Heat Pump Quotes

Just to get things started. Have been looking at replacing the boiler with a heat pump over the last couple months and getting prices so here are a few:-

Thermia ITecEco 8kW with Thermia 180l cylinder, supply and fit, €10,950 ex. Vat. Replacing 6 rads €2295 ex. Vat.

Midea 10kW with 300l cylinder, supply only, €5635 ex. Vat.

Hitachi 11kW with 220l cylinder, supply only, €7575 ex. Vat.

15no. new rads €5082 ex Vat.

Hitachi 11kW with 220l cylinder, 13 radiators, supply and fit, €11029 ex. Vat.

These are all before grant which we would be eligible for.

Viessmann Vitocal 222-a monobloc 8kW heat pump and indoor unit. Replace 12 radiators with Alu equivalent.

Supply only €15,900 inc. Vat.

Looking at the heat output for the new radiators we don't seem to be gaining anything over the existing.

Without radiators Supply only is about €8900 inc. Vat.

Not a quote, but it might be a useful yardstick for those getting them.... I had a 10 kWh Viessmann 151-A installed in May. Cost of installation plus booster pump plus 1 additional 'over-sized' aluminium rad €18.7k inc. vat. What I hadn't considered at the time was an additional 1k+ for electrics, so close to €20k overall. So check whether any quote you get includes all electrical connections/weather compensation setup etc. Grant at 6.5k brought overall cost down to 13.5k. Very expensive, but Viessmann's a premium unit and we intend to stay in the house for good. COP for October was 4.2. Obviously, Winter will tell the whole story but very happy so far.

Wow, appreciate the detail. So 12.5 (inc vat) for ufh setup but excluding the sparks. And excluding the heat pump.

I Posted this yesterday being unaware of this Discussion:

"With a €6,500 Grant and my Solar PV generating decided to look into air to water heat pump system.

Got my first price for an install: €13,655 and any additional piping or radiators would be extra

As far as I can make out a Heat Pump and Cylinder would cost less than €6,000

Strong parallel with the Solar PV rip-off"

Having read the above I think I will forget all about it; I could be Ninety Plus before return on investment.

Though my principal concern is to protect our environment

I am finding quotes for pump and cylinder have ranged from about 6-12.5k ex. vat and if I can get a payback figure of 5-6k after grant and install I think I'll be doing ok. Not all heat pumps are equal so that has to be taken into account when pricing.

Our oil boiler is reaching replacement time and I don't think I would see much change out of 3k. I don't want to put in another oil boiler for environmental reasons as much as anything else and I'd would like to get it out of the utility room.

I'm due a visit from an installer in the next couple of weeks and hoping to get a truer picture of what the cost and work is going to involve.

I have toyed with the idea of going diy but I'm not sure there is the saving there to justify it plus some manufacturers are strict enough about having a registered installer if a warranty claim ever arose.

Haven't had the installer visit yet, few personal issues have arisen in the last couple of weeks so I have to re-schedule.

The Midea quote I got from Pipelife, they are the agents as far as I am aware. They did also quote for the Hitachi unit as well.

Another recent quote:

(Unspecified) Hitachi heat pump (mono bloc) with 180L cylinder (unspecified) and all new radiators (unspecified) and pipework. Includes all electrical work, commissioning etc. €18,769ex Vat.

I have asked for further details and will post here if/when I get them.

Had a guy out today to quote for an air to air unit for the downstairs of the house. He's recommended a 3.5kw unit, 1kw input. Waiting on the quote now. Are there grants for air to air? I forgot to ask him. The Seai site is a mess.

22k ex vat for a 12KW Nibe (geo) inclu large water tank. Wondering how many years i'd be paying back compared to condenser boiler

yes hot water

What's the model number?

Is the larger tank external and the price including install?

22k before VAT is double the cost of the HP in most countries.

Have you a link to the heat pump? Is it dual (heating and cooling)? Is that the full price including VAT and installation? I assume there's no grants involved? Sorry for all the questions but I'm contemplating getting something like this myself!!

That sounds like a decent enough quote to me. My own A2A system was installed in 2020 and cost €1,300 for the 2 Mitsubishi units needed and he charged €500 for the install which took him about 4 to 5 hours.

Im not sure how the grant system is for A2A right now but when I installed the grant was €600 but you had to get a technical assessment from a BER assessor before the installation and then another one after the job was done and that would have cost around €500 anyway. So I forgoed the grant and just went ahead without it.

I installed the A2A system on the ground floor of my house to replace 3x very old storage heaters. Im very happy with it as my bills went down and also it has the added bonus of air conditioning in the summer. I might only use the air con less than 10 days a year (and then only for an hour at a time) but when you need air con then it is amazing to have a cool house on a roasting hot and humid day. It proved particularly useful during the heatwave in the summer of 2022 when everyone I knew was roasting inside their houses while I had my unit set to a cool 16c for a couple of hours in the evenings when the heatwave was really muggy and stuffy with the high humidity.

The main difference between nibe 1125 and 1225 as i understand is one has integrated hot water tank (around 200L).

22k ex vat include install and a large tank. Note this is replacement so no underfloor pipe work etc to be included in cost

Thanks for that, I'm definitely going ahead. House is 2008, BER of B2 and new front door.

These quotes are a bit of a disaster for replacement heat pumps if SEAI are not willing to put the 6.5K€ down. oil boiler will end up making more sense

Three more quotes for A2A.

1. No grant, single 3.5kw Daiken unit. €4100 plus vat.
2. Grant applied but must remove gas boiler at further expense. 2 no. 3.5kw Daiken units. €4k ish after grant. Site visit required at a cost of €200.
3. No grant, single 3.5kw Mitsubishi unit. €2.5-3k subject to site visit.