Simon Birch Plumbing and Heating

Air Source Heat Pumps Winchester.

We install and maintain air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Winchester. An air source heat pump is a renewable energy system: it moves heat from the outside air, even on cold days, into your radiators and hot water rather than burning gas. We look at your property first and tell you plainly whether a heat pump suits it. Simon Birch Plumbing & Heating is based in Basingstoke and works across Winchester and the towns around it.

  • Homes and businesses
  • Property assessed first
  • Free quotation, no obligation
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What is involved

What a heat pump in Winchester involves.

A heat pump works differently from a gas boiler, so the property matters more. The benefits of air source heat pumps depend on the building, the radiators and how it is heated now, so we look at all of that before we recommend one. This is what we check and what we do for customers in Winchester. For the rest of our heating work, see heating.

How a heat pump works

An outdoor unit draws heat from the air, even in cold weather, and the heat pump raises it to a useful temperature for your heating and hot water. It runs on electricity rather than burning gas or oil.

A look at the property first

Heat pumps usually run at lower water temperatures than a boiler, so insulation and radiator sizes matter, and the energy efficiency of the building counts as much as the unit that goes outside it. We look at all of that, and at where an outdoor unit could go, before recommending anything.

Radiators and hot water

Some radiators may need to be larger to give the same warmth at a lower temperature, and hot water is usually stored in a cylinder rather than heated on demand like a combi. We explain what your home would need.

Installation

Planned with you to keep disruption down, carried out to current regulations, then set up and explained before we leave.

Maintenance

Like any heating system, a heat pump runs best when it is looked after. We service and maintain heat pumps, and look into faults when they come up.

Lower carbon heating

Because it moves heat rather than burning fuel, nothing is burnt at the property and there is no flue. Heating that runs on electricity instead of gas or oil is generally a lower carbon choice, which is why people after something more environmentally friendly tend to ask about heat pumps first.

How it works

How a heat pump installation works.

  1. Step 1: Phone call

    Tell us about the property and how it is heated now. It helps us tell whether a heat pump is worth looking at.

  2. Step 2: Survey

    We come out to you in Winchester and look at the insulation, the radiators, the hot water and where the outdoor unit could sit, then talk through what would need to change.

  3. Step 3: Written quote

    A written quote setting out the work involved. Free, with no obligation.

  4. Step 4: Installation and aftercare

    Installed with as little disruption as we can manage, then set up and explained. We maintain it afterwards if you would like us to.

What it costs Free quotation

Every property is different, so we price a heat pump after the survey rather than over the phone. Investing in air source heat pumps usually means more than swapping one appliance for another, so the quote sets out all the work involved rather than a single figure. It is free, with no obligation.

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Common questions

Questions about air source heat pumps in Winchester.

Something else on your mind? Ask when we call you back, or ring 01256 805 164.

Many homes in Winchester can take one, but not every home suits one without other changes. Insulation, radiator sizes, space for a hot water cylinder and a place outside for the unit all play a part. We look at all of these before recommending anything.

Yes. It keeps drawing heat from the outside air on cold days, which is why it is sized to the heat the property needs in winter rather than on a mild day.

People usually ask what a heat pump will do to their energy bills, and the honest answer is that it depends on the property, how well it holds heat, and what you pay for electricity against gas or oil. A heat pump runs on electricity rather than burning fuel, so the cost moves from one supply to the other. We would rather look at the property and talk it through than give you a figure we cannot stand behind.

It depends on the property. Choosing air source heat pumps over a new boiler changes the radiators, the hot water and the way you run the heating, so it is worth comparing the two properly. Where a heat pump would need a lot of other work, a new boiler may be the simpler choice, and we fit those too: see boiler installations in Winchester. We give you the facts on both.

Yes. Maintenance is part of the job as well as installation. Tell us the make and model when you call, and when it was last looked at if you know.

Yes. Alongside Winchester, we install air source heat pumps in Basingstoke, Chineham, Whitchurch, Andover, Alton and Hook.

Heat pump enquiry

Tell us about your property.

Two quick questions about your property, then your details. We call you back to talk it through and arrange a survey.

Free quotation Step 1 of 2

About your property

What type of property?
How is it heated now?

Other covers LPG, solid fuel or anything else.

All optional. It helps us come prepared.

Prefer to talk it through?

Call the office01256 805 164 Call the mobile07474 666 615 WhatsApp a photoSend a photo of your current boiler and the outside wall where a unit might go. Emailsimon@simonbirchplumbing.co.uk

Areas we cover for air source heat pumps: Winchester, Basingstoke, Chineham, Whitchurch, Andover, Alton and Hook.

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