, not tax advice.
Do you protect the property while you work?
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.
The process
We book the visit for a day and time that suit you, and we let you know if plans need to move. On arrival, the engineer compares the job with the survey, your photos or the details you gave us. If something is different, we talk it through with you before carrying on. From there, 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. The more we can see beforehand, the smoother the visit to West Drayton will be.
- We start with your plans and the property.
- We survey for heat loss and look at radiators, cylinder space and outdoor unit options.
- We recommend air-to-water or air-to-air and check the grant position.
- Installation follows on the agreed dates.
- After commissioning, you get the MCS certificate and a handover.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, high walls or locked plant areas
- Move furniture away from the wall where we will be working
- Let us know if the building has a permit or sign-in process
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for air source heat pumps? Please call 07833 053749 or send an email with a few details about the property. We will explain what we’d recommend and why, then send a fixed-price quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Other services in West Drayton
For landlords and property managers
Under the GB F-gas rules, responsibility for leak checks is shared between whoever operates the equipment and the engineers who work on it. 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.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the property, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed-price quote.
A customer’s words
“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