Killucan, Co. Westmeath

Heat pump installation in Killucan, Co. Westmeath

Fitting an air-to-water or air-to-air heat pump, and the system changes that go with it. Post your task free and professionals working in Killucan reply with their own price. You choose, and pay them directly.

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County Westmeath: 37.8% of households here are in dwellings built before 1981.

Whether this needs a licence in Ireland

Ireland

Licence required

Registered Electrical Contractor (Safe Electric)

Registered Electrical Contractor (Safe Electric), issued or supervised by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. Ask for the registration number before the work starts and check it on the public register. Check the register: www.safeelectric.ie

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Commission for Regulation of Utilitieswww.safeelectric.ieChecked 11/10/2026

Heat pump installation near Killucan

Heat pump installation: what the job involves

Replacing an oil or gas boiler, storage heaters or a solid-fuel system with an air-to-water heat pump that heats radiators or underfloor pipes and the hot water, or fitting air-to-air units for space heating. The house usually needs to be well insulated first, and the system is sized from its heat loss.

How long it takes: Usually three to five days on site after the assessment and grant approval; longer where radiators change throughout or underfloor heating goes in.

The full guide to heat pump installation — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.

What heat pump installation in Killucan costs, and why

What jobs on Talqero came to

Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.

What affects the price

Heat loss of the house, which sets the heat pump size
How many radiators must be upsized or whether underfloor heating is added
Air-to-water or air-to-air, and the make and output
Cylinder location and pipe runs from the outdoor unit
Removing the old boiler, oil tank or storage heaters
Electrical supply upgrades and the fuse board
VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.

County Westmeath: what the figures say

37.8% of households in County Westmeath live in homes built before 1981 — below the national figure of 40.7%, and the 16th highest share of the 26 counties.
Homes of that age were built before modern insulation standards and usually gain most from attic and wall insulation — and SEAI’s attic and wall grants cover homes built and occupied before 2011.
Central Statistics Office, 2022

Rules and grants for heat pump installation

The rules in Ireland

Grant-aided insulation must be done by a contractor on SEAI’s register, after grant approval, with a BER afterwards.

Use a contractor on SEAI’s register and get grant approval before any work starts — work begun before approval is not grant-aided.
The grant must be drawn down within eight months of the offer, and a BER by a registered assessor after the works is required (SEAI contributes €50 towards it).
Since 27 July 2026, external wall insulation of up to 15 cm is exempt from planning permission.

Sources · checked 9 October 2026

What to ask before you choose

Are you on SEAI’s contractor register for this measure?
Have I got grant approval in place before you start?
What ventilation will the house need afterwards?
Who arranges the BER after the works?
Is VAT included?

What the work usually involves

Internal dry-lining of external walls
Attic and cavity insulation
Draught-proofing
Work towards a better BER

What to put in your task

The type and rough age of the house
Which rooms or walls
Your current BER, if you have one
Whether you are applying for a grant

County Westmeath in figures

Active construction enterprises: 1,540; Central Statistics Office, 2023
Homes built before 1981: 37.8%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by natural gas: 9.7%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by oil: 50.3%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Households: 34,003; Central Statistics Office, 2022

Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.

Heat pump installation · Killucan

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