Your Next Steps to a Heat Pump

We are happy to provide advice over the phone and, provided your property is suitable, arrange a no obligation site survey to assess your property and surrounding land.

We recommend you commission and SAP report to calculate your heating load accurately and contact your local planning authority to check whether you require planning permission.

Heat Pump Check List

There are a few considerations to help make the decision whether a heat pump is right for you:

How well insulated is your property?

If you install a heat pump in a house with poor insulation and normal radiators your heat pump may be less efficient and potentially cost you a lot of money to run. It will also require additional mains back up power with an immersion heater.

Which type of heat pump are you planning to use?

Ground source heat pump - Do you have sufficient ground available for the ground loop? Is there access for digging machinery and is the ground suitable for digging a trench or borehole?

Air source heat pump - Where do you want to position the external unit? The heat pump needs to be fitted to a wall or placed on the ground outside your house. It needs adequate space around it to allow for a good flow of air and for quality insulation to protect them from the elements.

Water source heat pump - The amount of water there is for loops.

What is the heating system you are using or planning to?

You can run air source heat pumps with radiators if they are large radiators or fan assisted. This means they can make better use of the lower temperature heat offered by heat pumps. In some properties we would recommend adding additional radiators once a heat pump has been installed to help those colder rooms. Ground source heat pumps are better for underfloor heating systems or warm air heating than for radiator heating.