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Air conditioning · Stockport and south Manchester

Air conditioning fitted and serviced across Stockport

Quiet wall-mounted and ceiling units for bedrooms, lounges, offices and shops. A free survey before every install, then one fixed written price.

0161 496 0582 (call Vanecroft)See what we fit

Fitting air conditioning since 2014, from Heaton Mersey, Stockport

Quote request

What can we help with?

The job
Rooms or indoor units

Four short steps in all: these two, then your postcode and where we should reply. Nothing is booked until you have agreed a time with us.

A loft bedroom under a sloping ceiling with two roof windows, and a white wall-mounted air conditioning unit on the end wall

Illustrative stock photo.

  • F-gas certifiedGB, FG000000 (sample)
  • Part P electrical workEngland, PP000000 (sample)
  • £5m public liability insurance
  • 5-year workmanship guaranteeOn every install

Sample registrations and cover for a fictional business. No real certificate, insurer or register.

Services

Cooling for homes, offices and shops

Every suggestion starts with the room itself: its size, the wall and a spot outside for the outdoor unit.

All services

Our work

Recent sample jobs

Fictional job notes with illustrative photos, to show how a finished job is written up.

See all sample jobs
  • A bright room with sheer curtains over tall windows and a white wall-mounted air conditioning unit above them
    Sample project

    One 3.5 kW wall unit

    Living room, Sale

    Unit centred above the window wall, with the pipes taken straight out behind it to brackets at the back.

  • An open-plan office with desks, shelving and plants, ceiling vents and a wall-mounted unit beside the windows
    Sample project

    One 3.5 kW wall unit

    Open-plan office, Cheadle

    Fitted on a Saturday so the office lost no working day, with the condensate piped to an outside drain.

  • A white room with exposed beams and track lights, and a wall-mounted air conditioning unit with its pipe run along the wall
    Sample project

    One 2.5 kW wall unit

    Studio room, Didsbury

    Pipework in white trunking along the beam, so it disappears into the ceiling, to an outdoor unit at the rear.

Sample projects for a fictional business. The photographs are illustrative stock, not Vanecroft jobs.

Service plans

Plans that book the visits for you

With a plan the date goes in the diary each year, so the service never slips. The Heating and cooling plan adds an October visit to check the unit before it starts warming the house. Every visit covers the checks in a single service, for less than booking them one at a time.

What a service covers

  • Single unit

    £85 a year

    • One visit each spring
    • Filters, coil and drain cleaned
    • Leak and pressure check
    • Service sheet for your files
    Choose this plan: Single unit

  • Two or more units

    £120 a year

    • One spring visit for two indoor units
    • £35 more a year per extra indoor unit
    • Outdoor units cleared and checked
    • A reminder before every visit
    Choose this plan: Two or more units

  • Heating and cooling

    £175 a year

    • A visit in April and another in October
    • Heating mode tested before winter
    • One or two indoor units
    • A service sheet each time
    Choose this plan: Heating and cooling

Sample plans for a fictional business. A plan covers servicing only; if a visit turns up a fault, you get a separate quote to accept or turn down.

How we work

From first message to a cooler room

  1. Start with the room

    Which room, roughly how big, and your postcode: enough for a first reply and to plan the survey.

  2. A free survey and a fixed price

    We visit for about 45 minutes, check the wall, the pipe route and the power, then send one written price no later than two working days after the survey.

  3. Installed and commissioned

    A single-room install is normally finished the day it starts. The unit is run in every mode with you there, and the remote and the filter clean are shown before we pack up.

Why Vanecroft

Careful installs, clear handovers

Four habits that make an install quieter, neater and easier to live with.

  • 01

    Matched to the room

    Floor area, ceiling height and glazing decide the unit. Too big and it cycles on and off; too small and it runs flat out without catching up.

  • 02

    Every unit on file

    The model, the pipe route and each service reading are kept on record, so a later visit starts from what is already known.

  • 03

    Pipework you will not notice

    Pipes go straight through the wall behind the unit where they can, or in slim white trunking agreed at the survey.

  • 04

    Paperwork handed over

    The commissioning sheet, the electrical certificate and the warranty details, all left with you on the day.

Prices

Guide prices, fitted

Published so you know roughly where you stand before anyone visits.

