Aspendale Gardens homes are often warm downstairs and stuffy upstairs, run by a gas ducted heater from the 1990s. We replace it with zoned ducted reverse cycle, on new R1.5 ducts wherever they can be reached.
Most of Aspendale Gardens went up between the mid 1980s and the late 1990s, and most of it went up with ducted gas. A heater in the roof, a return air grille in the hallway, vents through the house, and in the two-storey homes a single system trying to heat both floors from one thermostat. Many of those heaters are close to thirty years old. Cooling arrived later, as an evaporative unit or a split or two.
The single-storey homes are the easier swap. The gas heater and old ducts come out, and a ducted reverse cycle unit goes in on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to it. In two-storey homes we replace every duct we can reach. Where the ground floor is fed through ducts between the floors that cannot be replaced, a Braemar Dominator fits in the gas heater's spot and controls the airflow through them.
Either way, the change that people notice most is zoning. With AirTouch 5, upstairs and downstairs run as separate zones, and bedrooms can be split out too, so the family room is not heated all night and the bedrooms are not cooled all day. Heating then costs around a third of the running cost of gas. More about our Aspendale Gardens services.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense ducted systems with AirTouch 5. Our own crew handles the refrigeration, the ducts and the electrical.
The fix for a hot upper floor. AirTouch 5 runs each level as its own zone with its own sensor, and bedrooms can be zoned separately as well, so the system follows the family around the house.
Gas heater and old ducts out, a ducted reverse cycle unit in, new R1.5 insulated ducts sized room by room and a new return air path, usually across one to two days.
Some two-storey homes have ground floor ducts sealed between the floors. There, a Braemar Dominator takes the gas heater's place and works with those ducts. We only use it where replacement is not possible.
Many households here replace gas hot water in the same visit. We fit heat pumps from Emerald, Reclaim, iStore and Haier, which can also attract a VEU discount.
The full range is on our products page.
Ducted reverse cycle, including the Dominator for homes where the existing ducts have to stay.
Ducted units for tight roof spaces, plus split and multi-head systems.
Ducted and split systems, with anti-corrosive Golden Fin coils on the ducted range.
Zoning control for ducted systems, with a sensor in each zone and control from your phone.
We have not written up an Aspendale Gardens heating job yet. These three, in Doreen, Berwick and Narre Warren South, are houses of a similar size and age.
In Doreen, gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop were all replaced in one job: a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system with seven AirTouch 5 zones, a Reclaim CO2 heat pump and induction.
In Berwick, the owner had a 16kW Braemar Dominator on two AirTouch 5 zones installed with a 30.6kWh battery, so the day's solar heats and cools the house after dark.
A family home in Narre Warren South with a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system on R1.5 insulated ductwork, 16 round outlets and six AirTouch 5 zones.
Typically one to two days on site for ducted reverse cycle with new ducts.
We check the heater, the duct runs on both levels, the return air and where the outdoor unit can sit.
Upstairs, downstairs, bedrooms and living areas, set around how the house is used day and night.
The unit is sized from the room loads, and you get a fixed after-VEU price with the brand, ducts and zoning listed.
Old heater and ducts removed, new unit and R1.5 ducts fitted, dedicated circuit run from the board.
Airflow balanced so the upper floor is not left short, both modes tested, and AirTouch 5 set up with you.
Taking the heating off gas is the biggest single step. Hot water is the next.
Replacing gas ducted heating with an efficient reverse cycle system attracts the largest VEU discount for heating. Heat pump hot water can attract one too. We check both and show them on the quote.
Daytime heating and summer cooling are well matched to solar. See solar and batteries in Aspendale Gardens for a local system.
Zoning turns off the rooms nobody is using. Combined with reverse cycle at around a third of the running cost of gas heating, that is where the saving adds up.
A new unit on its own does not fix uneven heating. Zoning and properly sized ducts do.
New R1.5 insulated ducts wherever we can reach them. The Dominator only where we cannot.
ARC licensed technicians under AU 065299, BPC 132072 for mechanical work, REC 32300 for electrical.
Heating, hot water and any switchboard work in one visit, by Powerband employees.
Our depot in Somerville is about half an hour down the road, so follow-up visits are easy to arrange.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. You will talk to a technician.
Heat rises and the upper floor sits under the roof, while one thermostat downstairs runs the whole system. Zoning each floor separately, with its own sensor, is the fix.
In most homes we replace them with new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit. Only where ducts between the floors cannot be reached do we keep them, using a Braemar Dominator.
Typically one to two days for ducted reverse cycle with new ducts. A split system for an extra room takes a few hours.
Yes. We install heat pump hot water from Emerald, Reclaim, iStore and Haier, often in the same visit as the heating.
Sometimes. A ducted system needs a dedicated circuit. We check the board at the site visit and include any upgrade in the fixed price.
No. The gas heater and the old ducts come out of the roof and leave with us on the day.
We check both floors, the ducts and the switchboard, then send a written price with zoning and VEU applied. No obligation.
