Air Source Heat Pumps Solihull
Stop flinching at the January heating bill.
Air source heat pumps for Solihull homes, from the semis of Shirley and Olton to the larger detached houses of Knowle and Dorridge. We survey first, fix the price in writing and claim the grant for you.
- £7,500 grant claimed for you
- Fixed written price after a survey
- Our own engineers, no subcontractors
Get your free heat pump quote in Solihull
On oil or LPG with no mains gas? The grant is £9,000 until 31 March 2027.
Government help with the cost of a heat pump in Solihull
See everything available in SolihullThe Boiler Upgrade Scheme takes £7,500 off an air source heat pump. We apply, and it comes straight off your price.
Homes with no mains gas that heat with oil or LPG get £9,000, until 31 March 2027.
Government-subsidised Warm Homes loans for heat pumps. You need an MCS certified installer, which we are.
What it costs to keep warm in Solihull.
Solihull has some of the larger, better-kept homes in the region, and most still run on a gas boiler. Bigger homes use more heat, so the difference between a well designed system and a guessed one is larger here.
In Solihull, 8.5% of homes have no mains gas connection and 8.9% of households are in fuel poverty. Across England the figures are 15.6% and 9.9%.
Sources: DESNZ households not connected to the gas network and sub-regional fuel poverty data (both 2024). Figures are for the Solihull Council area.
Will a heat pump work in your Solihull home?
Homes around Solihull are not all equally suited to a heat pump. Here is the honest picture by property type, before anyone gives you a price.
Detached homes in Knowle and Dorridge
Space outside for the unit, space inside for a cylinder, and often underfloor heating already downstairs, which suits a heat pump well.
Interwar semis in Shirley and Olton
Cavity walls and a side passage make these straightforward. Most need only a few larger radiators.
Modern homes in Monkspath, Hillfield and Dickens Heath
Well insulated from new, so they need the smallest systems and the fewest changes. Narrow pipework is the thing we check.
Whole-house upgrades
Extending or renovating? It is the cheapest moment to fit a heat pump, with solar and a battery designed alongside it.
Knowle, Hampton-in-Arden and conservation areas
A unit on a wall facing the road usually needs permission in a conservation area. We check your street and find a compliant position.
Apartments
No outside space of your own and a freeholder to persuade. We will tell you at the start.
MCS certified heat pump installers in Solihull
Heat pumps go wrong when they are sized from a photo by someone who never returns. We are a West Midlands business with a unit in West Bromwich, the same team that already fits air conditioning across the West Midlands, and we measure your home before we price it.
- MCS certified, which is what lets us claim the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant for you.
- A room-by-room heat loss survey before any price, so the system is sized for your house.
- You know which radiators change, if any, before you commit.
- Our own engineers. Nobody is subcontracted, so the people who survey are the people who fit.
- We stay on call. If something needs looking at, you ring the people who fitted it.
Heat pump installation and upgrades in Solihull
Air source heat pumps
Replacing gas, oil, LPG or electric heating, designed from a full heat loss survey.Cylinders and radiators
Hot water cylinders and any radiator upgrades, all included in one fixed price.Heat pump with solar
Solar panels and a battery in Solihull cut what your heat pump costs to run.Air conditioning that heats
For flats and single rooms where a full system does not fit.How much comes off your price?
Tap how you heat your home now. The grant is taken off your quote. You never pay it up front and claim it back.
Gas boiler homes get the standard £7,500 grant. If you cap the gas supply afterwards, you also stop paying the gas standing charge.
Boiler Upgrade Scheme, England and Wales, open until 31 December 2027. The bar shows the grant against an example £12,400 system for a typical 3-bed semi. Your price is fixed in writing after your survey.
When a heat pump is the wrong choice.
We would rather lose a job than fit a system that leaves you cold. If any of these apply to your home, we will tell you at the survey.
- Very poor insulation with no plan to improve it. We will tell you what to fix first, and it may be cheap.
- Nowhere sensible for the outdoor unit, or a spot too close to a neighbour’s window.
- No room for a hot water cylinder and no way to make some.
- A small flat on a cheap gas tariff, where the saving would be too small to be worth it.
Heat pump grants and loans for Solihull homes
What is really available in Solihull right now, with the catches left in.
Boiler Upgrade Scheme
£7,500 off an air source heat pump, or £9,000 for oil and LPG homes with no mains gas until 31 March 2027. We apply for you.
Warm Homes Loan Scheme
Government-subsidised loans of up to £20,000 for a heat pump. You apply to a participating lender, and the work must be done by an MCS certified installer, which we are.
