# Vaillant Heat Pump, Southgate N14 | Case Study

> A Vaillant aroTHERM plus replacing a gas boiler in Southgate N14, a few streets from our base, fitted in three days with the £7,500 grant taken off.

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![The aroTHERM plus beside the decking on anti-vibration feet.](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/assets/img/case/southgate-n14-01-960.webp)

# A Vaillant heat pump a few streets from our base

A gas boiler replaced with a Vaillant aroTHERM plus in Southgate N14, three days on site, the grant taken off the price, and the pipework kept along the fence line.

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We replaced a gas boiler in Southgate N14 with a Vaillant aroTHERM plus air source heat pump in three days, with the £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant taken off the price. It now provides the house's heating and hot water.

Southgate is a few streets from our own base in N14, which is part of why the heating side of north London is where we do most of our work.

## The job at a glance

Where

Southgate N14, north London

Heat pump

Vaillant aroTHERM plus

Replaced

A gas boiler

Grant

£7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Time on site

Three days

## How the job was done

Step by step, in the photographs taken on site.

1. ![The aroTHERM plus beside the decking on anti-vibration feet.](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/assets/img/case/southgate-n14-01-960.webp)   1 Beside the decking, not on it The unit stands beside the garden decking on anti-vibration feet, where it has the clear air it needs in front of the coil and nothing transmits into the deck or the house.
2. 2 The pipes along the fence The flow and return run from the unit along the fence line to the house, so there is nothing across the garden to trip on and nothing on show from the windows.
3. 3 Tested before we leave The system was filled, pressure tested and commissioned by our MCS certified team before handover, and the owner was shown how to use the controls on the day.

## Thinking about a heat pump?

What this job involved, applied to your own house.

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## Southgate N14: questions about this job

### Is a heat pump noisy in a small garden?

A modern unit is about as loud as a quiet conversation at a metre and much quieter at the house next door. What makes one sound louder is where it is put: against a hard surface that reflects the fan, or pointing at a window. The survey sites it to avoid both.

### Do you cover the rest of north London?

Yes. We are based in N14 and work across London. [The areas we cover](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/areas/).

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