Bedrooms without a unit, a ducted system with no zoning, or an earlier-stage home still heating with gas. We fit Mitsubishi Electric, Hisense and Braemar reverse cycle with our own ARC-licensed technicians and A-Grade electricians.
Clyde has been built in two chapters. Homes from the first stages, from about 2015, were connected to gas and mostly have a ducted gas heater in the roof, sometimes with evaporative cooling beside it. Homes in the most recent stages were built after the state ended gas connections for new houses, so they left the builder with reverse cycle already in place. The question we get depends entirely on which chapter your street belongs to.
In an all-electric home the system is the right type but not always the right amount. A standard build package often covers the living area and the main bedroom and stops there, or supplies a ducted unit with a single thermostat that treats the whole house as one room. The fix is small: a split in each room that was left out, or zoning added so the bedrooms are not conditioned all day.
In the gas stages the heater is still fairly young, and we will tell you if it should stay. When it does come out, the swap is to ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts, which gives the house refrigerated cooling at the same time. Either way we look before we quote. More about our local work is on the Clyde page.
The first two rows are mostly for the all-electric stages, the last two for homes on gas.
A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense wall unit in a bedroom, study or second living room the build package skipped. Each is installed in a few hours on its own circuit from the switchboard, which in a Clyde home has the room for it.
Ducted systems we install are zoned with AirTouch 5, so you set a temperature for each area and close off the ones nobody is in. In an all-electric home that control is the difference between a sensible bill and an expensive one.
For earlier-stage homes. The gas heater and its ducts are removed and a ducted reverse cycle unit goes in on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized for both heating and cooling. Where a double-storey layout means ducts cannot be replaced, a Braemar Dominator works through the existing ones.
On a small single-storey block or in a townhouse, one outdoor unit serving three or four indoor units is often neater than ducted and leaves the side path usable.
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 published a Clyde heating job yet. These three show the same kinds of work in Doreen, Surrey Hills and Narre Warren South.
On the other side of Melbourne, a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system with seven AirTouch 5 zones and 12 vents replaced gas ducted heating, and a Reclaim heat pump took over the hot water.
Two split system units were replaced, with a condensation pump added, in the same visit as 12.35kW of solar, a 24.18kWh battery and heat pump hot water. One crew and one job, not four trades.
A whole-home ducted reverse cycle system on R1.5 insulated ductwork, divided into six AirTouch 5 zones across 16 outlets. The owner started with ceiling fans from us and came back for the full system.
A split system is a few hours. Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days.
We list every unit and outlet the builder installed, note which rooms have nothing, and check whether the home is on gas.
Each room is sized on its own. A west-facing upstairs bedroom needs more than a shaded study of the same area.
Extra splits, a multi-head, or ducted with zoning, with a plain recommendation and the reason for it.
Models, capacities, unit positions and any VEU discount that applies, in writing.
Fitted, tested in both modes and connected to your phone by our own crew, with the compliance paperwork issued.
The answer differs between a gas home and an all-electric one, so we check your address and what is installed.
An all-electric house has no gas to cut, so the saving comes from not heating empty rooms. Zoning and correctly sized units do that every day.
Clyde is inside the VEU area. Efficient reverse cycle systems can attract a discount, and it is largest where gas heating is being replaced. We confirm what your home is eligible for before quoting.
Reverse cycle heating runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating, and less again on your own solar. See solar and battery in Clyde for how we size the two together.
Much of our Clyde work is one or two units. It gets the same licensed crew as a full ducted install.
A single split in a spare room is worth our time. About 20 minutes from the depot, it is easy to fit in.
ARC authorisation AU 065299 for refrigeration, BPC 132072 for mechanical services, REC 32300 for electrical.
A gas heater with years left is not something we talk you out of. We quote what the house needs now and plan the rest.
A ducted gas swap means new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the unit, with a Braemar Dominator only where existing ducts cannot be replaced.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
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Yes. We add split systems to bedrooms and studies, or a multi-head if several rooms need doing. Each split takes a few hours.
Often, but it depends on the unit and how the ducts were run. We inspect the roof space and tell you whether zoning can be added or whether another approach is better value.
Look for a gas meter at the side of the house, a gas hot water unit or a gas cooktop. If none is there, the home is all-electric. We confirm it at the visit.
Not automatically. If it runs well, adding reverse cycle cooling to the main rooms is the better first step. When the heater fails, we replace it with ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts.
VEU covers efficient reverse cycle systems and is largest when gas heating is replaced. For a home that never had gas, what applies depends on the existing system, and we check it for you.
Unlikely in Clyde, where the boards are recent. Each unit goes on its own circuit and we confirm the capacity before quoting.
We see what the builder left you with, measure the rooms and send a written quote with models and price. No obligation.
