Our plumbers and electricians replace gas storage and instantaneous units with Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier heat pumps, normally in a single day. The VEU discount and STCs come off before you see the price.
Cranbourne North splits into two kinds of house when it comes to hot water. The earlier estates were connected to mains gas and handed over with a gas hot water service on the side wall, either a storage tank or an instantaneous unit. Many of those have already been replaced once and are coming up for replacement again. The newest streets were built after the all-electric rule, so their hot water is already electric of some kind.
For the gas homes, the side setback is the practical constraint. On a compact estate lot the path between the house and the fence is narrow, the neighbour's bedroom window may be a few metres away, and the existing tank sits wherever the gas line came in. When we quote hot water systems Cranbourne North owners need to know the heat pump will fit that path, leave room to walk past it and sit sensibly near the windows. We measure all of that before we recommend a unit.
A heat pump makes hot water with about a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit, and if the roof has solar it can be timed to run in the middle of the day. Homes that already went electric with an old element tank gain too. See the rest of what we do in Cranbourne North.
Four heat pump brands, each with a reason to pick it. All plumbed and wired by Powerband staff.
The Australian-made Reclaim is a split unit. The tank and the outdoor heat pump can be placed separately, which helps when the side path is too tight for a tall all-in-one unit plus room to walk past.
A 270L all-in-one unit that usually stands where the old gas tank was, using the existing water connections. A straightforward choice for the typical family of four to six.
The All-In-One Pro comes in 220L, 270L and 320L. The 320L suits a large family or a home with more than one bathroom busy at the same time.
The Haier 500 Series monoblock comes in 200L, 250L and 330L, so it covers both a couple in a smaller house and a big family with two bathrooms.
The full range is on our products page.
The Emerald All-In-One Pro heat pump, app-controlled, in 220L, 270L and 320L sizes.
An Australian-made split heat pump, with the tank and the outdoor unit able to sit apart.
The iStore 270L all-in-one heat pump, a common straight swap for a family-sized gas tank.
The Haier 500 Series monoblock heat pump water heater, in 200L, 250L and 330L sizes.
We have not written up a Cranbourne North hot water job yet. These three are from Cranbourne West, Berwick and Langwarrin.
Next door in Cranbourne West, a 250 litre Reclaim heat pump went in with 24 Aiko Neostar panels and three SigenStor modules on a single-phase Sigenergy hybrid. The owner chose not to wait until he had saved for it.
A few suburbs over in Berwick, a heat pump hot water unit went in alongside 34 Jinko panels on tile and an 18.08kWh Sigenergy battery behind bollards. The main switchboard was upgraded and cement sheeting added to bring the job up to standard.
In Langwarrin, a busy family home had a 270L iStore heat pump designed in with 21.85kW of Jinko solar, a 45.2kWh Sigenergy battery behind an upgraded garage switchboard and an EV charger.
Plumber and electrician arrive together. A gas to heat pump swap is normally done in one day.
Width, clearance to windows and the fence, the slab or ground underneath, and how the tank gets in.
A 270L to 300L tank suits a family of four to six with normal use. We go up or down from there based on your household.
VEU and STCs are taken off at the point of sale and lodged by us, so the quote shows the price you pay.
Old unit drained and removed, heat pump set in place, plumbed and wired on its own circuit, then commissioned.
With solar on the roof we time it for the middle of the day. Without, we set it to suit your tariff.
Two schemes, both applied for you.
Heat pump hot water earns small-scale technology certificates, the same scheme that applies to solar panels. They come off the quote at the point of sale.
A VEU discount on eligible heat pump hot water, at its largest when it replaces gas. We lodge it and it is already off the price you see.
If you have panels, timing the heat pump to the day makes the most of them. If you are adding solar, see solar and battery in Cranbourne North to size them together.
Heat pump hot water needs both trades. Ours turn up on the same day.
BPC 132072 and REC 32300. No subcontractor booked for a different week.
We ask how many people, bathrooms and showers a day before suggesting a size.
An ageing gas unit is replaced with a heat pump built for the next decade, not patched for another season.
Our Somerville depot is about 20 minutes from Cranbourne North, so a visit is easy to arrange.
Live Google reviews. Look for the heat pump hot water jobs.
Ring 0466 355 441 with anything else.
Usually. We measure it and check walking room and airflow. If an all-in-one unit would block the path, a Reclaim split unit lets the tank and heat pump sit in different places.
Yes. The heat pump needs a spot for a tank where the instantaneous unit hung on the wall, so we find the best position at the site visit and plumb to it.
A 270L to 300L tank suits a family of four to six with normal use. If your household uses a lot more, we will size up.
A heat pump makes hot water with about a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit.
No. The incentives for heat pump hot water are the VEU discount and federal STCs, both taken off the quote and lodged by us.
If it is an element tank, a heat pump uses far less electricity for the same hot water, and with solar it can run mostly in the day. We will tell you honestly if yours is already efficient.
A site visit to measure up, then a fixed written price with VEU and STCs already deducted. No obligation.
