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Cumbria's air conditioning specialist since 2003

Air Conditioning Cumbria

Domestic and commercial installation, servicing and repair across Carlisle, Kendal, Barrow, Penrith and the Lakes. Family-run, F-Gas certified, and on the road every day of the working week.

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F-Gas Certified
20+ Years Local
5-Star Rated

Approved Installers For The Names That Matter

Cumbria's Air Conditioning Specialists

Comfort you don't have to think about — from Whitehaven to Windermere.

Cumbrian summers aren't what they used to be. The last three years have all seen prolonged 30°C spells reach as far north as Carlisle, and offices, shopfloors and family homes across the county have discovered the hard way that leaving a window open doesn't really cut it any more.

A properly sized, properly installed air conditioning system fixes that in an afternoon — and the good ones do it while trimming your winter heating bill through heat-pump mode.

Northern Gale installs, services and repairs air conditioning for every kind of Cumbrian building — from Grade II farmhouses toward Cockermouth to busy Kendal restaurants and Barrow-in-Furness warehouses. Whether you need one quiet unit for a bedroom or a full VRF system across three floors, we design, install and look after it — same engineers, first survey to five-year aftercare.

Modern air conditioning installation
Domestic & Commercial

Two teams, one standard.

Whether it's a single split in a bedroom or a rooftop VRF for a fifty-desk office, the same F-Gas certified engineers do the survey, the install and the aftercare.

Domestic wall-mounted air conditioning unit in a modern home
For Homeowners

Domestic Air Conditioning

Modern residential air conditioning is worlds away from the noisy hotel-corridor units of twenty years ago. Systems from Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Panasonic and Toshiba now run as quiet as 19 dB — quieter than a library.

Their heat-pump mode delivers three to four kilowatts of heat for every one kilowatt of electricity, making them cheaper to run than gas or oil boilers across a Cumbrian winter on all but the coldest days.

  • Wall-mounted single-room splits for bedrooms and home offices
  • Multi-split systems serving three to five rooms from one outdoor unit
  • Concealed cassettes for period properties and listed buildings
  • Air-to-air heat pumps for heating first, cooling as a bonus
Commercial office air conditioning
For Businesses

Commercial Air Conditioning

Cumbria's commercial buildings are a mixed bag — Georgian offices in Carlisle, retail units in Kendal, restaurants around Bowness, warehouses in Barrow, hotels around the Lakes. Each has its own air conditioning challenge.

We design and install commercial systems for retail, hospitality, offices, light industrial, server rooms, care homes and GP surgeries. Every project comes with full F-Gas paperwork, warranties and a maintenance schedule tailored to your operating pattern.

  • Retail & hospitality — inverter-driven splits and cassettes
  • Offices — scalable VRF systems from 5 kW to 100 kW and above
  • Restaurants — filtered systems with kitchen extract integration
  • Warehouses — industrial Mitsubishi Mr Slim and Toshiba systems
  • Server rooms — N+1 precision cooling with 24/7 remote monitoring
The Range

Systems we install across Cumbria.

Approved installers for the leading names in the industry. We specify the equipment that fits your building — never the equipment that happens to be sitting in the van.

Wall-Mounted Splits

Best for single rooms up to 40 m². Quick to install, near-silent on low-fan, and cost-effective. The most common domestic and small-office choice across Cumbria.

Ceiling Cassettes

Discreet units mounted flush into suspended ceilings with four-way airflow. The go-to for offices, retail units and restaurants where visible boxes aren't wanted.

Multi-Split Systems

One outdoor unit runs between two and eight indoor heads. Perfect for family homes with several bedrooms, small guesthouses or terraced shopfronts sharing an outside wall.

VRF Systems

Variable Refrigerant Flow — one outdoor unit feeding up to 32 indoor units, each independently controlled. The right answer for offices above 15 kW total load.

Ducted Systems

Concealed above suspended ceilings with only the grilles visible from below. Ideal where interior design matters — hotels, restaurants, high-end offices and listed properties.

Floor-Mounted Units

Good for period buildings, low-slung sash windows or spaces where wall and ceiling installation isn't possible. Also popular in conservatories and orangeries.

Where We Work

Genuinely local — every corner of Cumbria.

We're not a national contractor with a call centre. When Northern Gale fits your air conditioning, the engineers are twenty minutes down the road, not twenty hours. Our vans are on the road across Cumbria every day of the working week.

  • Carlisle
  • Kendal
  • Penrith
  • Barrow
  • Ulverston
  • Whitehaven
  • Workington
  • Cockermouth
  • Maryport
  • Wigton
  • Keswick
  • Windermere
  • Ambleside
  • Grasmere
  • Coniston
  • Bowness
  • Grange
  • Millom
  • Silloth
  • Brampton
  • Egremont
  • Sedbergh

Outside Cumbria?

