Heat Pump Installation Wellington: Under the Monument, Many Homes Still Run on Oil
South of Wellington’s Monument, toward Sampford Arundel and Churchinford, many properties still run on oil or LPG rather than mains gas. Heat pump installation Wellington starts with a room-by-room survey of your home, sized to suit, with the grant deducted so you’re warm through winter.
James and the team provided a first rate end to end service, our old oil boiler failed on Good Friday and within 3/4 weeks we were up and running with a new energy efficient air source heating system.
James Stalker, owner
NAPIT MCS assessor
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What your Wellington installation includes
A heat pump that disappoints its owner was usually specified in a hurry. Most cost goes on working out what the building needs. Here’s what a Wellington installation covers.
- The heat loss survey and the design it produces. Wall construction, glazing and floor build-up, recorded room by room.
- The heat pump and a matched cylinder. The right unit for the house outside, a heat-pump-specific cylinder inside.
- Radiator changes where the numbers ask for them. The schedule reaches you in writing before anything is ordered.
- Pipework, electrics and the outdoor base. The unit position confirmed at the survey visit against the sound calculation agreed at the free home assessment.
- Commissioning and optimisation. Flow temperature set against the design figure, hot water timing agreed with you.
- The grant application. Filing the claim is our job, and the award comes off before an invoice is raised.
- Handover and aftercare. A plain-English run through the controls, then the same number to ring for a service.
Underfloor heating sits in the same scope, at these lower flow temperatures.
Heat pump installation Wellington: a motorway junction with three centuries of cloth behind it
Wellington grew up on the wool and cloth trade that became Fox Brothers, and that mill-era core still stands alongside newer streets further out, a mix that shapes wall type and heat loss alike.
- We also cover heat pump installation in Cullompton, two junctions south on the M5.
South of the centre, past the Monument on its ridge, oil and LPG tanks are common rather than a gas main, especially toward Sampford Arundel and Churchinford.
- James Stalker has been on heat pumps since 2010, with past 100 installations behind him.
We’re the MCS-certified air-to-water specialist on Exeter Road in Exmouth, over the Somerset border and within 45 minutes of Wellington.
- See how we design an air source heat pump installation.
Why Wellington homeowners choose us
A quote with the lowest number is easy enough to find in Wellington, oil villages near Sampford Arundel included; the thing that actually matters two winters on is an installer who still answers.
The owner runs your job.
- From first visit to handover and past it, James covers design, commissioning and aftercare.
- You ring him, and he understands the system he laid out. His background is set out on the about page.
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“James Stalker is the most reliable man I know.”
Stephen M. · Google review · five stars
Your designer inspects everybody else’s work too.
- NAPIT contracts James as a freelance MCS assessor.
Sizing comes from measurement, not a formula.
- Every room, wall and window recorded before a kilowatt gets specified.
Older and period properties are welcome.
- A mill-era terrace and a farmhouse are different problems, and we take both on.
The grant handled and deducted before you’re invoiced, about a week on site.
- Two jobs at once is our limit, so whoever starts finishes it.
- We also cover heat pump installation in Tiverton. Wiveliscombe, the highest town in Somerset after Dulverton, lies north-west toward the Brendon Hills; see heat pumps for Wiveliscombe homes for how we design that high up.
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Grants and costs for Wellington homes
We take the grant off your invoice at the outset. You never fund it and claim it back. Eligibility depends on the property and your circumstances, so not every Wellington home qualifies. We confirm yours at the free home assessment before anything is promised.
Check if your home qualifiesOn running costs: savings against cheap oil are usually modest; the real gain is that deliveries and tank-watching stop.
Full numbers in our Devon cost guide.
Grant figures correct as of August 2026. Eligibility criteria apply and are confirmed at your free home assessment.
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Under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, an eligible owner-occupier swapping out a fossil fuel system can qualify for £7,500 toward an air-to-water heat pump, the rate for most Wellington properties near mains gas, or £9,000 for a property off the gas grid on oil or LPG, common toward Sampford Arundel and Churchinford, on any application lodged by 31 March 2027.
- The higher rate is part of a scheme that covers England and Wales, Somerset included.
- 0% VAT on qualifying work through to 31 March 2027.
The kit we fit in Wellington, and why
Four to ten kilowatts covers most properties here.
We choose the cylinder for your home, as we do the heat pump, and it usually arrives pre-plumbed with its valves and stats fitted.
We fit weather-compensating controls where they add value, and set them up at commissioning.
