Home air conditioning in Leamington Spa
Is one room in your Leamington Spa home too hot to sleep in? We fit domestic air conditioning in houses and flats, usually starting with a bedroom, top floor or loft conversion. You get steady temperatures in a heatwave, and a reversible unit can also warm the room when winter comes.
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- Bedrooms, lofts and top floors
- Rooms that heat as well as cool
- Honest advice on cheaper fixes
Which rooms overheat first in a Leamington house?
Heat climbs, so attics and top-floor flats usually go first. West-facing bays take the evening sun just as you want the room to cool. Rooms under slate in an old villa or under a new flat roof can both hold on to warmth well after dark. A 2019 study of converted lofts in London found they carry a substantially higher overheating risk than conventional bedrooms. Source: Li, Taylor and Symonds.
Will it be too noisy to sleep with?
The only moving part indoors is a fan, and you can turn that down. The compressor is outside, so what you hear in the room is mostly moving air. Models vary, so ask to see the quoted sound level at the lowest fan speed before choosing.
The outdoor unit matters more to your neighbours. To count as permitted development it has to pass a calculation of 37 dB(A) or less at a point next to their nearest door or window. Source: Grant UK.
Should you try anything cheaper first?
Yes, if the problem is mild. In the loft study, external shutters cut overheating by 96% and night-time ventilation cut it by 89%, with ventilation the most cost-effective option. They also have limits. Shutters are rarely welcome on a period front, and a window left open all night is not an option for everyone on a busy road or a ground floor. Air conditioning makes most sense where those fixes cannot be made or have stopped being enough. Source: Li, Taylor and Symonds.
What about a flat, a listed house or a rented home?
All three can usually be done, but somebody else has to agree first. A flat needs the freeholder's consent. A listed house needs listed building consent. A tenant needs the landlord's written agreement. If you are renting and short of time, a portable unit may be the fair answer for now. See air conditioning in a flat and listed buildings.
One unit or several?
Begin with the worst room. If you want more than one or two rooms cooled, look at a multi-split, which runs several indoor units from one outdoor unit. Planning comes into this. Only the first outdoor unit on a semi or terrace is permitted development, while a detached house gets two. Source: Planning Portal.
Common questions
How big a unit does a bedroom need?
As a first guide, iHeat suggests 1.5 to 2.0kW for 10 to 15 square metres and 2.0 to 2.5kW for 15 to 25. Top floors and sunny rooms need more. See the size guide.
Will it dry out the air?
Cooling does take some moisture out, which is why the unit has a drain. If you have historic plaster or timber, tell us, because humidity needs thinking about in those buildings.
Can I run it all night?
Yes. Use the sleep setting if your model has one, and aim the airflow away from the bed. The bedroom guide covers what it costs.
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Before you ring
These details let us give you a better answer on the first call.
- Your postcode
- Flat, house or workplace
- Whether the building is listed
- Which rooms, roughly how big, and which way they face
- Who owns the outside walls, if you lease or rent
Home air conditioning outside Leamington Spa
Need home air conditioning somewhere else nearby? We travel to the towns below, and each page covers its own planning points. Our page on air conditioning in Leamington Spa has the full picture.
Read this first
Is air conditioning for a bedroom worth it?
How hot is too hot, what size to buy and what a night costs.
Air conditioning for a loft conversion: what works?
Why lofts overheat, and where units go under a sloping roof.
Is air conditioning allowed in a flat?
Leases, freeholders, planning limits and flats above shops.
Close to this job
Air conditioning installation
Survey, consents, fitting and start-up, in that order.
Air-to-air heat pumps
One system for winter warmth and summer cooling, room by room.
Multi-split air conditioning
Several rooms on one outdoor unit, each with its own controller.
Conservatory air conditioning
Makes a glass room or garden office usable in July and January.
More from Leamington Air Conditioning
Office air conditioning
For game studios and offices where screens and people make the heat.
Commercial air conditioning
Customer areas on busy streets, from cafés and bars to salons.
Server room cooling
Dedicated cooling for racks, comms cupboards and build machines.
Air conditioning servicing
Yearly care and leak checks, on systems we did and did not fit.
Air conditioning repairs
Leaks, drips, error codes and systems that have stopped cooling.
Want us to call you?
Tell us where you are and what is too hot or too cold. Or ring 01926 967778.