Residential Air Conditioning Installation

A single-room wall-split is typically fitted in one day. Multi-split systems serving 2–4 rooms usually take 2–3 days, and ducted whole-home systems 3–5 days depending on ceiling access.

Most residential installations fall under permitted development in England, provided the external condenser is under 0.6 m³, more than 1 m from your boundary and not on a wall facing a highway. Listed buildings and conservation areas need explicit consent — we flag this at survey.

Very little. Our engineers use dust sheets, work from one room at a time, and drill a single 65 mm core through the external wall per indoor unit. Pipework is routed in slim white trunking or first-fix chased into the wall if the room is being decorated.

All new residential systems we fit run on R32, which has roughly a third of the global warming potential of the older R410A gas and is around 10% more energy efficient. Legacy R410A units can still be serviced but are no longer specified on new installs.

Yes. Every unit we fit is a reverse-cycle heat pump — it delivers heating down to around −15 °C outside with a Coefficient of Performance (COP) of 3.5–4.5, meaning roughly 3.5–4.5 kW of heat per 1 kW of electricity. Cheaper to run than a gas boiler at current unit rates in most homes.

You get the manufacturer's parts warranty (typically 3–6 years on Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric and Samsung when installed by an accredited engineer) plus a 2-year Airtastic workmanship warranty on the pipework and install.

For residential use we recommend a service every 12–24 months. It keeps the manufacturer warranty valid, clears the filters and drain, and checks the refrigerant charge — a 30-minute visit that typically costs £45 for a single unit.

Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Samsung, LG, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Panasonic and Haier. We'll recommend a specific model at survey based on room size, budget, noise sensitivity (bedrooms) and how the outdoor unit will look on your property.

Yes — all Airtastic engineers hold F-Gas Category 1 certification (required by UK law to handle refrigerants), are Part P competent for the electrical connection, and are fully insured to £5 million public liability.