Heat Pump Installation Kingsteignton: From Claypit Cottages to the Newest Close
Kingsteignton’s newer estates sit cavity-walled and modern next to older cottages built by the clay workers who worked the ground beneath the town. Heat pump installation Kingsteignton starts the same way on both: a room-by-room heat loss survey, never a guess made from the roofline.
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 Kingsteignton installation includes
A heat pump that disappoints its owner nearly always got specified in a hurry. Every Kingsteignton installation we quote covers the same ground:
- The heat loss survey and design. We log wall type, glazing and room use room by room, so the kilowatt figure that comes out is specific to your home.
- The heat pump and a matched cylinder. An outdoor unit chosen for your property, paired with a heat-pump-specific cylinder indoors sized to match your bathrooms.
- Radiator upgrades only where the figures call for them. Often none on a newer estate house, sometimes two or three on an older cottage.
- The outdoor unit’s base, pipework and electrics. We agree the exact position at the survey visit, checked against the sound calculation.
- Commissioning and optimisation. We set the flow temperature to the design figure, configure weather compensation, and agree your hot water timing.
- The grant application. Filing the claim is our job, netted off before an invoice is raised.
- Handover and aftercare. We talk you through the controls in plain English, and the number you ring for that first service never changes.
Underfloor heating sits inside the same scope, happy at the lower flow temperatures these systems produce.
Air source heat pump installation Kingsteignton: claypit era against the newest close
Ball clay put Kingsteignton on the map long before the estates did, and cottages built near that industry are a different design problem to what followed.
- We reach heat pump installation in Kenton too.
Those newer estates, off Gestridge Road and Rydon Road, are where most growth happened.
- Cavity walls and modern glazing usually confirm what the eye suspects, less true of the older cottages.
- More on getting off oil in a Devon property.
We are the MCS-certified specialist on Exeter Road in Exmouth, and James Stalker has worked on heat pumps since 2010, past 100 installations behind him.
- A property on Longford Lane and one backing onto the old clay workings both get sized off a room-by-room survey.
- See how we design an air source heat pump installation.
Why Kingsteignton homeowners choose us
The lowest number on a quote is easy to chase and just as easy to regret two winters later in Kingsteignton. What actually counts is whether that installer still answers the phone, on a claypit-era cottage or the newest close alike.
The owner runs your job.
- He assesses, designs and oversees the fit, then commissions, hands over and covers the aftercare, so Kingsteignton customers reach the person who designed their system.
- See the about page for more on James.
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NAPIT brings James on as a freelance MCS assessor, so he’s the one checking other installers’ work too.
- On the Somerset job in the case study below, our room-by-room survey showed an earlier 16kW quote was oversized for the home.
Sizing comes from measurement, not the build date.
- A cottage near the old workings and a house on the newest close both get measured first.
Older and period properties welcome.
- A claypit-era terrace and a cavity-walled estate house behave nothing alike, both designed for what they are.
The grant deducted upfront.
- We lodge the application ourselves, and aftercare runs from Exmouth too, out to Starcross.
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Heat pump installation Kingsteignton: what your grant and costs look like
We apply and deduct it from your quote, so you never pay the grant and reclaim it. Not every Kingsteignton property qualifies; we confirm yours at the free home assessment.
Check if your home qualifiesWe are upfront on running costs too: against cheap oil, the saving is usually modest, not dramatic.
Full detail sits on our off-grid oil and LPG route page.
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, what you can claim depends on what your Kingsteignton property burns: £7,500 for most properties on mains gas, older streets and newer estates alike, £9,000 for one off the gas grid on oil or LPG, on any application lodged on or before 31 March 2027.
- The £9,000 rate still needs you to own the Kingsteignton home, as it does anywhere in England and Wales.
- Qualifying installations also get 0% VAT up to 31 March 2027.
The kit we fit in Kingsteignton, and why
For the typical off-grid home the measured heat loss gives the size of unit, and the room figures show which radiators can stay as they are.
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 dictates what a Kingsteignton property gets: we often fit an Ideal, built in the UK so spares arrive quickly, and usually a pre-plumbed cylinder with its filter, diverter valve, cylinder stat and overheat cut-out already in place. Four to ten kilowatts covers most Kingsteignton homes; if a property needs something else, that shows at survey stage.
How a Kingsteignton installation runs, start to finish
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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Warranties on every make are registered on the day of commissioning. Seven years of parts and labour come with Ideal units; other makes have their own cover.
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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.
Kingsteignton sits inside our East Devon and Teignbridge coverage too, alongside Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, Ottery St Mary, Woodbury, Lympstone, Newton Poppleford, West Hill and Honiton. Past Newton Abbot the A381 carries on to the Dart, where heat pump installation in Totnes covers the town and the lanes above it.
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.
What Kingsteignton callers ask before they book
An air source heat pump installation Kingsteignton quote depends on the property’s size, its radiators and how it uses hot water, which is exactly why every enquiry starts with a free home assessment instead of a price list.
Book my free home assessmentUnder the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, expect £7,500 once a fossil fuel system comes out, rising to £9,000 where the property is off the gas grid on oil or LPG, applications by 31 March 2027. We settle which applies to your Kingsteignton property.
Book my free home assessmentIt depends where in Kingsteignton you are. Streets near the centre and the newer estates commonly run on mains gas, while properties further out are more likely on oil or LPG. We confirm which applies at the free home assessment.
Book my free home assessmentAbout a week in total: we start on the Monday and commission on the Thursday or Friday, water off only in short spells, not whole days. We never run more than two jobs at once, so the team that starts finishes your Kingsteignton installation.
Book my free home assessmentBoth, just designed differently. A cavity walled house off Rydon Road is usually a quicker survey than a claypit era cottage near Kingsteignton’s centre, but neither is sized off a guess.
Book my free home assessmentSometimes. Because a heat pump runs at a gentler flow temperature than a boiler, a handful of radiators in an older Kingsteignton house can sometimes need upsizing. Your survey names them room by room.
Book my free home assessmentBook your free home assessment in Kingsteignton
James personally walks your Kingsteignton property and gives you a plain, honest answer on what he finds.
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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.”
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Prefer to talk it over first? Call 01395 202030 and you will get James directly, never a call centre. Every other way to reach us sits on our contact page.
