Heat pump replacement in Dunedin

Swap a tired, noisy or failing heat pump for a new one, sized for the room. Riley keeps what’s sound, replaces what isn’t, does the electrical side himself and takes the old unit away.

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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, then over the hill to Mosgiel. Wherever you are on it, Riley sizes the heat pump for your room and your winter.

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Replace my old heat pump

Riley checks the room against the old unit’s size, then keeps what’s sound (the spot, the pipe run, the circuit) and replaces what isn’t.

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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

Signs it’s time

Heat pumps are built to last around 10 to 15 years, and the signs of one losing ground are easy to spot: the room takes longer to warm up, the unit gets louder, it keeps stopping to defrost on cold mornings, or the remote shows an error that keeps coming back. On a cold Dunedin morning, a tired unit shows it first.

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
The same fault again, or several at once	Get a replacement price alongside the repair
An old unit that never warmed the room	Replace it, sized for the room this time
A unit that’s getting loud and slow with age	Replace it before the winter it gives up
Frequent defrosts on cold mornings	A service first, then a size check

What’s kept and what’s new

A replacement isn’t always a full new install. Where the spot on the wall, the outdoor bracket, the pipe run and the circuit are sound, Riley can reuse them, which keeps the job tidy. Where they aren’t, he fixes them in the same visit, and he checks the size: if the old unit never warmed the room, the new one is a size up.

Often kept

The spot on the wall, the bracket, a sound pipe run, the circuit

Always new

The indoor unit, the outdoor unit and the remote

Checked

The size against the room, and the wiring back to the board

Taken away

The old units, so nothing is left behind

Sized for a Dunedin winter

A heat pump gives less heat as the temperature drops, and Dunedin heaters are sized for −4°C outside. The energy label shows heating at 7°C and at 2°C, and on a frosty morning the 2°C figure is the one that counts. A unit that’s too small costs more to run than the next size up, so if the old one never warmed the room, Riley sizes the new one for the room as it is.

How old is yours, and what gas?

The outdoor unit’s label shows the model, its heating capacity and the refrigerant it runs on. A photo of that label in the quote form tells Riley what you have before he rings.

An older unit may run on R22, a refrigerant New Zealand no longer lets in new, so topping one up relies on recovered gas. When an old unit comes out, its refrigerant is recovered, never vented.

Replacing a heat pump in a rental

For landlords: a heat pump fitted before July 2019 can count as the living room’s heating under the Healthy Homes standard, but once it wears out, its replacement has to meet the full heating requirement for that room. Riley sizes the new one to the Healthy Homes calculation, so the rental stays compliant.

A better spot, while the job is open

A replacement is the time to fix what never worked: an outdoor unit under a bedroom window, an indoor unit that blows straight at the couch, a pipe run across the front of the house. Moving them while the job is open costs far less than doing it later.

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

The size and model of the new heat pump
Whether the old spot, bracket, pipe run and circuit can be reused
Moving the indoor or outdoor unit to a better spot
Any switchboard work
Taking the old units away

Heat pump replacements across Dunedin

And the rest of Dunedin and Mosgiel. All suburbs

Questions

Another question? Call 0800 166 024, or ask it in the quote form.

Can you reuse my old pipes and bracket?

Often, where they’re sound and the new unit suits them. Riley checks them on the quote visit and tells you which.

My heat pump runs on R22. Can it still be fixed?

Often, as long as recovered gas can be had for it. A unit that keeps losing gas has a leak to find, and on an older R22 unit that’s a good time to price a replacement as well.

Is it worth repairing my heat pump instead?

Sometimes. A young unit with one fault is worth pricing for a repair; an old unit with a repeat fault, or one that never warmed the room, is better replaced. Riley gives you both prices where it’s close.

Do you take the old heat pump away?

Yes. The old indoor and outdoor units go with Riley when the job’s done.

Which brands do you replace with?

Mainly Daikin, and also Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Haier and Toshiba, whatever the old unit was.

How long does a replacement take?

It depends on what’s kept and what’s new. Riley tells you when he quotes.