Do I need planning permission for air conditioning?

Usually not. A domestic air conditioning unit is normally permitted development in Wales. Exceptions include listed buildings, conservation areas, and units on the principal elevation facing a highway. Flats are treated differently to houses.

How noisy is home air conditioning?

Indoors, the smallest Breezeless E unit runs at 17.5 dB(A) on its lowest setting, quieter than a library at around 30 dB. The outdoor unit is around 55 dB(A), roughly equivalent to a fridge.

Will air conditioning heat my house in winter?

Yes. It is a heat pump, rated to produce heat down to minus 20 degrees Celsius outside. It heats room by room rather than the whole house at once, so many customers use it alongside an existing boiler.

How long does air conditioning installation take?

Usually one day for a single room, and most multi-room installations are completed in two days. Pipe run length is the main factor.

How much mess does installation make?

One core hole per room, approximately 65mm across, drilled with a core drill and vacuum. The hole is sleeved and sealed both sides. External pipework is run in trunking along a route agreed in advance. Our engineers leave the property as they found it.

South Wales Air Con: Cool in Summer, Warm in Winter

Q: What does the 10 year guarantee cover?

Parts and labour on the installed equipment, backed by the manufacturer's warranty and our workmanship guarantee. It is conditional on the system being serviced annually.

Why people choose us.

One team, from the first survey to the yearly service. You're not passed between a fitter and a separate sparky, and we don't leave you until your unit is fitted, plugged in and working.

F-Gas registered 10 year guarantee Cwmbran based

One team, start to finish

The people who quote your job are the people who fit it: the unit, the wiring and the yearly service. No subcontractors, no separate electrician's bill, and only one number to call if you ever need us.

A free survey

We come out for about fifteen minutes, measure up, check the electrics and give you a fixed price in writing. There's nothing to pay whether you go ahead or not.

Working the day we fit it

We fit, wire and commission in one visit, and we don't pack up until it's running and the room is cooling. If something isn't right, we stay and put it right.

One quiet unit

Every price here is for the Midea Breezeless E: A+++ rated, 17.5 dB(A) on its lowest setting, and 199mm deep so it sits close to the wall.

Based in Cwmbran

We cover South Wales and the Bristol side, within about an hour of us, and we only do homes, so yours is never squeezed in around a shop fit. If you need us again, we're just up the road.

10 year guarantee

You're covered for 10 years, and your first yearly service is included.

Build my price or book a free survey

Hardly anyone pays the full price.

A room costs £1,700 to do, and that's the number most people have in their head when they start working it out. Very few end up paying it, because these four discounts come off the whole job and they stack on top of each other.

25%off

You'd rather pay up front.

This is the big one, and it's worth more than the other three put together. On a three room job it comes to £1,173.

4% a room

You're doing more than one room.

Every extra room takes another 4% off the whole job, not just off that room, up to 20% in total.

10% off

There's a new baby in the house.

Nobody sleeps well in a warm room, and least of all a little one.

10% off

It's a pensioner household.

The people who feel the heat most shouldn't have to pay the most to keep comfortable.

Here's what that looks like on a three room job, with the multi-room discount already applied.

Spread over 12 months, interest free £391a month, £4,692 in total

Paid up front £3,519you keep £1,173

The discounts come off the installation itself. If your fuse board needs upgrading that's £750 and we don't discount it, because there's very little in it for us once the parts and the certified labour are paid for. Every figure here is an estimate until we've surveyed your house.

And what does the price actually pay for? The unit itself, the pipework and trunking out to the outdoor unit, the electrical work, the refrigerant and a full day of our engineers' time, then the commissioning, the 10 year guarantee and your first service. When we survey your home we're measuring exactly those things, which is why the estimate you build here and the final written quote stay close.

Work out my price or book a free survey

Indoors

This is what goes on your wall.

It's the Midea Breezeless E: slim and stylish, with a simple remote control, voice control through Alexa and Google Assistant, and an app on your phone so you can get the house ready before you get home.

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The Midea Breezeless E wall-mounted indoor unit, viewed at an angle with the air deflector closed

This is it closed, flush to the wall. At 199mm deep it sits close in.

17.5 dB(A)

Quiet as a mouse

A mouse's squeak is around 30 dB. On its lowest setting, most people can't even hear it running.

A+++

Top efficiency rating

SEER 8.5 for cooling, SCOP 4.6 for heating. Roughly £4.60 of heat for every £1 of electricity.

812 mm

Smaller than you think

It's 812mm wide, 299mm tall and 199mm deep. That's about the size of a bathroom cabinet, and a lot flatter.

Figures are manufacturer data for the 2.6 kW Breezeless E, the size we'd typically fit to a bedroom. Larger rooms take a larger unit. We'll tell you which one you need at the survey.

