Heat pumps for Halfway Bush winters
Nearly 240 m up, where Taieri Road becomes Three Mile Hill Road, Halfway Bush gets the city’s harsher winter weather. Riley sizes heat pumps for it and wires them himself.
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
- Height
- 239 m
- Wood burners, 2023
- 53% of households
- Postcode
- 9010
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
Heat pumps in Halfway Bush
More than half of Halfway Bush households (53%) used a wood burner in 2023, and about 79% used a heat pump. So the work is a mix: heat pumps to take over from an old burner, units for the rooms the fire never reaches, and replacements for heat pumps that can’t keep up.
Up here, Riley expects to suggest the next size up rather than down. A unit that’s too small costs more to run than the next size up and still leaves the room cold.
Harsher winters up here
Halfway Bush is the most inland of Dunedin’s main suburbs, strung along Taieri Road and its crescents, with rural land to the north and west and Fraser’s Gully to the south-west. Snow often settles on its streets for days at a time while the city centre gets a passing shower.
So the outdoor unit goes on wall brackets or a raised stand, clear of drifts, with a clear path for the defrost water so it doesn’t freeze around the base. And the heat pump is chosen on its output below freezing, for a house sized to −4°C outside.
Tips for Halfway Bush homes
- Mount the outdoor unit on brackets or a raised stand, clear of snow, and keep the drain path open.
- Keeping the wood burner? Put the heat pump where the fire doesn’t reach, like the far end of an open-plan room or the hallway end.
- Choose on the heating output at 2°C, not just 7°C, and expect a size up rather than down.
How a job runs in Halfway Bush
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.
Halfway Bush questions
Another question? Call 0800 166 024, or ask it in the quote form.
Do you cover Halfway Bush?
Yes. It’s just up the road from Riley’s Wakari base.
Can a heat pump replace my wood burner up here?
Yes, when it’s sized for the room the burner heated and chosen for its output below freezing. Riley sizes it for Halfway Bush, not for the brochure.
What if snow covers the outdoor unit?
That’s why it goes on a bracket or raised stand, clear of drifts, with the drain path kept open.
Should I keep the wood burner as well?
Many homes here use both. The heat pump warms the house on a timer before you’re up, and the fire does the evenings when you want it. Riley places the heat pump where the fire doesn’t reach.
Nearby: Wakari and Maori Hill. All suburbs
Get a free quote in Halfway Bush
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.