Source
https://www.modserve.co.nz/blog/central-heating-costs-nz — original source (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)
Modserve NZ — Central Heating Costs (hydronic)
The NZ in-home hydronic fit-out boundary for district-heat costing (RT_288)
NZ central-heating installer’s cost guide. Supplies the only NZ-specific hydronic-system cost — but it is a whole in-home system, not a district-heat network connection, so it sets the upper bound of the RT_288 per-home cost, not the marginal connection. Installer marketing page → data_quality low; verified via curl+grep.
Summary
A New Zealand central-heating installer’s published cost guide, giving the whole-home hydronic radiator system cost (boiler + radiators + pipework). It is the NZ-specific boundary for RT_288: the cost a home incurs if it needs hydronic emitters installed — which most NZ homes lack — so it bounds the upper end of a community district-heat per-home cost, distinct from the marginal network connection (buried pipe + HIU, OT_089).
Key claims
- claim: "NZ hydronic radiator central-heating system (whole in-home system: boiler + radiators + pipework): 'Typically $18,000–$30,000, depending on the number of radiators, boiler choice, and property size.' This is a standalone in-home installation, NOT a connection to an external heat network."
source_location: "Modserve 'Central Heating Costs in NZ' blog — Hydronic Radiator Systems row (curl+grep confirmed: '18,000–$30,000', 'Hydronic Radiator')"Neobiome Intelligence relevance
Sets the NZ boundary for the RT_288 district-heat cost. A community biomass district-heat scheme (biomass_district_heating) connects homes via buried pipe + a heat-interface unit (the marginal connection NZ3.5–5k/home, UK-derived, [[ot_089_decc-aecom-heat-networks-2015|OT_089]]) — but that assumes the home **already has hydronic emitters**. Most NZ homes run heat pumps / resistance heating and have **no hydronic emitters**, so they would additionally need a full in-home hydronic fit-out: **~NZ18,000–30,000/home** URL_021. So the model’s per-home district-heat cost spans the marginal connection (3.5–5k) up to connection + fit-out (~21–35k) depending on the assumed housing stock — the boundary the F14 cost line must state explicitly. data_quality low (single installer’s marketing figure; order-of-magnitude only).
Research targets
Documents to retrieve
- None new.
Research gaps
- Covered by RT_294 (a real NZ community/campus district-heat scheme costing).
Notes
Web page captured direct via curl (modserve.co.nz), no AI-retrieval provenance; the figure (‘18,000–30,000’, ‘Hydronic Radiator’) grep-confirmed in raw HTML. data_quality low — a NZ installer’s marketing cost guide, used only as an order-of-magnitude boundary; centralheating.co.nz confirms the same order.
Connections
Links to
Technologies (1): Biomass District Heating (Wood Chip)
Sources (1): OT_089
Referenced by
Technologies (1): Biomass District Heating (Wood Chip)
EDT domains (1): D01: Renewable Energy & Storage Systems