Most Bittern properties heat with bottled LPG or a wood fire and have little or no cooling. We fit multi-head, split and ducted reverse cycle that does both jobs on electricity, ready to run from your own solar. ARC-licensed technicians based 17 minutes away in Somerville.
In the suburbs the heating conversation is about leaving mains gas. In Bittern most properties never had it. The house is warmed by bottled LPG through a space heater or a ducted unit, by a wood heater in the living room, or by both, and summer is handled with ceiling fans and open windows. LPG is a dear way to heat a house, and a wood heater warms one room well and the far bedrooms hardly at all.
Reverse cycle fixes both problems with one system. It heats for a fraction of what bottled gas costs to run, it reaches the rooms the fire does not, and it cools in January. Because most of these homes have no existing ductwork, the usual answer is a multi-head system or a few well-placed splits. Where there is a good roof space and the owners want every room done, we build a ducted system from scratch on new R1.5 insulated ducts.
Nobody has to give up the wood heater. Plenty of our rural customers keep it for the coldest nights and let the reverse cycle do the everyday work. And a property with three-phase power and a big roof is well placed to run its heating from solar. More on what we do for Bittern properties.
Mitsubishi Electric, Hisense and Braemar equipment, with the refrigeration and the wiring both done by our crew.
One outdoor unit, with an indoor unit in the living area and in each bedroom you want covered. Each room has its own temperature and can be off when it is empty. It suits the spread-out, single-level floor plans common on acreage.
For a home with a workable roof space, a ducted reverse cycle unit with new R1.5 insulated ducts and AirTouch 5 zoning. If the house has an old LPG ducted heater, that heater and its ducts come out and the new ducts are sized to the new unit.
A lined shed, a home office, a studio or a granny flat gets its own split system. Each one is a few hours to install. We check the sub-board feeding the building first, because a long run from the house can limit what it will carry.
Every system goes on its own dedicated circuit. Three-phase supply makes it easy to run a larger ducted unit, and we set the system up so it can be timed to run on solar through the day if you have panels or plan to.
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 no Bittern heating job written up yet. These three are the closest in kind.
Down the Peninsula in Blairgowrie, a double-storey home on gas heating, hot water and cooking was rewired to three-phase and moved to reverse cycle split systems, heat pump hot water and induction, with 17.1kW of solar on the roof.
A nine-bedroom boarding house in Shepparton built all-electric from day one. Split systems do the heating and cooling, run by a 20.9kW Aiko array, a three-phase Sigenergy inverter and 48.36kWh of storage.
What a full ducted install looks like: a 23.5kW reverse cycle system in Narre Warren South on R1.5 insulated ductwork, with 16 round outlets and six AirTouch 5 zones.
A split system is a few hours. Ducted on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days.
LPG, wood or both, which rooms get warm and which do not, and what the bottles are costing over a winter.
Roof space, wall positions, the main board, any sub-boards and whether the property is single or three-phase.
A recommendation matched to the floor plan, with each room sized individually.
Equipment, positions, electrical work and the price, with any VEU discount you qualify for shown.
Fitted by our own technicians and electricians, tested in heating and cooling, with the controller or app set up before we go.
For a house on bottled gas, the running cost is the bigger story.
Every hour the reverse cycle runs is an hour the LPG heater does not. If hot water and cooking also move to electric, the bottle deliveries stop altogether.
An acreage roof has room for a large array. Run the system through the middle of the day and much of the heating is your own power. See solar and battery in Bittern.
VEU discounts apply to efficient reverse cycle heating and cooling. The amount depends on the property and on what the new system replaces, so we confirm what your house qualifies for before you commit.
A heating install on acreage is half refrigeration and half electrical. We hold the licences for both.
Sub-boards, long cable runs and three-phase supply are everyday work for our A-Grade electricians. Nothing is subcontracted.
ARC authorisation AU 065299, with BPC 132072 and REC 32300 covering the mechanical and electrical work.
If a multi-head suits the house better than ducted, that is what we quote, even though it is the smaller job.
Our depot is at Speedwell Street. Bittern is close enough for a site visit within days and a quick return if anything needs adjusting.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Got a question about your place? Call 0466 355 441 and talk to a technician.
Yes. A correctly sized reverse cycle system heats comfortably through a Peninsula winter. Sizing is the important part, which is why we work it out room by room and do not go by the size of the old heater.
That is up to you. Many owners keep it for atmosphere and for the coldest nights, and use the reverse cycle for daily heating and for the rooms the fire never reached.
If there is a usable roof space, yes. We install the unit and new R1.5 insulated ducts from scratch, typically in one to two days. If the roof space is tight, a multi-head gives a similar result without ducts.
Our standard is to replace them with new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the reverse cycle unit, because old heating ducts are rarely right for cooling. A Braemar Dominator on existing ducts is kept for homes where ducts cannot be replaced, usually double-storey ones.
Yes, provided the building is lined and the sub-board feeding it can carry the load. We check the board and the cable run before quoting, and upgrade them if needed.
VEU discounts apply to efficient reverse cycle systems, and the amount depends on the property and what is being replaced. We check your eligibility and show any discount on the quote.
A site visit to see the house, the supply and how you heat now, then a written quote with the system and the price. No obligation.
