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When you say 2.2 kUSD do you mean $2,200.00 or $22,000.00? In my locale, the installed figure is at or above $22,000 for a heat pump that is about $3,000 for the unit itself. On the other hand, an electric (no heat pump) hot water tank is $900 for the tank and $900 for the install.

I'd really like to have a plumber be able to install a mono block heat pump since the labour costs to install a heat pump look like highway robbery.

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You are kidding right? I could sent you whole crew from Europe (>$1K per person for flights alone) and make couple of grand doing it at half cost.

Same here, the prices I’ve been quoted for a heat pump are $25-$30,000 Canadian. And the installers will spend the entire meeting trying to talk you out of it and into a natural gas unit.

We need more Europeans to come open businesses here installing these!

And that probably includes a unit from Samsung, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, or Dakin that has already almost circled the globe.

You can get 10 heat pumps installed for 22 000 USD here. Maybe more as you'd probably get a discount on the work part of the install if you're doing that many at once.

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