Home air conditioning in Exeter
Damp South West winters make the dehumidifying side of a heat pump almost as useful as its cooling. Exeter is about 36 miles from Plymouth and falls within our Devon coverage. We cover EX2 and the streets around them.
Rooms and systems
First-fix pipework in Exeter extensions goes in while the joists and studs are open. Twin and triple systems suit Exeter homes where bedrooms sit above the kitchen and one rear wall can take the outdoor unit. Where a home in Exeter faces the street, the outdoor unit usually goes at the rear, out of sight. If an indoor unit in Exeter drips from the front, a blocked drain tray is often the cause, which a deep clean clears.
Flats, listed homes and garden rooms each bring their own questions, from freeholder consent to cable routes, and we cover them at survey. If heating matters as much as cooling, an air-to-air heat pump sized for winter can replace old electric heaters room by room, and still cool in summer.
Guide prices in Exeter
As a guide, homes in Exeter can expect £1,450–£3,150 per system for a garden room system, £2,450–£7,750 for 2–4 rooms for a multi-split and £145–£245 per indoor unit for a deep clean, VAT included. Installations are fixed in writing after a free survey; visits are priced before we come.
Planning and permissions
England's rules let most houses fit an outdoor unit without a planning application, as long as the size, number and MCS 020(a) noise conditions are met. Flats, listed buildings and roof-mounted units are treated differently. For flats in Exeter, the lease and the freeholder's consent come first. Planning rules for blocks of flats are stricter than for houses, and we check them before quoting.
Exeter is in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme area, so eligible homes replacing oil, gas, LPG or electric heating may be able to get £2,500 off an air-to-air heat pump, as long as no fossil-fuel boiler stays in use. An MCS-certified installer must claim it; we confirm eligibility, and which installer applies, before you commit.
Nearby
If you are just outside Exeter, we also work in Heavitree (1 mile), Exmouth (9 miles) and Tiverton (12 miles). See all of Devon.