Kent
Air conditioning in Bromley
From the Victorian terraces around Bromley North to the thirties semis of Shortlands and Hayes, we install quiet, efficient air conditioning across the BR1 and BR2 postcodes.
Bromley began as a Kent market town and grew into one of the biggest town centres in south east London. The railway arrived in 1858, the fields around the High Street filled with Victorian and Edwardian streets, and the interwar years added mile after mile of semis. The town joined Greater London in 1965 but kept its Kent character and its BR postcodes. H G Wells was born here in 1866, when it was still a small town. Today period terraces, thirties suburbs and modern flats sit around a busy centre of shops, offices and restaurants, and plenty of those buildings get uncomfortably hot in summer.
Arctic Cool supplies, installs, services and repairs air conditioning for homes and businesses in Bromley. We fit wall mounted splits, multi split systems and ceiling cassettes from Daikin and Mitsubishi Electric, all installed by F-Gas qualified engineers. The units we fit work as heat pumps, so they cool in July and heat in January, handy in a draughty loft or a chilly garden office. We are based in Storrington in West Sussex and work across the South East, so call us, describe the job, and we will tell you straight away whether we can get to you.
The buildings
Bromley building stock, from Victorian terraces to Bickley villas
The railway suburbs came first. Victorian and Edwardian terraces run through Bromley North and along streets such as Palace Road and Freelands Road, with high ceilings, bay windows and, increasingly, loft conversions tucked under the slates. East of the centre, Bickley was laid out as a villa suburb for London commuters, and the Bickley Park conservation area, designated in 1986, protects its leafy roads of large detached houses. At Sundridge Park, the Grade I mansion built by John Nash in the 1790s, with grounds shaped by Humphry Repton, now holds apartments beside the golf courses. In streets like these, where a condenser goes matters, so we plan positions that keep units discreet and off the front elevation.
Between the wars Bromley filled outwards. Shortlands, Hayes and the roads towards Petts Wood and Orpington gained street after street of twenties and thirties semis with bay fronts, hung tiles and mock Tudor gables, and many now carry loft rooms and rear extensions that roast on sunny afternoons. Around Bromley South and the town centre, newer apartment blocks bring the opposite problem, large south facing glazing and not enough windows that open. Heat pump air conditioning suits all of it, cooling loft bedrooms and glazed living rooms through the summer and giving efficient, controllable heating once the weather turns, all from one wall unit and one outdoor box.
The work
Air conditioning work we do in and around Bromley
Domestic work in Bromley usually means a wall mounted split in a loft bedroom or home office, or a multi split serving several rooms of a thirties semi from one outdoor unit. Garden rooms and glazed extensions take a compact unit that heats and cools all year. On the commercial side, the town centre keeps us busy with shops, cafes, restaurants, salons and offices, plus server and comms rooms that need dependable cooling every day of the year. We also service and repair existing systems, whether or not we installed them, and replace tired old units with current Daikin or Mitsubishi Electric equipment.
- Wall mounted splits for loft bedrooms in Victorian terraces around Bromley North
- Multi split systems for twenties and thirties semis in Shortlands and Hayes
- Discreet installations for conservation area homes in Bickley and Sundridge Park
- Cooling for shops, cafes and restaurants on the High Street and around The Glades
- Server room and comms room cooling for town centre offices
- Heat pump systems for garden rooms and home offices, heating in winter and cooling in summer
- Servicing, repairs and replacement of existing Daikin and Mitsubishi Electric systems
Nearby
Villages and areas around Bromley we also cover
Bromley sits at the centre of a ring of districts, many of them once Kent villages in their own right, and we take on work across them, from Beckenham in the west to Chislehurst in the east. If your street is not listed, ask anyway. We are honest about distance, so call, tell us where you are, and we will say straight away if we can get to you.
Postcode districts we cover here: BR1, BR2.
Our own work
Photographs from recent jobs.
Questions
Asked before most jobs.
Can you put air conditioning in a Victorian terrace in Bromley?
Yes, terraces are one of our most common jobs. A wall mounted indoor unit goes in the room that overheats, usually a loft bedroom or a rear bedroom, and the pipework runs neatly outside to a condenser in the garden or on a rear wall. High ceilinged Victorian rooms respond well because the cooled air circulates freely, and modern units from Daikin and Mitsubishi Electric run quietly enough to sleep under, which is the point of the exercise.
We live in the Bickley Park conservation area. Can we still have air conditioning?
Usually yes, with a bit of care. Conservation area status controls how alterations affect the look of the street, so the sensible approach is a condenser on a rear or side elevation, screened where possible, with tidy pipe runs. We advise checking with Bromley council before work starts, and if your home is listed, as some buildings around Sundridge Park are, listed building consent is needed before anything is fixed to the fabric. We plan every installation to stand up to that scrutiny.
Our loft conversion is unbearable in summer. What actually works?
A properly sized wall mounted split will hold a loft room at whatever temperature you set, even under a hot south facing roof. Fans only move warm air around, while refrigerant based cooling actually removes the heat. Most Bromley lofts need a single compact indoor unit, the condenser sits at ground level or on a flat roof, and the same system provides heating in winter, which converted lofts at the top of a terrace often lack as well. We size the unit to the room rather than guessing.
You are based in Storrington. Is Bromley too far for you?
We would rather be straight with you than promise the impossible. Arctic Cool is based in Storrington in West Sussex and works across the South East, and installations are planned visits booked in advance, so distance is managed sensibly. For servicing and repairs we will be equally honest about timing. Call us, describe the job and give us the postcode, and we will say immediately whether we can get to you and when. We would sooner turn down a job than let you down on the day.
Next step
Book your free survey.
If a loft room, office or shop floor in Bromley needs cooling, call Arctic Cool for a plain answer and a clear price. We are based in Storrington and work across the South East, and we will tell you straight away if we can get to you.
