Air conditioning in Meopham
Air conditioning in Meopham, planned around your garden and neighbours
Apex installs heat-and-cool air conditioning in Meopham and the villages around it, eight miles from our Dartford base. Most houses here have a decent garden, so the outdoor unit can usually go somewhere quiet and out of sight. Olly surveys for free and gives a fixed written quote.
Choosing the spot for the outdoor unit
Along the A227 and in the side roads off it, most Meopham houses are detached or semi-detached with gardens at the back. That gives you choices. The outdoor unit can go on the back wall for the shortest pipe run, on a pad further down the garden, or on a side wall away from the road.
We weigh up three things: the noise level at the neighbour's window, the length of pipe to the indoor unit, and how it will look from your own windows.
Where a house sits close to the boundary, the noise check decides the position. Permitted development needs the level to be no more than 37 dB(A) one metre from the neighbour's nearest door or window to a habitable room. A quieter model and a careful position usually get there.
Houses facing the main road also pick up traffic noise, so many owners want to keep bedroom windows shut on hot nights, and a quiet indoor unit makes that bearable. More on how we fit air conditioning in homes.
Meopham conservation areas and the Kent Downs
Meopham has four conservation areas: Hook Green, The Street, Meopham Green and Harvel. The southern end of the parish, around Culverstone and Harvel, is in the Kent Downs National Landscape. In those places, Gravesham Borough Council normally expects a planning application for any outdoor unit on a front elevation or a wall that faces the road.
If your cottage is listed, listed building consent is needed as well. A back wall or garden position usually avoids the first problem. Read our air con planning guide.
Photos of the room and where the outdoor unit could go are the quickest start.
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Garden offices and outbuildings
If your garden has a home office, studio or gym, it probably overheats in summer and turns cold by November. A small wall unit with its own outdoor unit handles both, and it can run on a timer for working hours without touching the house heating.
We check the power supply to the building at the survey. See air conditioning for garden offices.
Getting an air conditioning quote in Meopham
Start by sending a picture of the room and the wall outside on WhatsApp. Olly will tell you whether the job looks straightforward, then visit to measure up, find a position that passes the noise check and look at your electrics.
You get a fixed written quote afterwards. If you already have an older unit, we can service or repair it at the same visit. We also cover Culverstone Green, Harvel, Istead Rise, Sole Street, Vigo Village and Nurstead.
One visit to measure up, then a fixed price for your Meopham property.
Air conditioning services in Meopham
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What our customers say
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Questions
Air conditioning in Meopham: questions
Do you install air conditioning in Meopham?
Yes. Meopham is about eight miles from our Dartford base, along the A2 and down the A227. We fit wall, floor and ducted heat-and-cool systems in houses, cottages and garden buildings across the village and in Culverstone Green, Harvel, Istead Rise and Sole Street. There is no charge for the survey, and you get a fixed written price.
Will my neighbours hear the outdoor unit?
A modern inverter outdoor unit is quiet at normal load, and we position it so the level at your neighbour's nearest window stays at or below 37 dB(A), the permitted development limit. On a Meopham semi with gardens side by side, that may mean a corner away from their windows or a quieter model. We show you the calculation before fitting.
Is planning permission needed for air con in Meopham?
For most houses, no, as long as the unit heats as well as cools, meets the size limits and passes the noise check. Permission is usually needed in the Hook Green, The Street, Meopham Green or Harvel conservation areas, or in the Kent Downs around Culverstone, if the unit would face the road. Listed buildings and flats need consent too.
Can you fit air conditioning in a garden office in Meopham?
Yes. A garden office usually gets its own small wall unit and outdoor unit, with the pipes, cable and drain run neatly along the building. It needs a suitable power supply, which we check at the survey. The same unit heats the office in winter, so it often replaces a plug-in electric heater and costs less to run for the same warmth.
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