We also serve Southwest Scotland (Dumfries, Annan, Gretna, Lockerbie), Glasgow and Newcastle for larger commercial contracts. If you're just outside these areas, get in touch anyway — for the right job, we travel.

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How It Works

Simple, transparent, no sales pitch.

From first call to a working system, most domestic jobs take under a fortnight. Commercial projects run to your operating schedule.

Get in touch

Call, email or use the enquiry form on our main site. A short, no-pressure conversation about what you're trying to achieve.

Free on-site survey

We come out, measure up, check the electrics and existing infrastructure, and listen to the actual brief — not the catalogue answer.

Written quote in 48 hours

Fully itemised: equipment, brackets, pipework, drainage, electrics, F-Gas registration. Valid 30 days, no hidden extras.

Install & aftercare

Booked at your convenience. Commissioning, walk-through, F-Gas paperwork filed, and a first-year service included as standard.

Why Northern Gale

Six reasons Cumbrian homes and businesses choose us.

Local, family-run

Twenty-plus years in Cumbria, not a franchise. Every job goes through Seb personally — no call-centre gatekeepers.

F-Gas certified

Current Category I certification. Manufacturer-accredited installers for Daikin, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, LG, Panasonic and Samsung.

Itemised quotes

Every line explained: equipment, brackets, pipework, electrics, paperwork. No vague lump sums, no surprise extras on the invoice.

One team, start to finish

The engineer who quoted is the engineer who installs and comes back to service. No handoffs, no "I'll have to ask the office".

Aftercare that turns up

Fixed-price annual servicing from £120. Reminder texts a fortnight before we're due. No automatic renewal traps.

Warranty stacked

Five-year installation warranty on our labour, on top of the manufacturer's five- or seven-year equipment warranty. Standard, no upsell.

Client Feedback

What our Cumbrian clients say.

Reviews from businesses and homeowners we've worked with across the county.

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★★★★★

We've used Northern Gale for over a year and we've only ever been a very happy customer. Great service, fast response, highly recommended.

FL
Fellpack Ltd
Ongoing commercial client
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★★★★★

Number one option for all our air-conditioning and refrigeration. Fast turnaround and honest quotes every time — exactly what a busy operation needs.

HC
Hospitality client
Lake District venue
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★★★★★

Our ice cream machine went down mid-summer. Seb had it running again before the shop opened. Definitely our first call for any service or repair job.

LR
Local retailer
Cumbria
Common Questions

Air conditioning in Cumbria — honest answers.

How much does air conditioning installation cost in Cumbria?

A single-room wall-mounted split installed is typically £1,600–£2,400 including VAT, depending on the manufacturer and how far the pipework has to run. Multi-split systems covering a whole house are usually £4,500–£9,000. Commercial VRF systems are always quoted individually after an on-site survey — but as a rough guide, expect £2,000–£3,500 per indoor unit for a mid-sized office fit-out.

Do I need planning permission for air conditioning?

In most Cumbrian properties, no. Outdoor units mounted under 1.7 metres away from a property boundary, and not attached to a listed building or sited in a conservation area, are permitted development under UK planning rules. For Grade II listed properties — of which we have plenty in Cumbria — we handle the listed building consent application on your behalf as part of the quote.

Can air conditioning also heat my home in winter?

Yes. Every system we install runs in heat-pump mode. Modern inverter compressors deliver roughly 3–4 kW of heat for every 1 kW of electricity down to about 2°C outdoor temperature, and still around 2 kW per kW at −5°C. For the majority of the Cumbrian winter that's cheaper heating than gas or oil, and considerably cleaner.

How long does installation take?

Single-room domestic installs are usually completed in a day. Whole-house multi-split systems take two to three days depending on cable and pipework runs. Commercial VRF projects run anywhere from one to three weeks depending on scale, ceiling access and how many trades we're coordinating with.

What manufacturers do you use?

We're accredited installers for Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, LG, Panasonic and Samsung — the top names in the industry. We pick the manufacturer to suit the building rather than the other way round. Daikin and Mitsubishi lead on residential and light-commercial; Toshiba's Industrial Series is our default for warehouses; LG has a strong small-cassette range for retail.

Do you offer finance?

Yes, on installations over £2,000. We work with recognised UK finance partners and can arrange 0% options subject to status. Details on request during the quote stage.

Ready for a properly quiet, properly efficient system?

Free on-site survey, itemised written quote within 48 hours, and a team that answers the phone. That's it.

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