Heat pumps in Kenmure and the Kaikorai Valley
About half of Kenmure households still burn wood. When the burner is getting old, a heat pump can take over its job, and Riley does the wiring as part of it.
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
- 111 m
- Wood burners, 2023
- 49% of households
- Postcode
- 9011
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 in Kenmure
In 2023, about 49% of Kenmure households used a wood burner and 84% a heat pump, and only about 21% rented. Owners here are the ones choosing between a new burner and a heat pump, and between repairing an old heat pump and replacing it.
Swapping a fire for a heat pump in the main living room means sizing it for the whole area the fire used to heat, open-plan dining space included. Riley measures it on the quote visit.
The valley side
Kenmure covers the lower Kaikorai Valley and its eastern slopes, mostly homes, with the valley floor given over to light industry and Kenmure Road and Mornington Road running through. The ridge above is the old crater wall of the Dunedin volcano.
On a valley side, cold air settles on still nights, so the outdoor unit wants winter sun, not the coldest, shadiest corner of the section. And with a new wood burner here having to meet clean-air limits, it’s worth pricing a heat pump before you replace an old burner.
Tips for Kenmure homes
- Put the outdoor unit where it gets winter sun, not in the shadiest corner of the section.
- Burner getting old? A new one has to meet clean-air limits in this airshed, while a heat pump has none; price both.
- Measure the whole area the fire heated, open-plan dining included: the heat pump has to cover all of it.
How a job runs in Kenmure
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.
Kenmure questions
Another question? Call 0800 166 024, or ask it in the quote form.
Should I replace my wood burner with a heat pump?
If the burner is getting old, it’s worth pricing both. A heat pump warms the room at the press of a button, with no wood to buy or stack, and a new burner here has to meet clean-air limits.
Do you cover Kenmure?
Yes, and the rest of the Kaikorai Valley, from Kenmure Road to Stone Street.
Can you replace an old heat pump here?
Yes. Riley checks what can be used again and sizes the new unit for the room.
Can the heat pump go where the wood burner was?
The indoor unit goes high on an outside wall where it can blow along the room, which isn’t always where the burner stood. Riley finds the spot that heats the whole area the fire used to.
Nearby: Mornington and Belleknowes. All suburbs
Get a free quote in Kenmure
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.