Murton grew up as a County Durham colliery village, and its rows of solid brick terraces, along with the newer estates that have filled in around them, still shape how heating works here today. ATE's engineers install and service heat pumps across Murton and out to the neighbouring villages of Cold Hesledon, Hawthorn and South Hetton, where many homes are moving away from oil and older storage heaters as they reach the end of their working life.
Heat Pump Installation in Murton's Terraced Streets
Former pit terraces have their own quirks: shared walls, smaller gardens for outdoor units, and older internal pipework that sometimes needs upgrading alongside the heat pump itself. We plan installations around these realities rather than treating every Murton property as a standard new-build, taking extra care with noise and unit placement given how close neighbouring houses often sit.
Newer estates around the edges of Murton and towards South Hetton tend to be more straightforward, with better insulation and simpler pipe runs, though we still carry out the same thorough survey before any work starts.
Annual Heat Pump Servicing in Murton and South Hetton
A heat pump only performs as well as its maintenance. Every service we carry out includes full safety and efficiency checks and a system water and glycol quality assessment, finishing with a PDF report that keeps your manufacturer's warranty in place, whatever brand of system you have installed.
- Heat Pump Only, Heat Pump & Cylinder, or Hybrid maintenance plans
- Simple three-step process: choose your plan, book your service, receive your report
- Regular coverage across Murton, Hawthorn and South Hetton
Why Murton Homes Are Switching to Heat Pumps
With the coast just up the road at Seaham and older heating systems reaching the end of their working life across these ex-colliery villages, more homeowners near Cold Hesledon are choosing heat pumps to replace oil boilers and dated electric heating rather than sinking money into another fossil-fuel system. Rising oil prices in particular have pushed a lot of Hawthorn and South Hetton households to look seriously at the switch, and we're happy to talk through whether a straight heat pump or a hybrid setup makes more sense for a given property before any commitment is made.
To arrange a heat pump installation or annual service in Murton, call ATE on 01287 281014 or email info@ateservices.co.uk.
