Windsor and Maidenhead · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Woodside, Windsor and Maidenhead
Air source heat pumps for Woodside and the surrounding area: a survey or diagnosis, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed-price quote.
- Planning and permitted development questions
- Checking emitters for a heat pump
- Ageing boilers that will need replacing
Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Woodside
An air-to-water heat pump costs £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme can provide £7,500 towards an eligible air-to-water system in England and Wales, and as the installer we apply for it on your behalf. Not every home qualifies, so we check eligibility before you commit. The work covers radiator systems, air-to-water heat pumps and homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, and people most often call us about choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air and replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump.
Homes around Woodside typically have room outside for a heat pump, so the design comes down to heat loss, radiators and hot water.
Aftercare is simple, and most of it is in the manual: clear space around the outdoor unit, the cleaning the manual describes and a service at the recommended interval. It also keeps you on the right side of any warranty terms that ask for servicing.
- Location
- Woodside (SL4)
- Region
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Quote
- Fixed-price quote after a site survey
- Accreditations
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Guide price
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Planning approval where permitted development does not apply
- Draught-proofing and insulation upgrades
- Gas boiler work, such as disconnecting the old boiler, which needs a Gas Safe registered engineer
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 07833 053749, or email if that’s easier and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Underfloor heating
- Hot water cylinders
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Radiator systems
Nearby places to Woodside
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Common questions in Woodside
Is planning permission needed for a heat pump in Woodside?
That depends on the building and where the outdoor unit goes. Around 8 listed entries sit within 0.5 miles of central Woodside. On a house, an air source heat pump can often go ahead under permitted development, with an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 cubic metres and an installation that meets MCS 020(a), which includes a noise check. Those rights don’t reach the grounds of a listed building, and conservation areas rule out walls or roofs facing a road. If that might affect you, we ask the planning department at Bracknell Forest council, typically the authority for Woodside.
Will you come out to Woodside?
We do. Villages and hamlets get the same service as the bigger towns. A few pictures and the postcode are enough to get things started.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we’ll suggest a schedule with a fixed price. Leak checks required by the F-gas rules can be built in for larger systems.
What does F-Gas certified mean?
F-Gas certification shows a company is approved to work on equipment containing fluorinated gases, such as the refrigerant in air conditioning and heat pumps. In Great Britain, that certification is a legal requirement, not an optional extra, and AirCon Doctor is certified.
Does the grant cover air-to-air heat pumps?
There is a £2,500 grant for air-to-air, but only under strict conditions. The system must replace the existing fossil-fuel heating, meet the home’s full heating demand, be installed by an MCS certified installer and be in a home.
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 every 12 months from 5 tCO2e, and every 6 months from 50 tCO2e.
Do you look at the job first?
Yes. We always look before we price, either on a site survey or from pictures and details for simple jobs. Then you get a fixed-price quote.
Aftercare tips
Simple habits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Ask about the grant before you commit
- Store the MCS certificate and warranty documents together
- Clear leaves and debris from the outdoor unit
Where we applied for a Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant, we keep you informed through the process since the grant goes through the installer.
Let the heat pump run steadily rather than switching it on and off as explained at handover.
What a heat pump looks like in Woodside
About 63% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to the last census (2021). Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these.
Live in one of the older houses around Church of St Peter? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status. St Leonard's Hill, roughly 2.6 miles north, is a reminder to check your home’s listing status: permitted development does not cover listed buildings.
Woodside is about 3 miles south-west of Windsor, in Windsor and Maidenhead. From the centre of Woodside to the outskirts, our engineers cover air source heat pumps, from small jobs to large ones. Across Windsor and Maidenhead, we cover 57 places, and Woodside is one of them. Guildford is in our area too, about 13 miles from Woodside.
Not far from Woodside, a recent job of ours was on Church Street, Staines-upon-Thames (TW18), about 7 miles east: installing two LG wall-mounted units in the main office area and a single unit in the client meeting room.
We cover every part of the SL4 postcode area and the streets around it. Whether you’re on Woodside Road, Fydlers Close and Kiln Lane or anywhere close by, our engineers can take on the work. We also cover Plaistow Green (1 mile north-west), Brookside (1 mile south-west), Cheapside (1 mile south-east), Cranbourne (1 mile north) and The Village (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidenhead (7 miles north-west), Windsor (3 miles north-east), Boyn Hill (6 miles north-west) and Cookham (9 miles north).
Local landmarks in Woodside
We fit and service air conditioning in homes and premises around Papplewick School, Silwood Park and Rose pub, among other places. Woodside’s nearest station is Ascot station, about 1.8 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Windsor Castle (4.5 miles north-east) and Heatherwood Hospital (1.7 miles south-west). The countryside around Woodside includes Bray Pit and Virginia Water Lake.
What we do, step by step
You do not need to do much on the day. Just let us in and point us to the units, or to where they’ll be fitted, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and we explain what we’ve done. Pictures of the space and where the outdoor unit could go let us plan the work in Woodside.
- You tell us about the home and what you want from a heat pump.
- The survey checks heat loss, emitters, hot water and the outdoor unit position.
- You get our view on the right type for the house, and on whether the Boiler Upgrade Scheme applies.
- We install the heat pump and connect it up.
- The job ends with commissioning, the MCS certificate and a walk through the controls.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about any building rules, permits or sign-in
- Clear the space around the indoor unit, or where it will go
- Unlock any gate, garage or side passage we need
Getting a price
VAT is set out clearly on every quote, and the rate that applies to your job is stated. VAT can differ between homes and businesses and between kinds of work, so we confirm it on the quote. For a fixed-price quote, phone 07833 053749.
Advice
What affects the quote in Woodside
Jobs vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Whether it’s a one-off job or part of a maintenance contract
- Access, including height, roofs and ladders
- What we find on the survey or diagnosis
The pipe route, the height of the units and how we reach them can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- The postcode and whether it’s a home, flat or business
- The rating plate or label on any existing unit
- Any previous service or F-Gas records
Quotes don’t take long. Call or email with a few details and we’ll come back to you the same working day. If we need to see the property first, we book a survey at a time that works for you.
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