Solar and batteries, heat pumps, reverse cycle and EV charging, designed as one system and installed by our own A-Grade electricians across Altona Meadows, Seabrook and Laverton. About 60 minutes from our depot in Somerville, rebates applied before you see the price.
Altona Meadows was built out in the 1980s and 90s, and it is brick veneer almost street for street, most of it with ducted gas heating and a gas storage or instantaneous hot water unit. Those systems are now 25 to 35 years old, which is why heating and hot water are most of the work we do here.
Because Altona Meadows is on mains gas and inside the VEU area, the usual order of works is heating and hot water first for the rebates and the running-cost drop, then solar and a battery sized to the new electric load, then the cooktop, then the gas meter abolished. The west also runs hotter in summer than the bay and eastern suburbs, so the reverse cycle system that replaces the gas heater earns its keep twice a year.
Everything on this page is done by Powerband employees, not subcontractors, and quoted as a fixed after-rebate price after a free site inspection. For the full picture of how we stage a house off gas, see our home electrification page; for Altona Meadows specifics, the fastest answer is a phone call.
The order below is the order that pays back fastest in Altona Meadows's brick veneer: ducted heating and hot water first, then solar and battery sized to the new electric load, then the rest.
Replacing a 25-plus-year-old ducted gas heater with ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts is the typical Altona Meadows job. The house gets proper cooling for the west's hot summers and the VEU discount comes off the install. Every system is installed by our own ARC-licensed technicians.
Heat pump hot water is the easiest electrification win in Altona Meadows: one visit, old gas or electric tank out, Reclaim, iStore or Emerald heat pump in, gas capped, VEU discount and STCs on the quote. Timed to run through the middle of the day, it heats almost entirely on solar.
Altona Meadows roofs are tile, unshaded and simple, and 6.6kW to 10kW is typical. Many homes have an early small system that is worth replacing or adding to once the heating goes electric. We lodge the Solar Victoria rebate and loan and the federal battery discount for you.
Taking a Altona Meadows home off gas is a sequence, not a single job: heating and hot water for the biggest savings, solar and a battery sized to the new electric load, induction last, then the gas meter abolished so the supply charge stops. We plan it at one inspection and quote each step with its rebates.
The induction swap is the smallest job on this page and the one that finally lets a Altona Meadows home cancel the gas account. Dedicated circuit, cooktop supplied or yours installed, gas capped by our plumber.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneAltona Meadows is mostly single phase, and the 80s and 90s switchboards usually have room for a charger circuit. We check before quoting and set the charger to run from your solar first. Certificate of Electrical Safety issued on every install.
EV Chargers across MelbourneWe do the two-yearly electrical safety checks Victorian rental providers need in Altona Meadows, plus smoke alarm and switchboard compliance and the heat pump upgrades landlords are asked for. Per-property reports and tenant access handled by us.
Real Estate across MelbourneKnockdown-rebuild work is picking up in Altona Meadows. New Victorian homes are all-electric, and we deliver the fit-out and the full electric package as one contractor.
Builders across MelbourneWe are not the closest electrician to Altona Meadows. We aim to be the one that does the whole job, once, for a fixed price.
You call the office in Somerville and get the people who will actually do the job in Altona Meadows, not a call centre that passes it on.
Electrical, refrigeration and plumbing for hot water all done by Powerband employees. No subcontractors, and the same faces from quote to handover.
Altona Meadows qualifies for every Victorian and federal incentive going. All of them are on the quote before you see it, and we lodge the paperwork.
Switchboard upgrades, duct replacement and gas capping are priced into the quote after the site inspection, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
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Yes. Altona Meadows is inside the VEU area, so heat pump hot water and reverse cycle heating and cooling both attract discounts, with the largest when you are replacing gas. We apply them on the quote.
Most are designed for 15 to 20 years. In Altona Meadows a lot of units are older than that, and replacing one with reverse cycle adds cooling, lowers running costs and attracts the VEU discount.
Usually within the week. Our depot is in Somerville, about 60 minutes from Altona Meadows, and we plan western suburbs inspections so the drive does not hold your job up.
Nearly all of them. A typical Altona Meadows brick veneer takes 6.6kW to 10kW, and larger homes take more. We size to your usage and to whatever gas appliances you are replacing.
All of them. Seabrook, Laverton and Williams Landing and the rest of Melbourne's western suburbs, and across Melbourne. See the locations page for the full list.
Tell us what you are thinking about. We will book a free site inspection and send a written quote with rebates applied. No obligation.
