Heat pump installation in Strathern
Strathern has more homes than almost any other Invercargill suburb, and a good share of them are rentals. Mahdi and our heat pump installer put in first heat pumps, replace old ones, and give landlords’ living rooms the fixed heating the Healthy Homes standards ask for.
- Registered
- Electrician, E 102335
- Heat pumps
- New installs and replacements
- Google reviews
- 35, every one five stars
- Area
- Invercargill, Bluff and Otatara
“Very happy with Mahdi’s work. He was professional, reliable, and easy to communicate with.”
Out with the old
Out: Gas heaterIn: a heat pump sized to the room
A rental’s main living room needs a fixed heater that can heat it directly: open fires and unflued gas heaters don’t count.
- Where
- South-east Invercargill
- 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 Strathern
Plenty of Strathern homes still get by on plug-in heaters or an old burner, and they’re the ones that feel a July frost first. Mahdi puts in high-wall units for the living room and multi-room systems for the bedrooms, sized to each room.
For landlords, it’s a fixed heat pump in the main living room, sized to the room’s required heating capacity, and installed on a day that suits the tenants. Mahdi wires every one in himself.
Where a Strathern lounge opens to the kitchen, Mahdi sizes for the whole space and picks a wall that lets the warm air reach all of it. A bedroom that never warms up can share the outdoor unit through a multi-room system.
Strathern’s heating, and the rules that touch it
With so many rentals here, the heating standard matters. Since 1 July 2025 every private rental has had to meet the healthy homes standards, which means one or more fixed heaters that can heat the main living room directly. A heat pump with a thermostat does it.
Strathern is inside the Invercargill airshed as well. A non-compliant burner put in between 2005 and 2010 must stop by 1 January 2030, so a burner that’s still the main heater in a Strathern lounge has a date on it. We’re based in Rockdale, just across town.
Owners and landlords get the same install: the unit sized to the room, the circuit run from the switchboard by Mahdi, and the system run up on heat before we leave.
How a job runs in Strathern
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.
Great job, well priced and appreciated going the extra mile to complete the job on a saturday as well
Mahdi is an excellent electrician. He's fast and efficient and really knows what he's doing. I have no hesitation in highly recommending him .... you won't be disappointed.
Great service, very professional and reliable. The job was done quickly and everything works perfectly. Highly recommend.
Tips for Strathern homes
- Landlords: run the government’s heating assessment tool for the living room and send Mahdi the figure with your quote request.
- With tenants in, tell us the best days for access and we’ll plan the install round them.
- Got an old burner as well? Note roughly when it went in: the airshed dates turn on it.
- Owners: a burner that’s still your main heat is worth replacing before its date, not on it.
Strathern questions
Can you install heat pumps in several Strathern rentals?
Yes. We quote each property, and Mahdi sizes each heat pump to that living room’s required capacity.
Does a heat pump meet the heating standard?
A fixed heat pump with a thermostat, big enough for the main living room, is one of the heaters the standard accepts.
My burner went in around 2008. Can I keep using it?
Inside the airshed, a non-compliant burner from that time must stop by 1 January 2030, unless it’s on the authorised list.
We also put heat pumps in nearby in Newfield, Glengarry and Richmond. All areas
Get a heat pump quote in Strathern
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.