Richmond is a market town built around a Norman castle, its cobbled square and Georgian townhouses stepping down steep streets toward the River Swale. Head west out of town and the dale narrows fast — through Marske and Fremington to Reeth, then on past Gunnerside, Muker and Keld, where stone farmhouses sit alone against the fellside with no mains gas anywhere near them. Richmondshire covers both worlds, from garrison-town suburbs to some of the remotest addresses in North Yorkshire, and we install and service heat pumps in each.
Off-Grid Heating in Swaledale
Up the dale, most homes have relied on oil or solid fuel for generations, topping up a tank that has to be filled by tanker along narrow, exposed lanes. An air source heat pump gives farmhouses around Gunnerside, Muker and Keld a heating system that doesn't depend on deliveries getting through in a hard winter, and it copes fine with the exposed, weather-beaten sites so many of these buildings occupy. We size every system around the property's actual heat loss rather than assuming a standard install will do, checking existing radiators, pipework and hot water demand before recommending anything.
Heat Pump Installation in Richmond
In town, Georgian townhouses and the terraces around Gilling West and Skeeby bring their own challenges — thick stone walls, listed features and tight garden space for an outdoor unit. We plan installations around Richmond's period housing stock as carefully as we do the newer homes near Brompton-on-Swale and Scorton, close to Catterick Garrison, where insulation standards and pipework are usually more straightforward to work with.
Annual Heat Pump Servicing Across Richmondshire
Whether your heat pump was fitted by us or by someone else, an annual service should be more than a quick visual check. Ours includes:
- Full safety and efficiency checks on the unit and controls
- A system water and glycol quality assessment
- A PDF service report you can keep on file to protect your manufacturer's warranty
We offer Heat Pump Only, Heat Pump & Cylinder, and Hybrid maintenance plans, with current pricing on our plans page — just choose a plan, book your service, and we'll send your report once the work is done.
Call us on 01287 281014 or 07931 908711, or email info@ateservices.co.uk to book a heat pump installation or service anywhere across Richmond and Swaledale.