Outdoors

"I don't want that thing on the front of my house."

Fair enough, and you usually don't have to have it there. On most South Wales housing there's more than one option, and we'll walk round with you before anything is decided.

An end-of-terrace house with the outdoor air conditioning unit mounted on the side gable wall, not visible from the front

On the gable end

The best option on an end terrace or a semi. It's out of sight from the street and the pipework runs straight through into the room behind.

A terraced house with the outdoor unit fitted between the first floor windows

High on the front

On a mid-terrace with no side access this is often the honest answer. Mounted high and central, it reads as part of the building rather than an add-on.

The back of a terraced house with the outdoor air conditioning unit fitted at ground level beside the back door, next to the garden

Round the back, at ground level

If you've got a back garden, this is usually where it ends up. Nobody sees it but you, it's easy to get at for servicing, and it just needs a bit of clear space around it to breathe.

Planning permission is rarely needed for a domestic wall unit in Wales, as long as it's not on a listed building, in a conservation area, or facing a highway on the principal elevation. If any of that applies to you, tell us early and we'll check it properly before quoting.

Health

It isn't just about comfort, it's about health.

In a heatwave, a cool home does more than help you sleep. The research is fairly clear on who feels the benefit the most, and why keeping the temperature down really matters.

Kinder on the heart

Heatwaves push up hospital admissions for heart attacks and stroke. Keeping the house cool eases the strain that extreme heat puts on the heart.

Safer for older relatives

Most heat-related deaths are among the over 65s, and there's no cool public building to escape to at two in the morning. Cooling at home is the safeguard that's always there.

Steadier for little ones

Babies can't cool themselves down, and warmer nights raise the risk. A steady room temperature takes the indoor heat stress away.

Easier breathing

A UV lamp plus HEPA and cold-catalyst filters clear pollen, dust and fine particles, which can help with asthma and hay fever. It only works if it's kept serviced, mind.

Read the research on heat and health

A traditional bedroom in an older terraced house, with a slim white wall-mounted air conditioning unit fitted above the window — A bedroom unit sits high on the wall, discreet and out of the way.

Why now

Our homes weren't built for this.

South Wales summers aren't what they were. Terraces, valley homes and new-builds are designed to hold heat in: a blessing in January, an oven by July. We fit systems that do the opposite: cool, filtered, quiet air, room by room, whenever you need it.

And the people who feel the heat worst: older relatives, young children, anyone who can't sleep when the bedroom won't drop below 25°. They're the ones who feel the difference first. That's who this is really for.

Read the guides on heat, health and running costs

Questions

The things everyone asks.

If yours isn't here, just ring us or drop us a message.

Do I need planning permission?

Usually not. A domestic air conditioning unit is normally permitted development in Wales, so no application is needed.

The exceptions worth checking: listed buildings, conservation areas, and units on the principal elevation facing a highway. There are also size and siting limits, and flats are treated differently to houses. If any of that might apply, tell us at the survey and we'll check with the council before you commit to anything.

How noisy is it, really?

Indoors, the smallest unit runs at 17.5 dB(A) on its lowest setting. For comparison, a quiet library is about 30 dB. Most people genuinely cannot hear it once they stop listening for it.

The outdoor unit is louder, around 55 dB(A), which is roughly a fridge or a quiet conversation. It's worth thinking about where it sits in relation to your neighbour's windows as well as your own, and we'll raise that at the survey rather than leave you to find out later.

Will it actually heat the house in winter?

Yes. It's a heat pump, and it's rated to keep producing heat down to −20°C outside. Cwmbran rarely drops below −5°C, so it's working well within itself even in a cold snap.

It heats room by room rather than the whole house at once, which suits some homes and not others. If you've got a working boiler, most people use it alongside rather than instead of, at least at first.

How long does the installation take?

Usually one day for a single room, and most multi-room jobs are done in two. We'll give you a firm answer after the survey, because pipe runs are what drive the time and every house is different.

We turn up when we say we will, and we clear up after ourselves.

How much mess is there? Are you drilling through my wall?

There's one core hole per room, about 65mm across, drilled through to the outside. It's done with a core drill and a vacuum, so it's a lot tidier than people expect. The hole is sleeved and sealed both sides.

Pipework outside is run in trunking, and we'll agree the route with you before we start rather than after.

Our lot leave a place exactly as they found it. Often a bit tidier, if we're honest.

What does the 10 year guarantee cover?

Parts and labour on the equipment we install, backed by the manufacturer's warranty and our own workmanship guarantee.

It's conditional on the system being serviced annually, which is standard across the industry and is also just how you keep the thing working properly. We'll remind you when it's due.