The earlier Clyde North homes were built around ducted gas, a gas hot water unit and a gas cooktop. Some newer ones have no gas at all. Either way we plan the whole electric house at the first inspection, then do it in stages or in one go, with every trade on our own payroll.
Home electrification Clyde North style starts with when the house was built. The earlier estate homes went up with ducted gas heating, a gas hot water unit and a gas cooktop, and the ducted heaters in those streets are now the appliance owners most often ask us to plan around. Some newer homes were built without a gas connection at all, so the job there is less about taking gas out and more about adding solar, a battery and an EV charger to a house that is already electric.
In the gas homes the order is usually heating first, because the ducted heater uses the most gas and a reverse cycle system brings refrigerated cooling with it. Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating. Heat pump hot water tends to come next, then the cooktop. Solar and a battery are sized for the electric load the house is heading towards, not the one it has today.
Before any of it we check the switchboard and whether the house is single or three-phase, because that decides what the board can carry once everything runs on electricity. From there it is one plan from the first inspection, done in whatever order suits you, alongside our other work in Clyde North.
Every item below is done by our own A-Grade electricians, plumbers and ARC licensed technicians.
Our default is a new Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense ducted system on new R1.5 insulated ducts, typically one to two days. Where the ducts in a double-storey genuinely cannot be replaced, a Braemar Dominator can keep them. AirTouch 5 zoning lets you heat the living areas without warming empty bedrooms.
The gas unit on the side wall is replaced with an Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier heat pump in one day, using about a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit.
Usually the last gas appliance in the house. It needs its own circuit, which is one reason the switchboard check comes first. There is no rebate, so it is quoted at a fixed price.
Sized for the finished electric house. A three-phase home can run an 11kW or 22kW charger, a single-phase home about 7kW. Solar Victoria applies to eligible panels and inverters, and the federal discount to the battery.
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Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts, or split systems, in place of ducted gas or a wall furnace.
A heat pump in place of the gas storage or instantaneous unit, usually changed over in one day.
The last gas appliance in most kitchens, replaced with induction on its own circuit.
Solar and storage sized for the new electric load, with an EV charger on the same system.
Not in Clyde North itself, but each one shows a stage you may be weighing up, from a home with no gas left to a full swap in one visit.
Next door in Casey, a five-bedroom all-electric home with 13.775kW of solar, a 40.3kWh battery and a three-phase EV charger. On a 35 degree day, one of the hottest of the year, it drew almost nothing from the grid.
Across town in Doreen, gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop were all replaced by one team in one job: 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle with 12 vents, seven AirTouch 5 zones, a Reclaim CO2 heat pump and an induction cooktop.
On the Peninsula, heating, hot water and cooking all went electric and the gas line was removed. 15.2kW of Jinko solar, a 10kW Sigen hybrid inverter, 24.18kWh of storage and a new flush-mount switchboard, installed in one day. The monthly bill went from $302 to $148.
You do not have to do everything at once. You do need to know the order before the first item goes in.
Every gas appliance, the switchboard, the phase and the roof, looked at in one visit.
An order of works with each stage priced, so you can see where the house ends up before you start.
If the board needs work it is done early, so every later circuit has a place to go.
Heating, hot water, cooktop, solar, battery and charger, in the order and timing that suits you.
Once the last one goes, you can stop paying for a gas connection you no longer use.
There is no single electrification rebate. We apply what each item qualifies for on the quote.
Victorian Energy Upgrades discounts apply to reverse cycle heating and cooling and to heat pump hot water. More on our Clyde North heating and cooling page.
The Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan cover solar panels and inverters for eligible owner-occupiers. STCs apply to panels and to heat pump hot water.
Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent with no income test. Induction cooktops and EV chargers carry no rebate and are quoted at a fixed price.
An electric house touches the switchboard, the roof, the plumbing and the refrigerant lines. We employ people for all of it.
More than 5,000 Melbourne homes have started their electrification with us.
A-Grade licence REC 32300, ARC licensed (AU 065299), BPC 132072, and SAA accredited for solar and batteries.
The people who plan it work for us, and so does everyone who installs it.
Whether your Clyde North home has ducted gas or no gas at all, the plan starts from what is actually there.
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Usually solar, a battery and an EV charger, and sometimes swapping the electric hot water unit for a heat pump. We check the switchboard and phase first.
In most of the earlier Clyde North homes, the ducted heater, because it uses the most gas and the swap adds refrigerated cooling. Hot water usually follows, then the cooktop.
Our default is new R1.5 insulated ducts, installed in one to two days. A Braemar Dominator keeps the existing ducts only where they cannot be replaced, which is usually a double-storey.
Not always. Plenty of home electrification Clyde North jobs work well on single-phase. Three-phase mostly matters if you want EV charging above 7kW. We confirm what the supply and board can carry at the inspection.
Yes, and most people do. The plan from the first inspection sets the order, so nothing has to be redone later.
No. Each item has its own incentive or none: VEU on heating and hot water, Solar Victoria on panels and inverters, the federal discount on batteries, and nothing on cooktops or chargers.
One visit, one written plan, every stage priced. Then you decide the order.
