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Air conditioning installation in Coventry
Coventry hit 38.7°C in July 2022. Split systems fitted by F-Gas certified engineers can keep a bedroom or home office usable in the next heatwave.
On 19 July 2022 the Met Office station at Coventry recorded 38.7°C, nearly 17 degrees above its normal July maximum. Loft conversions in terraces and top-floor flats in newer city-centre blocks took the worst of it.
Coventry at a glance
- Types of home
- 39.9% of Coventry households live in a terraced house, the largest single type in the city. 30.1% live in a semi, 15.7% in a purpose-built block of flats and 11.6% in a detached house. Source
- Record heat
- The Met Office station at Coventry recorded 38.7°C on 19 July 2022, about 16.7°C above the July average maximum for the station. Source
- Heat pump planning
- An air source heat pump of up to 1.5 cubic metres is usually permitted development on a house (one unit on a semi or terrace). In a conservation area it cannot sit on a wall or roof facing a highway. Source
Choosing a system
A wall-mounted split unit with an outdoor condenser is the standard choice. It is far quieter and more efficient than a portable unit, and one outdoor unit can serve two or three rooms with a multi-split.
An air-to-air heat pump does the same job and heats in winter. If it replaces fossil fuel heating, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £2,500 towards it.
Permission and neighbours
Unlike heat pumps, air conditioning units have no permitted development right of their own, so ask the council's planning team before work starts, particularly in a conservation area.
In tightly packed terraces, place the condenser away from the neighbour's bedroom window. Night-time noise is the usual cause of complaints.
Running costs
A modern inverter split unit cooling a single bedroom uses far less electricity than a portable unit doing the same job. Ask for the seasonal efficiency rating (SEER) of each model you're quoted, and choose a unit sized for the room rather than the biggest one on offer.
Installation basics
Only an F-Gas certified engineer may handle refrigerant. The job needs a route for pipes and a condensate drain to outside, a solid fixing for the condenser and usually a new electrical circuit. Ask for the commissioning sheet when they finish.
Cooling Coventry homes
Victorian and Edwardian terraces
Loft bedrooms are the hottest rooms in the house. The condenser can usually sit on a rear dormer roof or in the yard, out of view from the street.
Postwar blocks and city-centre flats
Flats make up about one in six Coventry homes. You'll need the freeholder's consent for any outdoor unit, and some blocks ban them, so ask the managing agent first.
Interwar and postwar semis
A side or rear wall gives a short pipe run. One multi-split condenser can serve a main bedroom and a home office.
Areas covered
Engineers who cover Coventry work across areas including Earlsdon, Allesley, Cheylesmore, Tile Hill, Wyken, Radford, Finham, Canley, Binley and Styvechale.
Questions people in Coventry ask
Can I cool a room without air conditioning?
Often by a few degrees. Close blinds on sunny windows by day and ventilate at night when it's cooler outside.
How do I check the installer?
Ask for the engineer's F-Gas certificate and the company's registration number, and confirm the warranty terms in writing.
Sources
- Met Office: Unprecedented extreme heatwave, July 2022
- ONS Census 2021, TS044 accommodation type (Nomis)
- GOV.UK: Boiler Upgrade Scheme, what you can get
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