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Air conditioning installation in Leicester
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On 19 July 2022 the Midlands set a new temperature record of 40.2°C, at Pitsford in Northamptonshire, about 30 miles south of Leicester. Upstairs bedrooms in brick terraces and top-floor flats hold heat long after sunset, and that is where most cooling requests in the city come from.
A split system has an indoor head on the wall and a condenser outside, joined by refrigerant pipes. Only an engineer with an F-Gas certificate can connect and charge it.
Leicester at a glance
- House types
- 29.2% of Leicester households live in a terraced house, 36.4% in a semi, 11.4% in a detached house and about 23% in a flat or maisonette. Source
- Renting
- 29.4% of Leicester households rented privately in 2021 and 23.2% rented from the council or a housing association. Fewer than half (46.7%) owned their home. Source
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External shading, reflective blinds and opening windows on both sides of the house at night can take several degrees off a bedroom. A loft with thin insulation lets heat pour in; topping it up helps summer and winter.
Renters and leaseholders
With 29.4% of Leicester households renting privately, many people will need the landlord's written permission before anything is fixed to the wall. Leaseholders in flats need the freeholder's consent for an outdoor unit, and some leases forbid it.
A portable unit with a hose through the window needs no consent, but it is noisy and less efficient. It may be the practical answer for a short tenancy.
Heating as well as cooling
Most split units are air-to-air heat pumps and can heat in winter too. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme offers £2,500 towards an air-to-air heat pump that replaces fossil fuel heating, though a unit added only for cooling will not qualify.
Leicester homes and what they need
Red-brick Victorian terraces
The condenser usually goes on the back wall or in the yard. Keep it away from a neighbour's bedroom window, since noise is the most common complaint.
Interwar and postwar semis
The side wall is often the easiest route for pipework, with the indoor head in the front bedroom. Two heads can share one larger outdoor unit.
Estates built from the 1990s onwards
Check the deeds or estate covenants. Some developments restrict items fixed to front elevations.
Areas covered
Engineers who cover Leicester work across areas including Clarendon Park, Stoneygate, Knighton, Belgrave, Evington, Aylestone, Braunstone, Oadby, Wigston and Birstall.
Questions people in Leicester ask
Does air conditioning need servicing?
Yes. Clean the filters every few weeks in summer and have an F-Gas engineer check it every year or two.
How much does it cost to run?
A modern split unit cooling one bedroom for a few hours a night uses far less electricity than a portable unit. Ask the installer for the seasonal efficiency figures (SEER and SCOP) of the models quoted so you can compare them.
Sources
- Met Office: Unprecedented extreme heatwave, July 2022
- ONS Census 2021, table TS054 tenure (Nomis)
- GOV.UK: Boiler Upgrade Scheme, what you can get
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