Air Source Heat Pumps in Cirencester, With or Without Solar
Lots of Cirencester homes already have solar panels on the roof. A heat pump can put that electricity to work heating your water and your home, and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme takes £7,500 off the price, or £9,000 if you heat with oil or LPG.
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Running a heat pump on your own solar electricity
Solar and heat pumps work well together, but not in the way people often expect. The panels make most of their electricity in summer; the heat pump uses most in winter.
Summer: hot water from the sun
On sunny days your panels can cover much of the heat pump’s hot water heating.
Winter: mostly from the grid
Short days mean less solar, so most winter heating runs on grid electricity.
A battery to shift the rest
Store spare solar, or cheaper off-peak electricity, to run the heat pump later.
Solar in Cirencester: summer vs winter
Monthly output from a 4 kWp south-facing system
Generation figures from PVGIS (European Commission JRC) for a 4 kWp system at a 35° pitch with 14% system losses, using 2005–2023 weather data. Your instant quote and survey give figures for your own roof.
On the Feed-in Tariff? A heat pump won’t change it
FIT payments are based on what your panels generate. Adding a heat pump just means you use more of that electricity yourself. Adding a battery is different: it has to be declared to your FIT supplier.
Cirencester town or a nearby village: what changes
Across Cotswold District, 55.3% of homes heat with mains gas only, 15.9% with oil and 2.8% with LPG. Which group your home is in changes the grant and the job itself.
| In Cirencester town | In the villages | |
|---|---|---|
| Usual heating now | Mostly a gas boiler on the mains | Often an oil boiler or LPG, where there’s no mains gas |
| Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant | £7,500 off an air source heat pump | £9,000 until March 2027 for homes with no mains gas connection |
| What comes out | The gas boiler, and the gas meter too if nothing else uses it | The oil boiler, with the tank drained and decommissioned , or the LPG supply contract ended |
| Where the unit usually goes | A rear yard or side passage, kept off the street front in conservation areas | The garden, or next to a garage or outbuilding |
| What we look at closely | Space for a hot water cylinder in smaller town houses | Heat loss in larger, older stone homes |
Census 2021 (ONS), Cotswold District Council area: central heating. Grant amounts from GOV.UK and Ofgem.
Heat pumps in Cirencester’s conservation areas
Most heat pumps are permitted development, as long as they pass the MCS 020a noise check. In Cirencester’s four conservation areas, the outdoor unit can’t go on a wall or roof facing a road, or nearer the road than any part of the house. Homes in the grounds of a listed building need permission.
- Town Centre
- The Park
- Gloucester Street and River Walk
- South
Rules from the Planning Portal. Permitted development rights can be removed by a planning condition or an Article 4 Direction, so we check your address at the survey.
Your heat pump, from quote to handover
- 1
Instant quote
See your price with the grant taken off, with or without a battery.
- 2
Survey
Heat loss, siting, and how your existing solar fits in.
- 3
Installation
Outdoor unit, cylinder, radiators and controls.
- 4
Grant and handover
We claim the grant and show you how to make the most of your solar.
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Heat pump installers across Cirencester and nearby villages
We install heat pumps across the town and the villages around it, including:
- Cirencester
- Stratton
- Chesterton
- Watermoor
- Siddington
- South Cerney
- Preston
- Ampney Crucis
- Baunton
- Coates
- Kemble
- Driffield
- Down Ampney
- Daglingworth
- Somerford Keynes
- Poulton
Heat pump installers near Cirencester
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Heat pumps in Cirencester: questions answered
Including how a heat pump works with the solar panels you may already have.
Can my solar panels run a heat pump?
Partly. Solar makes most of its electricity in summer, when you need heat least. A 4 kWp system in Cirencester makes about 491 kWh in June but about 132 kWh in December. So in summer your panels can cover much of your hot water, while in winter most of the heat pump’s electricity still comes from the grid. A battery or a cheaper overnight tariff helps with the rest.
Will a heat pump affect my Feed-in Tariff payments?
No. Feed-in Tariff payments are based on what your panels generate, and a heat pump doesn’t change that. You’ll simply use more of your own solar electricity. If you’re also adding a battery, that’s different: batteries must be declared to your FIT supplier. See Good Energy’s guide.
Is it worth adding a battery with a heat pump?
It can be. A battery stores spare solar electricity, or cheaper off-peak electricity, so you can run the heat pump on it later. It helps most if you already have solar panels and are out during the day. Your Instant Quote can include one.
Where can a heat pump go in a Cirencester conservation area?
Cirencester has four conservation areas: Town Centre, The Park, Gloucester Street and River Walk and South. In them, the outdoor unit can’t go on a wall or roof facing a road, or nearer the road than any part of the house. A back garden or courtyard usually works. Check your address on the council’s conservation area maps.
Do you install heat pumps in the villages around Cirencester?
Yes, from South Cerney and Siddington to Ampney Crucis, Kemble and Down Ampney. Many village homes are off the gas grid, and if yours heats with oil or LPG with no mains gas connection, the grant is £9,000 rather than £7,500 until March 2027.
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