Reverse cycle heating and cooling planned with your renovation or new build, so the gas heater, and often the gas hot water, go at the same time. Ducted on new R1.5 ducts or split systems, fitted by our ARC licensed technicians.
A lot of Capel Sound homes are mid-change. Original beach houses are being extended, reclad or knocked down, and older brick homes are getting new kitchens and bathrooms. If the plaster is coming off or the roof space is open anyway, that is the cheapest moment to pull out the old gas heater and run new ducts, with no ceilings to patch afterwards.
Many of these homes still have a ducted gas heater and a gas storage tank on the side wall. We replace the heater with ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit, typically one to two days on site, or with Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split systems where a smaller cottage does not need ducts. Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating and adds cooling the house never had.
The hot water is often the next thing on the list. A heat pump from Emerald, Reclaim or iStore can go in during the same visit, and with heating and hot water both electric, the cooktop is the last gas appliance standing. We fit it all in with the rest of our work in Capel Sound.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense heating and cooling, plus heat pump hot water. Our own crew does the refrigeration, plumbing and electrical.
With the roof open, new R1.5 ducts can be run to exactly where the rooms will be, including the new extension. Outlets are placed for cooling as well as heating, and the return air is sized for the whole house.
Small fibro or weatherboard beach houses rarely justify ducts. Two or three wall units cover the living area and bedrooms, each installed in a few hours.
AirTouch 5 gives the bedroom wing, the living area and any studio or extension their own zone and temperature sensor, so you heat only where people are.
If the gas storage tank is near the end of its life, a heat pump goes in during the same job. Combined with reverse cycle, it takes the two largest gas loads out of the house.
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.
Jobs from Doreen, Mount Martha and Cairnlea that show what a full switch looks like. None are in Capel Sound.
Gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop replaced in one job: a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system with twelve vents and seven AirTouch 5 zones, a Reclaim CO2 heat pump and an induction cooktop.
Up the coast, heating, hot water and cooking were all moved to electric and the gas line removed. 15.2kW of solar and 24.18kWh of Sigenergy battery now carry the house.
Gas ducted out and an 18kW Mitsubishi Electric ducted system in, with new ducting through the roof to ten vents. The owner saw a $6,300 rebate on this job.
We can work to your builder's program or come in on a finished house. Either way the steps are the same.
We work from your drawings for a renovation or new build, or measure up the existing house.
Ducted or split, capacity room by room, and zones that match the new layout.
Heating, hot water if wanted, ducts, electrical and the price after any VEU discount.
On a build, ducts and cabling go in before the plaster, the units after. On a finished home, typically one to two days for ducted.
Each zone balanced, both modes checked, and the controls explained.
Two programs help with the install. The running cost does the rest.
Replacing gas heating with efficient reverse cycle earns the largest Victorian Energy Upgrades discount. We check your eligibility and show it on the quote.
A heat pump replacing gas or electric storage hot water can also qualify for VEU. Doing both in one job means one site visit and one set of paperwork.
Reverse cycle and a heat pump both run well on daytime solar. Our Capel Sound solar and battery job shows what a typical system here looks like.
Heating, hot water, switchboard and solar from one licensed crew, timed to your build.
We fit our rough-in and fit-off around the building program, so nothing waits on us.
ARC licensed technicians under AU 065299, BPC 132072 for mechanical plumbing, REC 32300 for electrical.
New R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the unit as standard. We only keep existing ducts when they truly cannot be replaced.
We have a written-up Capel Sound solar and battery job, so the heating can be sized with the roof in mind.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. A technician picks up.
No, talk to us early. Ducts and cabling are far easier to run before the plaster goes on, and the system can be sized for the finished house rather than the old one.
Yes. We take out the old heater and install the heat pump in the same job, which saves a second visit and keeps the paperwork together.
Rarely. Two or three split systems usually heat and cool a small cottage well for less money, and each goes in within a few hours.
Usually, with some planning. We check the roof space at the site visit and route the ducts where they can be reached and supported properly.
We remove it as part of the job. Where VEU applies to replacing gas heating, the old unit has to be decommissioned, and we handle that.
Yes. The same system heats in winter and cools in summer, which most original Capel Sound homes have never had.
Send us your plans or book a site visit, and we will quote the heating, ducts, any hot water and the after-VEU price in writing. No obligation.