Warm Homes: Local Grant
Free upgrades for lower-income homes, with councils appointing their own installers. For Solihull it is funded through the West Midlands Combined Authority and run by Solihull Council. Eligibility depends on your income and where you live. If you might qualify, we will tell you before we quote.
0% VAT
Heat pump installation carries 0% VAT until 31 March 2027, so there is no VAT on the unit, the cylinder or the labour.
We do not offer or arrange Warm Homes loans ourselves, and we will only ever point you to genuine participating lenders. Scheme details checked October 2026 and can change.
See what your home qualifies for. We handle the grant paperwork.
Get a free quote or call 0121 820 9121A quote without a survey is a guess.
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Free heat loss survey
Every room measured, plus insulation, radiators and where the unit can go.
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Design and fixed price
Which radiators change, if any, and one price with the grant taken off.
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We claim the grant
We apply for your voucher. You fill in no government forms.
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Fitted in about three days
You know what happens each day, and we leave the house clean.
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Set up and looked after
Commissioned, controls explained, warranty registered.
Planning permission for heat pumps in Solihull
Most homes no longer need planning permission for an air source heat pump. The rules in England were relaxed on 29 May 2025, and many people still assume the old ones apply.
Knowle, Hampton-in-Arden and parts of central Solihull include conservation areas, where a unit on a wall or roof facing the road generally needs permission. Listed buildings always need consent. We check your address before we quote.
- No minimum distance from the boundary. The old one metre rule has gone.
- Units up to 1.5 cubic metres, up from 0.6, so modern quiet units are covered.
- Two units on a detached house, where one is not enough.
- A noise test still applies. The install must pass a calculation at your neighbour’s nearest window, and we do it before we quote.
£7,500 off, claimed for you. Solihull surveys booking now.
The £7,500 grant runs to 31 December 2027. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £9,000, but only until 31 March 2027.
Areas we cover in and around Solihull
We fit air source heat pumps across Solihull postcodes B90 to B94, including Shirley, Olton, Knowle and the places below.
- Shirley
- Olton
- Knowle
- Dorridge
- Hockley Heath
- Monkspath
- Hillfield
- Sharmans Cross
- Elmdon
- Lyndon
- Balsall Common
- Hampton-in-Arden
- Dickens Heath
- Cheswick Green
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Heat pumps nearby: Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Redditch, Bromsgrove. Also in Solihull: solar panels and air conditioning.
Air source heat pumps Solihull: your questions answered
Usually not. Since 29 May 2025 an air source heat pump on a house in England is normally permitted development: there is no minimum distance from the boundary, the unit can be up to 1.5 cubic metres, and a detached house can have two. It must pass a noise calculation at your neighbour's nearest window. Listed buildings always need consent, and in conservation areas a unit on a wall or roof facing the road generally needs permission. Knowle, Hampton-in-Arden and parts of central Solihull include conservation areas. We check the rules for your address before we quote.
Yes, and designing them together gives the best result. Solar and a battery cut the cost of running the heat pump, and we size all three from one survey. It suits larger homes in Knowle, Dorridge and Hockley Heath particularly well, especially during an extension or renovation.
Yes. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme gives £7,500 off an air source heat pump, or £9,000 for homes with no mains gas that heat with oil or LPG until 31 March 2027. We apply for it and it comes straight off your price. The work also carries 0% VAT until 31 March 2027. Separately, the council-run Warm Homes: Local Grant offers free upgrades to lower-income homes, and for Solihull it is funded through the West Midlands Combined Authority and run by Solihull Council. Eligibility depends on your income and where you live.
As a guide, a system for a typical 3-bed semi is around £12,400 fitted, which is about £4,900 after the £7,500 grant. Larger or older homes cost more, and well insulated ones can cost less. Your price is fixed in writing after a free heat loss survey, with the grant already taken off.
Sometimes, a few. Heat pumps run at lower water temperatures, so some rooms may need a larger radiator. Your survey report tells you exactly which radiators change, if any, before you commit.
Most installs take around three days. You have heating and hot water for most of that time, and we tell you what happens on each day before we start.
All Solihull postcodes (B90 to B94), including Shirley, Olton, Knowle, Dorridge, Hockley Heath, Monkspath, Hillfield, Sharmans Cross, Elmdon, Lyndon, Balsall Common, Hampton-in-Arden, Dickens Heath and Cheswick Green. We also cover Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Redditch and Bromsgrove.
Find out what a heat pump would cost for your Solihull home.
A free survey, a written design and a fixed price with the grant taken off. If a heat pump is wrong for your house, we will tell you.