No mains gas on many properties means LPG deliveries, a wood heater or old wall units. We replace them with split, multi-head and ducted reverse cycle systems from Mitsubishi Electric, Hisense and Braemar, installed by our own ARC-licensed technicians 18 minutes from Somerville.
Most heating pages for this side of Melbourne talk about replacing a ducted gas heater. In Cranbourne South that is the less common job. The gas main does not reach many of the acreage and lifestyle properties here, so houses are heated with LPG bottles feeding a ducted or space heater, with a wood fire, or with split systems that went in fifteen years ago. Each has a cost that is easy to overlook: bottle deliveries, cutting and stacking, or a compressor that is well past its best.
Reverse cycle suits these homes well. There is no fuel to order, it cools the house through a north wind in January, and for the heat delivered it uses a fraction of the energy an LPG heater burns. On a property with solar on the shed or the house roof, a good part of the daytime running comes from that. The design depends on the building: a long, single-level homestead with a roof space can take a ducted system on new R1.5 insulated ducts, while a home with raked ceilings or extensions is better served by a multi-head.
Rural properties also have more than one building to think about. A studio, a second dwelling, a tack room or a workshop office usually wants its own small split, and the distance from the switchboard decides how that circuit is run. We look at the whole property in one visit, along with the other work we do in Cranbourne South.
Every system is sized room by room. Refrigeration, ductwork and electrical are done by Powerband employees.
One Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense outdoor unit running several indoor heads. It suits homesteads with wings and extensions where a single duct layout would be awkward, and it lets the lounge and the bedrooms run at different times.
Where the house has a usable roof space and you want every room on one controller, we install a ducted unit with new R1.5 insulated ducts, outlets and a return air grille. If an LPG ducted heater is there now, it and its ducts are removed first.
A wall-mounted split for an office in the shed, a studio or a second dwelling. Each takes a few hours to fit. We check the sub-board or run a new circuit from the main board if the outbuilding supply is too light.
Wall units that are noisy, slow to heat or on an old refrigerant are swapped for current inverter models. Existing pipe routes and circuits are reused where they are sound, which keeps the job short.
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.
None of these three is in Cranbourne South. They are here because the work matches what properties in this suburb ask us for.
A double-storey home on the southern Peninsula went from gas heating, hot water and cooking to all electric in one project. Split systems now heat and cool it, the supply was rewired to three phase, and 17.1kW of solar with 32kWh of Sigenergy storage carries the load.
In Melbourne's east, two worn split system units were replaced and a condensation pump added during a 12.35kW solar and 24.18kWh battery install, with an iStore heat pump for the hot water. One crew, one visit.
For homes that want every room on one system, this job in Melbourne's west shows the ducted route: an 18kW Mitsubishi Electric unit, ten vents and seven AirTouch 5 zones in place of a gas ducted heater. It carried a $6,300 rebate.
Split systems take a few hours each. A ducted system on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days.
LPG, wood, electric or a mix. We note what it costs you in bottles, timber and effort as well as power.
Ceiling type, roof space, insulation and how each room is used, for the house and any shed, studio or second dwelling.
Single or three-phase, the state of the main board and sub-boards, and the cable run to each outdoor unit.
Ducted, multi-head or splits with the reason for the choice, the capacity of each unit and any VEU discount shown.
Our technicians fit and commission the system, then show you the controller, timers and filter cleaning.
Homes off the gas main often spend more on heating than they realise, because the cost arrives as bottles and firewood instead of a single bill.
With the heating on reverse cycle, bottle use drops to whatever the cooktop and hot water still need. Change those as well and the deliveries stop.
Acreage has roof to spare. A shed-roof array can run the heating through a winter day and charge a battery for the evening. See solar and battery in Cranbourne South.
Cranbourne South is inside the VEU area and efficient reverse cycle systems can attract a discount. The amount depends on what is being replaced and is largest for gas heating, so we confirm your case before putting a figure on the quote.
On a rural property the electrical side decides what is possible. We are electricians first.
REC 32300 for the electrical, ARC authorisation AU 065299 for refrigeration and BPC 132072 for mechanical services. One crew, all our own staff.
A split in a shed 60 metres from the house is a cable-sizing question as much as an air conditioning one. We deal with both.
A multi-head is often the better answer in a spread-out house. You get the system that suits, with the reasoning written down.
Somerville is 18 minutes away, so a follow-up visit is a short trip and not a call-out from across town.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Something specific to your property? Call 0466 355 441 and a technician will talk it through.
In almost every case, yes. Bottled LPG is one of the dearest ways to heat a house, and reverse cycle delivers several units of heat for each unit of electricity. We can compare it against your own bottle usage at the site visit.
It can do the heating. Some owners keep the fire for the occasional cold night and let the reverse cycle do the daily work, which ends most of the cutting, stacking and ash.
If there is a roof space with room to work, yes. It is a new install with R1.5 insulated ducts, outlets and a return air grille, typically one to two days. If the ceilings are raked or the roof space is tight, a multi-head is the better route.
For larger ducted systems it does. Three-phase units spread the load across the supply and are available in bigger capacities, which suits large single-level homes.
Yes, provided the space is lined and reasonably sealed, otherwise the unit works hard for little result. We also check that the shed's supply can carry it.
Possibly. The VEU discount depends on the existing heating and the new system. It is largest for gas heater replacements, and we check where your property sits before quoting.
One visit covers the house, the outbuildings and the supply. You receive a fixed written quote with each unit, its capacity and the price after any discount. No obligation.