  • One room, 2.5 kW wall unitBedrooms and small officesfrom £1,495
  • One room, 3.5 kW wall unitLounges and larger roomsfrom £1,795
  • Two rooms, one outdoor unitTwo indoor units on a shared systemfrom £3,250
  • Yearly service, first unitEach extra indoor unit £40£95
  • Repair visitFirst hour included, then £45 an hour£79

Fitted prices include the units, up to 3 metres of pipework, the electrical supply and VAT. The survey sets your final price. Sample prices for a fictional business.

Reviews

Notes from finished jobs

Sample reviews written for this demo, each with the details of the job it came from.

Sample reviewOffice service

Five stars.

Our office units had not been cleaned for three years. They did all four, cured a drain that dripped on a desk and left a typed record for the landlord.

Units
4
Drain
Cleared
Record
Typed

ImranCheadle

Sample reviewRepair visit

Five stars.

The bedroom unit started blinking and blowing warm air. By lunchtime they had found a loose sensor plug, not the new compressor I was dreading.

Fault
Sensor plug
Parts
None
Unit
Bedroom

SiobhanSale

Sample reviewLoft bedroom unit
A close view along the perforated air outlet of a white indoor unit

Five stars.

We only wanted the loft bedroom sorted. The surveyor found a way to run the pipes through the eaves, so nothing shows on the front of the house.

Room
Loft
Unit
2.5 kW
Pipes
Via the eaves

RuthHeaton Moor

Illustrative stock photo, not this customer’s home.

Areas

Covered from Heaton Mersey

Stockport and its neighbours, out to Sale and Altrincham in the west and Marple and Poynton in the east. The quote form checks any postcode.

Towns we cover

FAQs

Questions before a survey

The things people ask most before we visit.

Ask something else

Do I need planning permission for the outdoor unit?

Often not, if the system heats your home as well as cooling it. Since May 2025, England’s permitted development rules include air-to-air heat pumps, within limits on number, size, siting and noise. A unit used only for cooling falls outside those rules, and listed buildings and conservation areas are stricter. Your own case is checked at the survey; this is general guidance, not legal advice.

Can air conditioning heat my home too?

Most split systems can run in reverse and warm a room well in mild weather. They suit a room or two rather than replacing whole-house heating, and we will say if your home needs something different.

Will fitting take more than a day?

Only on bigger jobs. A single-room install is normally finished the day it starts. Two rooms sharing one outdoor unit normally run into a second day.

Who is allowed to fit air conditioning?

In Great Britain, anyone who opens or connects the refrigerant circuit must hold an F-gas certificate, and a company fitting systems for customers must be F-gas certified as well. In England, a new electrical circuit is notifiable under Part P of the Building Regulations, so it is self-certified by a registered electrician or reported to building control.

How noisy are the units?

On a low fan setting an indoor unit makes a soft rush of air. Outdoor units hum when they work hard, so we place them away from bedroom windows, yours and the neighbours’.

What happens at the survey?

It takes about 45 minutes. We measure the room, look at the wall, the pipe route and the power supply, and agree where the outdoor unit could go. Your written price follows no later than two working days after the survey.

Get a quote

Tell us about the room

Four short steps. We reply the same or next working day with the next step for your job: a survey before anything is fitted, or a visit to service or repair a unit.

Quote request

What do you need?

Pick the closest. There is room for detail later.

The job
How many rooms or indoor units?
If you chose a service: Interested in a yearly plan? (optional)

Where is it, and when?

A postcode is enough for us to check the area.

The full postcode, or just the first part, such as SK4.

When would you like it done?

Where should we reply?

One way to reach you is enough. We use it only for this request.

Whichever you prefer.

A rough room size, the make of an existing unit or the code on its display. No payment details, please.

Check your request

Change anything before you send it.

The job
Rooms or units
Plan
Postcode
Timing
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  1. 01We reply and arrange the next step with you
  2. 02A survey before fitting, or a visit to service or repair
  3. 03Costs set out in writing up front

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Demo website

A fictional air conditioning business.

Vanecroft Air Conditioning is not a real business. Calls, emails and social links on this demo do not contact anyone, and the forms send and store nothing.

The number 0161 496 0582 comes from a range kept for drama, so it never connects. To see how a request works, use the form on the contact page.

Close note

Demo website

A fictional air conditioning business.

Vanecroft Air Conditioning is not a real business. Calls, emails and social links on this demo do not contact anyone, and nothing you type is sent or stored.

The number 0161 496 0582 comes from Ofcom’s range for drama, so it never connects. Quote requests are answered the same or next working day (sample).

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