A Heat Pump just the way we wanted it!
We were lucky enough to move into an individual new build property just over four years ago, everything is fantastic and we were most pleased with the quality that the small local builder had achieved. However, if there was one thing that they could have done better, that would have been to have fitted a heat pump instead of an LPG tank and gas boiler.
Through the last couple of years we have had a few false starts trying to arrange a heat pump upgrade. Every sizable investment needs its due diligence of course, but picking an installer is quite challenging. We found that they fell into two broad camps, the large national groups such as British Gas and Octopus or the more local small artisanal installer. We soon learnt that any of the big boys would quickly give us a quote online but whilst that quote would be very competitive after the BUS grant, their installation was very prescriptive and to a formula to achieve that keen price. To maintain that competitive edge, the simplest and quickest route to installation would be adopted, often with pipes and cables run externally and internally over walls, sometimes from ground level to gutter height. With a nice crisp modern house, the last thing we wanted was this retrofit jumble defacing the building, in our opinion the Heat Pump install needed to look as if it had been there since the house was built.
Employing a smaller organisation has its risks, are they any good, will they go bust, if they have a good reputation then they are booked up for the next three years and so on. It was by accident that we found Plymouth Heating Solutions and from the start they were happy to entertain our exacting standards and specific requirements without running a mile. Frankly I’m impressed that they stayed the course as we must have been quite challenging! But I’m glad they did as the outcome was exactly as required and I would truly give them the title of Artisans.
I wholeheartedly echo all of the positive points of other reviewers, PHS’ work was always neat and tidy, they were always on time, the handover pack is a very nice addition to the install but most importantly, we have ended up with exactly what we wanted, an installation that looks like it has always been there since the house was built. I would have no hesitation in engaging PHS again nor recommending them to family and friends. Thank you Ross and Simon for your hard work and diligence, you deserve every success.
4 mei 2026
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