Hitachi heat pumps for Dunedin homes

Hitachi heat pumps are a reliable, quiet choice for Dunedin winters. The high wall units heat hard on cold mornings, and the range covers small bedrooms through to open-plan living. We install them, size them to your home, and back our own installs.

Which Hitachi models suit Dunedin homes

Most homes we do get a Hitachi high wall unit. It sits up on the wall, blows warm air across the room, and does the job in everything from a small Waldronville bedroom to an open-plan Taieri living area. It's the workhorse of the range and it handles our cold starts well.

For a big draughty villa in the hill suburbs, a high wall up high can leave your feet cold while the ceiling warms up first. In those rooms we often talk about floor console heat pumps instead, because they push heat out at floor level where you actually feel it. If you're weighing up the options, it helps to compare heat pump types before you settle on a layout.

Sizing a Hitachi for a cold villa or a sealed Taieri home

The unit is only half the story. A Hitachi that's too small will run flat out and never quite get there on a frosty morning in Outram. Too big and it short-cycles and costs you more to run. We measure the room, look at your ceiling height, windows and insulation, then match the model to that.

Old villas with high ceilings and single glazing need more grunt than the floor area suggests. Newer sealed homes on the Taieri hold their heat, so you can often go a step smaller. Getting this right at the start is the difference between a warm house and a disappointment, which is why we treat the sizing as part of every heat pump installation in Dunedin.

How Hitachi stacks up against the other brands we fit

Hitachi isn't the only good name. We also install Mitsubishi Electric heat pumps and Panasonic heat pumps, and each has models that do a Dunedin winter proud. Hitachi tends to sit at a fair price for what you get, runs quietly, and the high wall range is easy to live with.

We'll be honest about where each brand fits your budget and your rooms rather than pushing one line. If you want the numbers on what a full job comes to, have a look at the heat pump installation cost before you decide.

What you get when we install a Hitachi

We do the whole job ourselves, from picking the spot on the wall to the outdoor unit and the tidy pipe run. We keep an eye on drainage so condensate doesn't dribble down your cladding, and we set the controls up so the unit isn't fighting itself.

One thing worth knowing up front: we only service and repair the heat pumps we installed ourselves. We don't take on other companies' installs. So when you buy a Hitachi through us, you've got one team that fitted it and knows it if anything ever needs a look.