Floor Console Heat Pumps for Tauranga Homes

A floor console heat pump mounts low on the wall like a gas heater and blows warm air out near the floor. It heats a cold room quickly from the ground up, which suits older Tauranga bungalows with limited high wall space or big windows.

Why floor consoles suit older Tauranga bungalows

A lot of homes around Bellevue, Judea and Maungatapu are single-glazed bungalows built with full-height windows or low sills. There's often nowhere sensible to hang a high wall unit, and the cold pools down low on those damp valley-floor mornings.

A floor console fixes both. It sits at skirting height under a window, and because it throws heat out at floor level you feel it on your feet first instead of it hanging near the ceiling. If you're weighing up the different types of heat pump for an old villa or bungalow, this is often the one that just fits.

How a floor console warms a cold room fast

Warm air rises, so heating from the floor up beats blowing it down from above when a room starts out cold. On a frosty Gate Pā morning you'll feel the difference within a few minutes, and the heat sits where you actually are.

Most floor consoles have a dual-fan design that pushes air both low and high, so the whole room evens out quickly. That's the main reason people choose them over a high wall unit in a lounge they use first thing in the morning.

Getting the placement and clearances right

A floor console needs clear space in front to breathe, so it won't work tucked behind a couch or under a heavy curtain. We look at where your furniture goes, where the windows are, and the shortest tidy run to the outdoor unit before we commit to a spot.

For homes heating several rooms, a single console won't stretch far. In that case we'd talk through a multi split heat pump running a console in the lounge and another head in a bedroom, or ceiling cassette heat pumps if you'd rather nothing showed on the wall at all. Good heat pump installation in Tauranga is mostly getting these calls right up front.

What a floor console costs to put in

A floor console unit itself usually sits a little above an equivalent high wall model, and the install cost depends on your wall type, how far the outdoor unit is, and whether the pipe run is straightforward. We give you a fixed price after we've had a look, not a guess over the phone.

You can see how the numbers stack up on our heat pump installation cost page. If you want a specific make, Mitsubishi Electric floor consoles are a solid pick for our climate and what we most often fit.

Have a look at our heat pump servicing for more.