Ducted reverse cycle designed for the estate homes of Cranbourne East, single and double storey, with AirTouch 5 zoning so each level is controlled on its own. ARC-licensed technicians and A-Grade electricians from Somerville. VEU discount on the quote.
Anyone who has lived in a double-storey house with one ducted gas heater knows the pattern, and Hunt Club and Mayfield have plenty of those houses. Warm air rises, the upstairs bedrooms overheat and the downstairs living area never quite gets there. In summer it reverses: the top floor is the hot one, and whatever cooling the builder fitted is fighting it. One thermostat in a hallway cannot manage two levels.
The heaters themselves are not ancient. Cranbourne East was built from about 2008, so the oldest are in their mid to late teens and many are younger. That gives owners a choice people in older suburbs often do not have: plan the move to reverse cycle on your own timing, not in the week the heater stops in July. A ducted reverse cycle system heats at around a third of the running cost of gas heating, cools through the same outlets, and with zoning treats each floor separately.
How we do it depends on the house. A single-storey home gets new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit, because the whole roof space can be reached. In a double-storey home the ducts feeding the ground floor are often sealed between the levels and cannot be replaced, and that is the case for a Braemar Dominator, which keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow through them. We check which you have before quoting, as part of our wider work in Cranbourne East.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, with AirTouch 5 control, installed by our own crew.
The gas heater and its ducts are removed and a ducted reverse cycle unit goes in on new R1.5 insulated ductwork, with the outdoor unit on a pad at the side of the house. Typically one to two days.
Used where the ducts cannot be replaced. The Dominator takes the place of the gas heater, connects to the ductwork already in the house and controls the airflow through it. We use it only when new ducts are not possible.
AirTouch 5 with a sensor on each level, and in each main room if you want it. Upstairs can be cooled for bedtime while downstairs is off, and the reverse in the morning.
A west-facing upstairs bedroom, a study over the garage or a theatre room often needs its own unit. A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split system is fitted in a few hours and can be added without touching the ducted system.
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 yet written up a heating job in Cranbourne East. These three show the approaches we would bring to it.
The gas ducted system was decommissioned to qualify for the rebate and a 16kW Braemar Dominator connected to the ductwork and vents already in the house. AirTouch 5 with zone and temperature sensors controls it. Rebate on that job: $6,000.
Also in Berwick, for a young family: a 16kW Braemar Dominator on AirTouch 5 with two zones, plus a 30.6kWh battery and 6kW hybrid inverter so the heating runs on stored solar after sunset.
A double-storey home on the Peninsula taken off gas completely. Split systems replaced the gas heating, alongside heat pump hot water, induction cooking, 17.1kW of solar and a move to three-phase power.
In a two-storey home, the duct inspection decides the design.
The roof space, the space between floors where we can see into it, the heater position and the return air path.
If every duct can be reached, the design is new R1.5 ducts. If the ground-floor runs are sealed in and cannot be replaced, it is a Dominator on the existing ducts.
We plan upstairs and downstairs as separate zones at minimum, then split further where it helps.
The gas heater is decommissioned as part of the job, which is what the VEU discount for replacing gas depends on.
The system goes in, airflow is set for each outlet on both levels, and you are shown the AirTouch app.
A planned swap leaves time for a proper design and the rebate paperwork. A breakdown in July does not.
Reverse cycle heating runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating. A heater does not need to be broken for that to be worth having.
Cranbourne East is in the VEU area. The discount on reverse cycle is largest when it replaces gas heating, subject to eligibility. We confirm it for your house and apply it on the quote.
Modern boards and garages make this suburb simple for solar. See what our Cranbourne East solar and battery job achieved, then picture that system running your heating.
Two-storey ducted work goes wrong when someone guesses. We inspect, then recommend.
New R1.5 ducts are what we fit whenever the old ones can be replaced. The Braemar Dominator is kept for homes where they cannot.
Zones are planned from your floor plan with a sensor per zone, so both levels hold the temperature you set.
17 km from the depot at Speedwell Street. The crew that installs it is close enough to come back and fine-tune it.
ARC authorisation AU 065299, BPC 132072, REC 32300. Our own technicians and A-Grade electricians do all of it.
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Heat rises, the upper floor sits under the roof, and a single-zone system treats the whole house as one room. Zoning each level separately, with its own sensor, is what fixes it.
Not if running cost or poor cooling is the problem. You can also plan ahead: have the house inspected and quoted now, and make the change when it suits.
Where they can be replaced, yes, with new R1.5 insulated ducts. Where they are sealed between the floors and cannot be, we fit a Braemar Dominator, which keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow through them.
Yes, and for one or two hot bedrooms it is often the sensible fix. A split system is a few hours to install and runs independently of the ducted heating.
Yes. It is a reverse cycle system, so it heats and cools through the same ducts, and with AirTouch 5 each zone is controlled separately.
Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days. For a two-storey home we give you the time for your house in the quote.
We inspect the ductwork on both levels, the heater position and the switchboard, then send a fixed written quote with zoning and the VEU discount. No obligation.
