Walker Renewables

Walker Renewables installs renewable heating across Uist, Benbecula and Barra from Unit 1 at Eabhal Business Park in Balivanich. The company is MCS certified, which is what makes a heat pump from them eligible for Home Energy Scotland funding: at the time of writing that is up to £7,500 grant plus an optional £7,500 loan, rising to a £9,000 grant with the rural and island uplift that applies here, and grants of up to 75% of the cost of energy efficiency improvements.

The main work is air-to-water air source heat pumps, with ground source systems where there is garden for a ground loop or a borehole. Alongside that they fit underfloor heating and radiators, and supply and install bathrooms and shower rooms as part of new builds and full renovations. Annual servicing is offered on Mitsubishi Ecodan and Vaillant air source installs, whoever fitted them.

Accreditations and memberships shown on the website include MCS, TrustMark, RECC (the Renewable Energy Consumer Code), NAPIT, Home Energy Scotland and Warmworks, and IWA deposit and guarantee protection, with Mitsubishi Ecodan and Vaillant as the main brands. The company is run by director Fergus Walker, registered in Scotland as SC537366, and carries £10 million employer's and £5 million public liability cover. Phone or email to talk through options for a new house, a renovation or replacing an old oil boiler.