Dobsons Refrigeration & Electrical
- Installs heat pumps
- Servicing and cleaning
- Repairs
| Heat pump | Typical installed price |
|---|---|
| Small high-wall, about 2.5 kW (bedroom, small room) | $2,000 to $3,200 |
| Medium high-wall, about 5 kW (lounge) | $2,800 to $4,800 |
| Large high-wall, about 8 kW (open-plan living) | $3,500 to $5,500 |
| Ducted, whole house | $12,000 to $22,000 |
Installed prices, including GST, for a standard back-to-back install. Based on published price guides from eight NZ installers and retailers, updated Oct 2026. What changes the price
Enter the room size and how well it holds heat for a rough size. An installer confirms it when they measure up.
About 5 kW
A rule of thumb NZ installers use, for a room with a standard 2.4 m ceiling. High ceilings, big windows and open-plan spaces need more, so an installer should confirm it.
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Homeowner guideTe Puke has 3 heat pump installers and heating businesses, and they could hardly be more different in size and track record. Dobsons Refrigeration & Electrical has served the Bay of Plenty for more than 50 years from its Jellicoe Street branch, while the other two are small entries with only a handful of reviews between them.
Dobsons is both an electrical and a refrigeration firm. The team includes qualified refrigeration engineers and dual-trade electricians who are IQP registered. It supplies, installs, services and maintains major brands of air conditioning and heat pumps, and also does air temperature control and ventilation. Its rating is 4.9 from 193 reviews, and it takes on repairs and commercial jobs as well as homes.
Raeco Services is an HVAC contractor in Te Puke that also carries air conditioning contractor, electrician and electrical installation categories. It has 5 reviews, all five stars, for a 5.0 rating. Wilson Plumbing Heating & Gas Experts is a heating company with plumber and gas categories alongside it. It offers service and repair work and has one review, at 1.0.
Most of the heat pump trade here leans to the electrical and refrigeration side, so a Te Puke household looking at air conditioning or a heat pump for the lounge will mostly be talking to Dobsons or to Raeco Services, with the plumbing and gas firm more of a service and repair option.
Te Puke falls under Western Bay of Plenty District Council for building consents. Work from Te Puke firms reaches Papamoa, Tauranga and Mount Maunganui, and those towns have their own pages, as do Rotorua and Katikati.
Dobsons Refrigeration & Electrical supplies, installs, services and maintains air conditioning and heat pumps, and also handles repairs. Wilson Plumbing Heating & Gas Experts offers service and repair work as a heating company.
Dobsons Refrigeration & Electrical employs qualified refrigeration engineers as well as dual-trade electricians. It works from a Jellicoe Street branch and has done so for more than 50 years across the Bay of Plenty.
Dobsons Refrigeration & Electrical takes on commercial work alongside home installs and offers ventilation as well as air temperature control. Raeco Services is an HVAC contractor in the town.
Papamoa, Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Rotorua and Katikati each have a page. Te Puke businesses name Papamoa, Tauranga and Mount Maunganui as places they work.
Typical installed prices in New Zealand run $2,000 to $3,200 for small high-wall, about 2.5 kW, $2,800 to $4,800 for medium high-wall, about 5 kW, $3,500 to $5,500 for large high-wall, about 8 kW, $12,000 to $22,000 for ducted, whole house. A Te Puke quote moves with the size, the brand, how far the pipes run and where the outdoor unit goes. Based on published price guides from eight NZ installers and retailers, updated Oct 2026.
As a rough guide, allow about 120 watts per square metre in a well-insulated room, 140 in an average one and 160 in an older, draughty one. A 30 m² lounge works out at about 4.2 kW with average insulation and 4.8 kW if it loses heat. Heat pumps come in set sizes, so both round up to a 5 kW unit. Use the calculator above for your room, then have an installer confirm it.
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