No heat pump installer listed in Dalbeattie yet.

A heat pump installer fits air source and ground source heat pumps - replacing traditional gas or oil boilers with a system that draws renewable heat from the air or ground to warm your home.

With Scotland pushing hard towards net zero heating, demand for qualified heat pump installers is growing fast - and grants through the Home Energy Scotland scheme can cover a significant part of the cost.

Make sure your installer is MCS certified (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) - this is required to access government grants and ensures the work meets industry standards.

Dalbeattie is a small granite town in the Stewartry, built largely from the local Craignair granite - the same stone that was used to build the Thames Embankment and Liverpool docks.

The town sits on the Urr Water and has a compact, well-kept centre with independent shops, a museum and a strong sense of community.

Dalbeattie Forest, managed by Forestry and Land Scotland, has 7stanes mountain biking trails that draw riders from across the country - the Hardrock trail is one of the most challenging in the network.

The town is well placed on the A711 between Dumfries and Kirkcudbright, in the heart of the Solway coast.

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Dumfries and Galloway is the most south-westerly council area in Scotland, stretching from the English border at Gretna to the Mull of Galloway - the southernmost point in Scotland - and from the Solway Firth coast inland to the hills of the Southern Uplands.

Dumfries is the largest town and administrative centre, a handsome red sandstone burgh on the River Nith where Robert Burns spent the last years of his life and is buried in St Michael's Kirkyard.

The region divides naturally into three historic areas: Dumfriesshire to the east, Kirkcudbrightshire (the Stewartry) in the centre and Wigtownshire to the west - each with its own character, landscape and loyalties.

The Galloway coast and countryside have a mild climate influenced by the Gulf Stream, fertile farmland, dark-sky reserves and a string of small harbour towns that attract artists, writers and visitors drawn to the quiet and the landscape.

Despite its size, the region is one of the most sparsely populated in Scotland - a place where community is strong, the pace is slower and the landscape ranges from river valleys and rolling farmland to wild moorland and rocky coastline.