Air-to-air heat pumps in Cambridge
Air-to-air heat pumps in Cambridge: efficient electric heating with cooling built in, ideal for flats, garden rooms, extensions and offices.
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- Heats and cools
- Ideal for flats and garden rooms
- Replaces panel heaters
Heat pumps in Cambridge
In Cambridge we fit air-to-air heat pumps to replace electric heaters in flats and student lets, to heat garden offices and studios, and to warm extensions that the central heating cannot reach. Many organisations in the city have net zero targets, and moving small buildings off gas heaters is an easy step.
What an air-to-air heat pump is
It is the same equipment as a split air conditioner, set to run in reverse. The outdoor unit extracts heat from outside air, even in frost, and the indoor unit blows it into the room. Flip the mode in summer and it cools.
The benefits
- Cheap to run: a seasonal efficiency (SCOP) of about 3.5–5, so several units of heat for each unit of electricity.
- Quick: rooms warm up in minutes and each has its own control.
- All-season: heating, cooling and dehumidifying from one unit.
- No combustion: nothing burnt on site, so lower carbon and no flue.
Good places to use one
Flats and homes with electric panel or storage heaters, garden offices and studios, extensions the boiler cannot reach, and small offices or shops still on gas or electric heaters.
About grants
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays towards air-to-water heat pumps for radiators and hot water, not air-to-air systems. Air-to-air costs much less to install, so for single rooms and small spaces it is often still the cheaper route overall.
See the numbers
The running cost calculator compares heat pump heating with gas and electric at current prices.
Heat pumps: common questions
Does it still heat when it is freezing outside?
Yes. Modern units keep working well below 0°C, defrosting automatically.
Could it be my only heating?
For a flat or a small home it can heat the rooms, but it does not make hot water.
Can I get a grant?
Not through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which excludes air-to-air systems. The lower installed cost usually compensates.
Other air conditioning services in Cambridge
Air conditioning installation
New systems for single rooms, whole floors and open-plan spaces, with the make, model and kW agreed in writing.
Installation in Cambridge →Servicing & maintenance
Yearly or six-monthly visits with a full clean, refrigerant and leak checks and a report you can file.
Servicing in Cambridge →Repairs & fault finding
Units that have stopped cooling, drip, show a code or have got noisy, diagnosed and fixed with costs agreed first.
Repairs in Cambridge →Home air conditioning
Comfortable bedrooms, lofts and studies all year, using one quiet unit for both heating and cooling.
Homes in Cambridge →Commercial air conditioning
Comfort cooling for offices and shops, plus labs, clinics and equipment rooms that cannot get warm.
Commercial in Cambridge →Ready to keep cool in Cambridge?
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