Air source heat pumps for Highland Perthshire

Perthshire spans the Highland boundary fault. Perth itself is a lowland city with Victorian stone terraces and modern estates, but travel north through Dunkeld and Pitlochry into Aberfeldy and Crieff and the landscape changes — stone-built farmhouses, scattered crofts, and properties in the glens that face significantly colder winters than the Tay valley. A heat pump in a Pitlochry glens property is a different specification from one in suburban Perth.

The heating fuel picture in Highland Perthshire is mixed. Perth and the larger towns are on the gas grid, but the glens and rural areas are predominantly off-gas, heated by oil or LPG. Bulk LPG is common where tanker delivery is practical, but the more remote glens properties rely on oil. Replacing oil with an air source heat pump is the core of what we do in this area, and the survey is where the system is designed for the specific property.

The distribution network operator depends on the exact location. The southern part of Perthshire is SP Energy Networks, while the northern glens fall under SSEN. Most rural properties have a single-phase supply, which is adequate for most domestic heat pumps. The climate in the glens is the key factor — winter temperatures in Aberfeldy or the Sma Glen can be several degrees lower than Perth, which means the heat pump must be sized for those conditions, not for a milder lowland average.

The survey accounts for all of this. The room-by-room heat loss calculation uses the actual winter design temperature for your location, not a generic Scottish average. The fixed written quote lists the heat pump model, the radiator upgrades, the hot water cylinder, the pipe runs, and any electrical work. Properties in the higher glens may need larger radiators or a larger heat pump than equivalent properties in Perth, and the quote reflects this precisely. We install through MCS-certified partners.

Towns we cover: Perth, Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Crieff, Dunkeld, Blairgowrie