Heat pumps for Dunedin homes, replaced and installed
Old heat pump not keeping up on a frosty morning? Riley swaps tired units for new ones and fits first heat pumps, from St Kilda to Brockville and over the hill in Mosgiel. He’s a registered electrician too, so the wiring is part of the job.
Free quotes, clear pricing and tidy work. Riley quotes every job himself.
- The work
- Replacements, new installs, ducted and multi-room
- The wiring
- Riley’s a registered electrician: one booking covers it
- Where
- Dunedin city, the hill suburbs and Mosgiel
- Brands
- Mainly Daikin, plus Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Haier and Toshiba
Where’s your place on the hill?
Dunedin climbs from 3 m at St Kilda to 287 m at Brockville, and the hill suburbs feel every metre of it. Tell Riley where you are and what you need.
The job
Your home
The old unit
Job card
- Pick your suburb
- Pick the job
- Tell Riley about the home
Who you deal with
RileyRJ Electrical, Dunedin
Heat Pumps Dunedin is Riley and RJ Electrical. Riley quotes the job, fits the heat pump and does the electrical side himself, so you deal with him directly from the first call to the remote in your hand.
He’s based in Wakari, on the hill, and works right across Dunedin and over the hill in Mosgiel.
About Riley- Registered electricianE 269203: the circuit and wiring in the same job
- Heat pumpsReplaced, installed, ducted and serviced
- Mainly DaikinThrough a Daikin accredited account
- Free quotesClear pricing and tidy work
What we do
Replacements first, then new heat pumps, whole-house systems, and the servicing that keeps them going.
Heat pump replacement
Swap a tired, noisy or failing unit for a new one, sized for the room.
New heat pumps
A first heat pump, another room, or instead of the wood burner.
Ducted and multi-room
Warmth through the whole house, from a ducted system or several indoor units.
Servicing and repairs
A clean and check, or a fault looked at, with a straight answer on repair or replace.
Replacing an old heat pump
Most Dunedin homes already have a heat pump: about 78% of them had one in 2023, and plenty have been on the wall a long time. When one gets noisy, slow to warm the room or starts throwing error codes, the question is whether to fix it or replace it, and Riley will give you a straight answer.
A replacement is often simpler than people expect. Where the old spot, the bracket, the pipe run and the circuit are sound, they can be reused; where they aren’t, Riley fixes them in the same visit. The new unit is sized for the room as it is now, not for the brochure the old one came with.
Repair or replace?
| What you’re seeing | What it points to |
|---|---|
| A blocked filter, a dirty coil, a slow drain | A service and clean |
| One fault on a unit that’s still young | A repair is worth pricing |
| An error light that keeps coming back | A fault to price, and a replacement price beside it on an older unit |
| Louder and slower to warm the room, 10 to 15 years on | Replace it before the winter it gives up |
| An old unit that never warmed the room | Replace it, sized for the room this time |
Kept when sound
The spot on the wall, the outdoor bracket, the pipe run and the circuit
Checked every time
The size against the room, and the wiring back to the switchboard
Taken away
The old indoor and outdoor units
The wiring, done by the same person
A heat pump runs on a circuit with room to spare, often its own from the switchboard, with an isolating switch at the outdoor unit. Riley is the electrician, so the circuit, the isolator and any switchboard work are part of the same job and the same quote, with the right electrical certificates, no second tradesperson to book and no gap between the install and the power going on.
Sized for a hill-suburb winter
A heat pump gives less heat the colder it gets outside, and Dunedin heaters are sized for −4°C. The energy label shows a unit’s heating at 7°C and at 2°C: on a frosty morning up the hill, the 2°C figure is the one that matters. A heat pump that copes in St Kilda can struggle in Halfway Bush, so Riley sizes for the room, the house and where it sits on the hill.
On the flat at Musselburgh there are about 16 ground frosts in an average July. Higher up, and out on the Taieri, the mornings are colder still.
How a job runs
Call or send the form
Ring 0800 166 024, or send the form with a photo of the old unit and its label, or the room.
Riley rings you back
He talks the job through and sets a time to see the room and where the outdoor unit can go.
Your free quote
Clear pricing: the heat pump, the install, the electrical work and taking the old unit away.
Install day
The old unit comes off, the new one goes up, the wiring is checked or run new, and Riley tests it and shows you the remote before he leaves.
What moves the price
Every job is priced from the room and the house. These are the things that move it.
- The heat pump: its size and the model, high-wall, floor console, multi-room or ducted
- Replacing an old unit, or a first install with a new pipe run and circuit
- Where the outdoor unit goes: on the ground, on a wall bracket, or on a deck
- The distance from the switchboard, and whether the board needs any work
- How far the pipes run between the indoor and outdoor units
Suburbs we cover
Right across Dunedin, from the hill suburbs to the harbour, and over the hill in Mosgiel.
- Roslyn9010
- Maori Hill9010
- Belleknowes9011
- Wakari9010
- Halfway Bush9010
- Mornington9011
- Kenmure9011
- Andersons Bay9013
- Waverley9013
- St Clair9012
- Green Island9018
- Mosgiel9024
We also cover Abbotsford, Brockville, Caversham, Concord, Corstorphine, East Taieri, Fairfield, Glenleith, Helensburgh, Kaikorai, Kew, Maryhill and the rest of Dunedin and Mosgiel. All suburbs
Questions
Another question? Call 0800 166 024, or ask it in the quote form.
Should I repair or replace my old heat pump?
It depends on its age, the fault and how well it heats the room. Riley looks at the unit and the label, tells you what the fault is likely to cost to fix, and what a replacement would cost, so you can choose.
Do you do the electrical work too?
Yes. Riley is a registered electrician, so the circuit, the isolator and any switchboard work are done in the same job, with the right electrical certificates.
Which brands do you install?
Mainly Daikin, through a Daikin accredited account, and also Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Haier and Toshiba. Riley goes through the options for your room when he quotes.
Do you do ducted and multi-room systems?
Yes. Single heat pumps, multi-room systems with several indoor units on one outdoor unit, and ducted systems.
How long does a heat pump last?
Heat pumps are built to last around 10 to 15 years. If yours is older than that and struggling, it’s worth pricing a replacement alongside any repair.
Is the quote free?
Yes. Riley quotes every job for free, with clear pricing.
Do you cover Mosgiel?
Yes. Dunedin city and suburbs, and over the hill in Mosgiel.
Get a free quote
Tell Riley about the room and the house, and send a photo of the old unit if you’re replacing one. He’ll ring to talk it through.
What to send Riley
- A photo of the old heat pump, inside and out, and its label if you can see it
- Which room or rooms, and roughly how big
- What heats them now
- Where an outdoor unit could sit
What happens next: Riley rings you to talk it through and set up your free quote.
Thanks, Riley has your details.
He’ll ring you to talk it through and set up your free quote.