No single manufacturer decides what goes in: we fit Ideal often, yet James matches the outdoor unit and cylinder to each property, usually a cylinder that arrives already plumbed, filter, diverter valve, cylinder stat and overheat cut-out fitted at the factory.
Ideal’s units are UK-made, so their spares move quickly.
Where a Wellington property genuinely needs something else, the heat loss survey shows it.
Heat pump installation Wellington, from free visit to handover
Four steps, and the first one is free.
Free home visit
We come out, look at your property, answer your questions, and tell you honestly whether a heat pump is right for your home.
Book my free home assessmentYour heat loss survey and design
A full room-by-room heat loss survey and a designed system, with a fixed written scope and price. The survey is £250 plus VAT, and that fee is wiped from the final bill when you go ahead with the install.
Installation and commissioning
A clean MCS install, usually about a week start to finish, one or two jobs at a time, with the system properly commissioned and dialled in.
Handover and aftercare
We show you how it runs, and we are here afterwards, with servicing when it is due.
“After comparing several quotes and gathering details I decided to go with Eco Pro after speaking with James and couldn’t be happier. Their design was really detailed, explained clearly and the heat pump works perfectly.”
DJ G. · Google review · five stars
Your guarantees
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IWA workmanship warranty and deposit insurance.
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We complete the warranty registration during commissioning, whichever heat pump we install. Ideal’s manufacturer warranty on Ideal units runs seven years across parts and labour. Any other make stays on its own maker’s warranty.
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MCS certified, RECC and APHC member, NAPIT assessor, Ideal Heating partner.
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The grant paperwork handled for you, start to finish.
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Ongoing servicing when you need it, including years down the line. Heat pump servicing →
More recent projects
Exmouth
A 1930s six-bedroom home with 34 windows
The owners doubted a heat pump could heat an older, larger property. A detailed design running at a low 47 degrees, with seven radiators upgraded and the rest kept, proved it could, comfortably.
West Hill · Ottery St Mary
The job three installers said could not be done
The owners wanted their hot water cylinder relocated to the garage. Three previous companies refused. We redesigned the pipework and did it, on a 311m² home with uninsulated floors.
Newton Abbot
A period home others had written off
We redesigned and re-piped the entire heating system for low-temperature running, and added radiators to rooms that never had them. “Too old” is usually a design problem, not a dead end.
We install in Wellington and the Somerset villages around it, over the Somerset border, within 45 minutes of our Exmouth base, alongside our Devon coverage including Tiverton, Cullompton and Exmouth.
Street, Somerset: three installers, three different answers. We designed it correctly.
Before calling us, this homeowner had already had two national installers and another company out, and been handed completely conflicting advice, one proposing an oversized 16kW system, another saying the property was not suitable for a heat pump at all. Our room-by-room heat loss survey showed the home was suitable, but nowhere near the 16kW that had been quoted. We sized it correctly, upgraded only the radiators that genuinely needed it, and fitted an Ideal Logic Air matched to the actual heat loss rather than the quote sheet.
Heat pump installation Wellington: common questions
It follows the system size the survey calls for, the cylinder, and how many radiators change. Every Wellington enquiry gets a free home assessment with a fixed estimate, and any grant you qualify for comes off before the invoice.
Book my free home assessmentThe Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 once a fossil fuel system comes out, or £9,000 where the home sits off the gas grid on oil or LPG, on an application lodged by 31 March 2027. Your Wellington free home assessment settles which rate applies.
Book my free home assessmentMuch of Wellington sits within reach of mains gas. Toward Sampford Arundel and further out at Churchinford, oil and LPG are far more common. We confirm which applies at the free home assessment. We make that check in Taunton and Hemyock too.
Book my free home assessmentRoughly a week for a Wellington property. We tend to start on a Monday and commission on the Thursday or Friday, with your water off in short spells rather than whole days.
Book my free home assessmentNo, and nothing is owed anywhere in Wellington. Only the heat loss survey is chargeable, £250 plus VAT, wiped in full if you go ahead with the install.
Book my free home assessmentSometimes. A heat pump runs at a gentler flow temperature than a boiler, so a few radiators in an older Wellington property may need to grow. Your heat loss survey names them room by room.
Book my free home assessmentBook your free home assessment in Wellington
Send us the details of your Wellington property and James will call to fix a time himself.
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“We had an excellent 10/10 experience with James and would highly recommend him. … Communication was outstanding throughout, he responded quickly and always provided clear explanations whenever we had questions.”
Georgie S. · Google review · five stars
Want to talk it through first? Ring 01395 202030 and James picks up, not a call centre. Our contact page lists the other ways to reach us.
