Earlier estate homes still run ducted gas, a gas tank and a gas cooktop. Newer ones were built all-electric. We plan the right next steps for either, and our own electricians, plumbers and refrigeration techs do every part.
Cranbourne North has grown in stages, and the stage your street was built in decides where you start. The earlier estates were plumbed for mains gas: a ducted gas heater in the roof, a gas hot water service on the side wall, a gas cooktop, and on many homes an evaporative cooler for summer. The newest streets were built after Victoria's all-electric rule, so there is no gas to remove, only an electric house to make cheaper to run.
For the gas homes, home electrification Cranbourne North style usually begins with the ducted heater. Replacing it with ducted reverse cycle gives one system that heats and cools, at around a third of the running cost of gas heating. We fit new R1.5 insulated ducts sized for the new unit as standard, typically over one to two days, then the heat pump hot water and induction cooktop follow. Most switchboards here are modern, but every one is checked before we quote.
For the all-electric homes, the work is solar, a battery and an EV charger, sized for what the house really uses. Either way, we plan it in one visit so each step builds on the last. More about our Cranbourne North work.
Pick the ones your home needs. We plan them as one system either way.
The biggest change for an older estate home. A Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense ducted system on new R1.5 ducts heats and cools every room, with AirTouch 5 zoning so bedrooms and living areas run separately. Only where a two-storey duct run cannot be replaced do we keep it, with a Braemar Dominator.
An Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier heat pump replaces the gas tank on the side wall, normally in one day. An induction cooktop goes in on its own circuit. That leaves no gas appliances in the house.
An all-electric house uses more power in the evening and in winter. Jinko or Aiko panels on the tile roof and a Sigenergy or GoodWe battery carry that load from your own generation.
An EV charger on its own protected circuit in the garage finishes the picture. The switchboard is checked first, and any upgrade is in the fixed price for the stage that needs it.
The full range is on our products page.
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.
No Cranbourne North electrification write-up yet. These three show the pieces coming together in Berwick, Doreen and Mordialloc.
Just up the road in Berwick, a five-bedroom all-electric home runs on 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 Melbourne in Doreen, gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop were replaced by one team in one job: 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle through 12 vents and seven AirTouch 5 zones, a Reclaim CO2 heat pump and induction.
In Mordialloc, 28 Jinko panels on tile and a 24.96kWh GoodWe battery by the switchboard went in together with an induction cooktop on its own circuit, replacing the gas cooktop.
We have helped 5,000+ Melbourne homes start on electrification. The plan comes first.
Every gas appliance, the roof space and ducts, the roof faces, the switchboard, the garage and how you use the house.
The board decides what can be added and when. We price any upgrade at the start.
Older gas homes usually go heating, hot water, solar and battery, then cooking. All-electric homes go straight to solar, battery and EV.
A fixed figure per item with its own incentive shown, so you can stage it or do it all at once.
Our own crew installs each stage, sets up apps and timers and issues the certificates.
They do not stack on one item, so it helps to see them laid out.
Victorian Energy Upgrades discounts apply only to reverse cycle heating and cooling and heat pump hot water. The heating side is covered on heating and cooling in Cranbourne North.
Batteries get the Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent with no income test. STCs apply to solar panels and heat pump hot water. Induction cooktops and EV chargers have no rebate.
For eligible owner-occupiers, the Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan cover solar panels and inverters only. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan.
Electrification touches four trades. Ours are all on staff.
REC 32300, ARC licensed AU 065299, BPC 132072 and SAA accredited. Nothing subcontracted.
We will not quote a gas swap on a house that never had gas, or skip the heater on one that does.
New R1.5 insulated ducts are standard. A Braemar Dominator is reserved for two-storey runs we cannot reach.
Over 20+ years in the trade across Melbourne, from switchboards to heat pumps to batteries.
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Ducted reverse cycle does both jobs, heating and cooling, from one system on new R1.5 insulated ducts. We look at the roof space and existing equipment at the site visit and plan the swap around it.
The gas is already gone, so the focus is lowering the running cost: solar sized to the house, a battery for the evening and an EV charger if you drive one. We also check whether the hot water and heating are efficient types.
No. We plan the whole house at the first inspection and price it by stage. You choose the timing, and nothing is redone later.
None. Induction cooktops and EV chargers have no rebate. They are fixed-price items.
Many in Cranbourne North have the space, but adding heating, hot water, induction and an EV charger is a lot of new load. We check it first and include any upgrade in the price of the stage that needs it.
When the last gas appliance goes, you can stop paying for a gas connection you no longer use.
One whole-house inspection, then a written plan priced by stage, incentives shown. No obligation.
