Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts for the brick veneer homes of the old town, and split systems for units and extensions. Our own ARC-licensed technicians and A-Grade electricians, about 20 minutes away in Somerville. VEU discount worked into the quote.
In the streets around the Cranbourne town centre and the racecourse, the heating is usually older than the kitchen. These are brick veneer homes from the 1970s to the 1990s, and a good share still run a ducted gas heater that has been repaired more than once, pushing air through flexible duct that has sat in a hot roof for decades. Cooling, where there is any, is a box in a window or one split in the lounge.
The good news is the shape of the house. Single storey, a pitched tile roof and a roof space you can crawl through mean nothing is out of reach. So the job is done in full: the gas heater and every old duct come out, a ducted reverse cycle unit goes in, and new R1.5 insulated ducts sized for that unit run to each room. The same outlets that warm the house in July cool it in January, and the heating runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating.
Two things are worth knowing before you ring. A ducted system needs its own circuit, and an original Cranbourne switchboard often cannot give it one without an upgrade, which we quote in the same price. And the estates that surround the old town have younger heaters and, in places, two storeys, which can change the design. We cover all of it, with the other trades we bring to Cranbourne.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense equipment. Refrigeration, ductwork and wiring are all done by Powerband staff.
Gas heater out of the roof, old ducts out with it, and a ducted reverse cycle unit installed on new R1.5 insulated ducts. The outdoor unit sits on a pad or wall bracket along the side of the house. This is the default for a single-storey Cranbourne home.
The new system draws its power from a dedicated circuit. Where the board is original we replace it, fit safety switches and leave room for later additions such as a heat pump hot water unit or solar.
An AirTouch 5 controller splits the house into zones with a temperature sensor in each. In a three-bedroom home that usually means living, main bedroom and the other bedrooms, so empty rooms are not heated all day.
For units and villas near the town centre, a back extension the ducts never reached, or a house with no usable roof space. Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense wall units, each installed in a few hours.
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. One is up the road in Narre Warren South, one is in Berwick and one is across town in Cairnlea.
A family home fitted with a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system, R1.5 insulated ductwork and 16 round ceiling outlets. AirTouch 5 divides it into six zones.
An 18kW Mitsubishi Electric ducted unit replaced the gas system, with ducting run to ten vents and seven AirTouch 5 zones. That job carried a $6,300 rebate.
The route we take only where ducts cannot be replaced. The gas system was decommissioned and a 16kW Braemar Dominator connected to the existing ductwork and vents, with AirTouch 5 zone and temperature sensors. It carried a $6,000 rebate.
Ducted reverse cycle with new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days on site.
We crawl the roof space, measure the runs, find the return air path and open the switchboard. That visit decides the whole quote.
The unit is sized from the rooms, windows and insulation, not copied from the badge on the old gas heater.
Unit, ducts, outlets, zoning, electrical work and the VEU discount, as one fixed figure.
The old heater and ducts are removed and taken away. New unit, new R1.5 ducts, outdoor unit and dedicated circuit go in.
Airflow is balanced to each room, both modes are run, and the AirTouch is set up on your phone.
One discount up front, then a smaller heating bill every winter after.
Reverse cycle heating runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating, and the same unit replaces whatever you were using to cool the house.
Cranbourne is in the VEU area. Reverse cycle heating and cooling qualifies, and the discount is largest when it replaces gas heating. We work it out for your house and take it off the quote.
A single-storey tile roof is about the easiest place to put panels. Once the heating is electric, solar and a battery in Cranbourne can carry much of it.
An older house needs more than a new box on a pad. It needs the trades around it.
Board upgrades and the dedicated circuit are done by our own A-Grade electricians under REC 32300, as part of the same job.
ARC authorisation AU 065299 and BPC 132072. The people who pipe and commission your system are ours.
We do not hang a new unit on decades-old gas duct when the roof space lets us replace it. In single-storey Cranbourne homes it nearly always does.
Our depot is 17 km away. If a room runs warm or cool in the first week, we come back and rebalance it.
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If it needs a major part, replace. Money spent on an old gas heater buys a few more winters of high running cost and still no cooling. A reverse cycle system on new ducts gives you both, with a VEU discount on the install.
Gas heating ducts are sized for warm air and, in a roof that age, are often split, crushed or barely insulated. Cooling needs more airflow and better insulation. In a single-storey home we can reach every run, so we replace them with new R1.5 insulated ducts.
Only if the existing one cannot safely take a dedicated circuit. Many original Cranbourne boards cannot. We check on the first visit and the cost is in the fixed quote, not added later.
Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days. We plan the changeover so the gap between the old heater and the new system is as short as we can make it.
Usually not. Without a usable roof space, one or two split systems or a multi-head will heat and cool it for less. Each split takes a few hours to install.
Cranbourne is inside the Victorian Energy Upgrades area. Whether a particular job qualifies depends on the property and on what is being replaced. We confirm it in writing before you agree to anything.
We check the roof space, ducts and switchboard, then put the unit, ductwork, zoning and after-VEU price in writing. No obligation.
