Heat pump installation in Richmond
Heat pumps are in most Richmond homes now, and most of them went in years ago. Mahdi and our heat pump installer replace the worn ones, size the new unit for the room as it’s used today, and check the wiring while they’re at it.
- Registered
- Electrician, E 102335
- Heat pumps
- New installs and replacements
- Google reviews
- 35, every one five stars
- Area
- Invercargill, Bluff and Otatara
“Professional, reliable and high-quality electrical work.”
Out with the old
Out: Old heat pumpIn: a heat pump sized to the room
A heat pump’s working life is about 15 years, so a unit put in around 2011 or earlier has had its run.
- Where
- Just north-east of the city centre
- Burner rules
- Inside the Invercargill airshed
Handy for Mahdi’s quote
- A photo of the wall where the heat pump will go
- The old heat pump or heater, and the label on an old unit
- Which room, and roughly how big it is
- Your suburb or town
You deal with Mahdi
- Registered electrician, E 102335
- In the electrical trade since 2020
- Rockdale, Invercargill
- 35 five-star Google reviews
Mahdi and our heat pump installer do every job together: the unit, the pipe run and the wiring. At the quote visit, Mahdi looks at the room, where the outdoor unit can go and your switchboard’s capacity, then quotes.
About Mahdi and the teamWhat we do in Richmond
A Richmond replacement starts with the old unit: how old it is, what it’s doing, and whether it ever kept the room warm. Mahdi looks at it on the quote visit, then quotes a like-for-like swap or a bigger unit if the old one ran flat out.
We also put in first heat pumps and second units for the bedrooms, and service the units that still have years in them.
If your old unit sits in a corner, or its outdoor unit is jammed against a fence, a replacement is the time to move it: the indoor unit high on an outside wall away from the corners, and the outdoor unit with clear space on each side.
Richmond’s heat pumps are getting on
More Richmond homes had a heat pump by 2018 than in most of Invercargill, so a lot of the units here are now eight years old or more. Heat pumps have a working life of about 15 years, and the early ones are close to it.
Richmond is inside the Invercargill airshed, where any new wood burner has to meet the national standard and needs a building consent. For a house adding heat to another room, a second heat pump is the simpler job: Mahdi wires it in from the switchboard, and there’s no flue or consent to arrange.
A heat pump that went in during the first wave of Richmond installs has done its years. Replacing it before it fails means you pick the day, not the weather.
How a job runs in Richmond
Send a photo, or call
Use the form with a photo of the wall and the old unit or heater, or call 0800 164 106.
Mahdi comes out and quotes
He looks at the room, where the outdoor unit can go and your switchboard’s capacity for the new circuit, then quotes the heat pump and the wiring together.
Install day
Mahdi and our heat pump installer take the old unit down if there is one, put the new indoor unit up, set the outdoor unit and run the pipes, and Mahdi wires it in from the switchboard.
Warm and handed over
We run it on heat, set the timer with you and show you the filter: a clean once a month through winter keeps it working well.
Very pleased with electricians work and he was very quick. I would definitely recommend him and will use him again.very reasonably priced.
Thank you Mahdi for doing such a great job at installing our bathroom heater.Your service is very polite and professional and will look forward to calling you for all our future electrical needs.
We used the services of Power Surge Ltd recently and we were very satisfied with their timeliness and professionalism. The electrician got the job done quick and his pricing was fair.
Tips for Richmond homes
- Send a photo of the old unit’s label: the model and age tell Mahdi a lot before he arrives.
- Note what the old one does on a cold morning: slow to warm, noisy, or blowing cool.
- If the room has changed since the first unit went in, say so: it changes the size.
- If the old unit has a remote with a timer you never use, ask Mahdi to set it up on the new one.
Richmond questions
What happens to the old heat pump?
It comes down on install day, indoor and outdoor units both, before the new pair goes up.
Can you check my switchboard at the same time?
Yes. Mahdi is a registered electrician and looks at the board on every quote visit.
Should I service or replace a 10-year-old unit?
If it still heats well, a service. If it’s noisy, slow or throwing codes, Mahdi quotes both so you can choose.
We also put heat pumps in nearby in Windsor, Glengarry and Strathern. All areas
Get a heat pump quote in Richmond
Say what heats the room now and which room needs the heat. A photo of the wall and the old unit or heater lets Mahdi see the job before he comes out.
Handy for Mahdi’s quote
- A photo of the wall where the heat pump will go
- The old heat pump or heater, and the label on an old unit
- Which room, and roughly how big it is
- Your suburb or town
After you send it, Mahdi rings or emails to go over the heating you have now and book a visit to measure up and quote. Rather ring? 0800 164 106.
Sent: thank you.
Mahdi has your heating details. He’ll ring or email to book a time to look at the room and quote.