Split systems for hot upstairs bedrooms, multi-heads, and ducted reverse cycle when the gas heater is ready to go. Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, fitted by our own ARC-licensed technicians and A-Grade electricians.
In most of the south east, a heating call means a gas ducted heater that has finally died. Clyde North is different, because the houses are. Homes built here between about 2012 and 2022 generally have a ducted gas heater that still has years left in it. What they often lack is decent cooling: some were handed over with an evaporative unit only, some with a single split in the living room, and some with nothing upstairs at all.
So the usual Clyde North job is cooling first. Upstairs bedrooms in a double-storey home sit under a dark roof and hold the heat well into the night, and a split system in each, or one multi-head serving several rooms, fixes that in a single visit. Because every unit is reverse cycle, it heats as well, and plenty of owners find they stop running the gas heater for the rooms they actually use.
The gas heater is the second conversation. Nobody should rip out a sound eight-year-old unit, but it is worth knowing what replaces it and what that needs from the switchboard and the roof, especially if solar is going on this year. The newest streets were built all-electric and skip that step entirely. We cover both situations here and on the main Clyde North page.
Listed roughly in the order Clyde North owners ask for them.
Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense wall units for the main bedroom, the children's rooms or an upstairs retreat. Each one takes a few hours, with the pipework run tidily down the outside wall to an outdoor unit at ground level where we can.
Side passages in Clyde North are narrow, and three or four outdoor units soon fill one. A multi-head runs several indoor units from a single outdoor unit, which keeps the path clear and the noise in one spot.
An evaporative cooler struggles on humid days and does nothing in winter. Refrigerated reverse cycle, as splits or as a ducted system, cools on any day and gives the house a second source of heat.
When the gas heater does reach the end, a ducted reverse cycle unit takes over the whole house with AirTouch 5 zoning. Our default is new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the unit. In a double-storey home where ducts between the floors cannot be replaced, a Braemar Dominator keeps them and controls the airflow.
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.
None of these is in Clyde North. Each shows a piece of the work we do here: a young family, a zoned family home and a double-storey house.
Up the road in Berwick, an owner with a young family had a 16kW Braemar Dominator on AirTouch 5 with two zones installed together with 30.6kWh of battery storage, so the house is heated after dark on the day's solar.
A 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system on R1.5 insulated ductwork in a family home, zoned through AirTouch 5 so the lounge, the study and each child's room is set separately.
A two-storey house on the Peninsula that ran on gas for heating, hot water and cooking. Split systems replaced the gas heating in a project that also moved the house to three-phase, with 17.1kW of solar and a 22kW EV charger.
Split systems take a few hours each. Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days.
Which rooms overheat, what the builder installed, where the gas heater sits, and how much side access there is for outdoor units.
Clyde North switchboards are modern, so space is rarely the issue. We confirm single or three-phase and what else is planned for it.
Sized for each room. If the gas heater is fine, we will say so and quote the cooling only.
Brand, model, capacities, where every unit goes, and any VEU discount already taken off.
Refrigeration and electrical by the same crew, both modes tested, and the app or controller set up before we leave.
With a young heater, timing matters more than urgency. These are the three things to weigh up.
Reverse cycle heating runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating. That gap is why many owners use new splits for everyday heating well before the gas unit wears out.
If panels are going on this year, tell us about the heating plan now. We size solar and battery in Clyde North for the reverse cycle load so the system is not undersized later.
Clyde North is in the VEU area. The discount applies to efficient reverse cycle systems and is at its largest when gas heating is replaced. We check what your house qualifies for and put it on the quote.
Honest advice costs us the odd big job. It is also why people call us back when the time comes.
If cooling is the gap, we quote cooling. The full gas swap is planned for when it makes sense, not sold on the first visit.
ARC authorisation AU 065299, BPC 132072 and REC 32300. The technician and the electrician both work for us.
Pipe runs kept neat in covers, outdoor units placed clear of bedroom windows and the neighbour's fence line where the site allows.
When a ducted swap happens, new R1.5 insulated ducts are standard. A Braemar Dominator on the old ducts is kept for homes where the ducts cannot be reached.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Still unsure? Ring 0466 355 441 and a technician will talk it through.
Reverse cycle split systems or a multi-head for the rooms you use most, or a ducted reverse cycle system for the whole house. All of them cool on humid days and heat in winter.
Usually not yet. If it works, the better first step is reverse cycle cooling in the main rooms, which you can also heat with. We plan the full swap so it is simple when the gas unit does fail.
Down the outside wall in a neat cover to an outdoor unit at ground level, or to a wall bracket where ground space is short. We show you the route before we start.
Yes. Ducts we can reach are replaced with new R1.5 insulated ducts. Where ducts run between the floors and cannot be replaced, a Braemar Dominator takes the heater's position, keeps those ducts and controls the airflow through them.
On a small lot it often is, because there is one outdoor unit to place. Separate splits can suit rooms on opposite sides of the house. We price both when the choice is close.
All-electric homes already heat with reverse cycle, so the work is usually adding rooms the builder left out, or zoning a ducted system. We look at what is there before suggesting anything.
We look at the rooms, the existing heater and the switchboard, then send a written quote with models, positions and price. No obligation.
