Air conditioning in Ticehurst
Air conditioning in Ticehurst homes, for summer nights and winter mornings
Apex fits heat-and-cool air conditioning in Ticehurst and the farms and hamlets around it. It lets you sleep with the windows shut on warm nights and gives efficient heat in winter. Ticehurst is about 29 miles from Dartford, and Olly surveys every job himself.
Keeping a bedroom cool beside the High Street
The High Street through Ticehurst is a busy through road, and if your bedroom faces it, opening the window on a hot night means traffic noise. Bedroom air conditioning solves that.
The quietest wall units now run at around 19 to 20 dB(A) on their lowest setting, so you can keep the window closed and still sleep cool. The outdoor unit goes at the back, away from your bedroom and your neighbours'. Read more about air conditioning for a bedroom.
Bedrooms under the roof in older Ticehurst houses can be the warmest rooms of all, with small windows and little cross-breeze. A 2.0 or 2.5kW wall unit is usually enough for a bedroom, and a sleep mode lets the temperature drift up slowly overnight.
Fitting air con on Ticehurst's weatherboarded and tile-hung houses
Around the Square, many houses are timber-framed, finished in weatherboarding, tile hanging and orange-red brick. Each finish needs a different approach. On weatherboard we look for solid timber behind the boards for the outdoor bracket, or use a ground pad instead. On tile hanging we avoid fixing through the tiles where we can.
The pipe route through an old frame is planned to miss the main timbers. The Square is a conservation area, so a road-facing position is ruled out in any case. Some of these houses are listed, and those need listed building consent from Rother District Council before an outdoor unit goes up.
Photos of the room and where the outdoor unit could go are the quickest start.
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Heating and cooling for farmhouses and rural homes
The parish spreads well beyond the village, with farmhouses and later houses on bigger plots. Space is rarely the problem here: a ground-mounted outdoor unit in the garden, away from bedroom windows, is usually easy.
As an air-to-air heat pump, a heat-and-cool system warms a room far more efficiently than plug-in electric heaters, which helps in a house with expensive oil or LPG heating. The whole parish is in the High Weald National Landscape, so we keep units low and out of view of the lane. See our home air con installation page.
Wadhurst, Flimwell, Stonegate and Hawkhurst
We cover the villages around Ticehurst too, including Wadhurst, Flimwell, Stonegate and Hawkhurst. Over towards Benenden, we have fitted a Daikin ducted system and two Daikin multi systems for one house.
Once your system is in, a yearly heat pump service keeps it efficient and supports an extended manufacturer warranty. We also service and repair existing systems in and around the village, including Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric and Panasonic, so you do not need to track down the original installer.
One visit to measure up, then a fixed price for your Ticehurst property.
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I cannot fault anything about the whole experience. Really clear survey and quite, discussed options, made great suggestions. The work was done to an amazing standard, better than I expected - a real perfectionist. And then everything was left absolutely spotless. Plus, Olly spent the time to explain how everything worked, maintenance, and how to get the best from the air conditioning. We are really happy with the whole job
Really pleased with the service provided, olly and his team done an amazing job fitting an air conditioning unit into my salon. It’s nice to know I can keep my clients cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Overall 10/10 service provided, will defiantly be recommending them and thinking about having another unit installed into my home.
First class service! Ollie is very knowledgeable, provided a thorough service and deep clean of all our units and fixed a leak.
Questions
Air conditioning in Ticehurst: questions
Can air con heat a Ticehurst house as well as cool it?
Yes. The systems we fit are heat-and-cool units, known as air-to-air heat pumps. In winter they move heat from the outside air into the room, giving several units of heat for each unit of electricity. That makes them a useful way to warm the rooms you use most in a farmhouse or cottage, alongside your existing heating.
Will an outdoor unit be allowed in the Ticehurst conservation area?
Usually, if it is at the back. The area around the Square is a conservation area, and the whole parish is in the High Weald National Landscape, so a unit on a wall facing the road falls outside permitted development. A rear or garden position that passes the 37 dB(A) noise check is normally fine. Listed houses need listed building consent.
How quiet is bedroom air con?
Very quiet indoors. Many current wall units run at around 19 to 20 dB(A) on their lowest fan speed, which is quieter than a whisper. The outdoor unit makes more noise, so we place it away from bedroom windows, yours and your neighbours'. Night modes also limit the fan speed and outdoor unit noise while you sleep.
Do you come out to Ticehurst from Dartford?
Yes. Ticehurst is about 29 miles from our Dartford base, at the southern edge of the area we cover, along with Wadhurst, Flimwell and Stonegate. Send Olly a photo of the room and the outside wall on WhatsApp first. He then visits for a free survey and gives you a fixed written quote.
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