Split systems, multi-head and ducted reverse cycle for Western Port houses that have made do with a wood heater, a gas bottle or a plug-in fan. ARC licensed technicians and A-Grade electricians, 19 minutes away in Somerville.
A lot of Crib Point houses are heated the old-fashioned way. A wood heater in the lounge, a gas space heater on a bottle, an oil column or panel heater in a bedroom, and in summer a pedestal fan and the back door open. It works well enough for the room you sit in, and leaves the rest of the house cold in July and stuffy in January.
Because so many of these homes have never had ducts, the usual answer here is not ducted. A split system in the living area and one or two in the bedrooms, or a multi-head running several rooms from one outdoor unit, gives every room heating and cooling without opening up the ceiling. Reverse cycle runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating, and against bottled gas or a pile of firewood the comparison is usually easier still.
Where a house does have good roof space and the owner wants one system for the whole home, we build ducted reverse cycle from scratch on new R1.5 insulated ducts. Either way we start by checking what the house runs on now and what the switchboard can take. Other work we do locally is on the Crib Point page.
Mitsubishi Electric, Hisense and Braemar equipment, with AirTouch 5 zoning on ducted jobs. Refrigeration and electrical by our own people.
The simplest step up from a wood or bottle heater. A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense wall unit sized to the lounge and kitchen, fitted in a few hours, with the outdoor unit on a bracket or a pad down the side.
One outdoor unit and an indoor head in each room that needs one. Each room has its own temperature and its own remote, so the spare room stays off until someone is staying.
For homes with a usable roof space. A ducted reverse cycle unit, new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to it, ceiling outlets in each room and AirTouch 5 zoning so you condition only the rooms in use. Allow typically one to two days for the install.
Western Port air is salty near the shore. We fit corrosion-protected outdoor coils, salt-rated brackets and fixings, and put the unit where it is sheltered and easy to service.
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 do not have a Crib Point heating write-up yet. These three show the same kind of change, from the Peninsula and further afield.
Down at Blairgowrie, a double-storey house came off gas altogether. Mitsubishi Electric split systems took over the heating, alongside heat pump hot water, induction cooking and a three-phase rewire.
Across the Peninsula in Mount Martha, the heating, hot water and cooking all run on electricity now, with 15.2kW of Jinko solar and 24.18kWh of Sigenergy storage carrying the house into the evening.
In Surrey Hills, two tired split systems were replaced and a condensation pump added, in the same job as the solar, battery and an iStore heat pump.
Each split system goes in within a few hours. A new ducted system with R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days of work.
We see how each room is heated now, which ones get cold or hot, and how the house is used through the day.
A reverse cycle system needs its own circuit. We check the board, and whether the house is single or three-phase.
We recommend one and explain why, based on the rooms, the roof space and where an outdoor unit can sit.
Brand, capacity, positions and the after-discount figure in writing, so there is nothing to work out later.
Installed by our own crew, run in both heating and cooling, and set up the way you want to use it.
The upfront discount is only part of it. The bigger change is what you stop buying every winter.
Once reverse cycle is doing the heating, the gas bottle swaps and the trailer loads of wood drop away or stop. You heat with electricity, at around a third of the running cost of gas heating.
Efficient reverse cycle systems can attract a VEU discount, and it is largest where the new system replaces gas heating. Eligibility depends on what comes out and what goes in, so we check it at the site visit and show it on the quote.
A reverse cycle system on a sunny winter afternoon runs largely on solar. If the roof is still empty, look at solar and batteries in Crib Point.
We recommend splits when splits will do. Ducted is only on the table when the house suits it.
ARC licensed technicians under authorisation AU 065299, BPC registration 132072 for mechanical work and REC 32300 for the electrical. One company.
Many reverse cycle quotes stop at the wall. We are electricians first, so any switchboard work is in the same fixed price.
Protected coils and salt-rated fixings near the water are part of the quote, not an extra.
Crib Point is 19 minutes from Somerville. If something needs adjusting after the first cold snap, we are not far.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. A technician answers.
A correctly sized reverse cycle unit heats steadily all evening without anyone feeding it, and spreads warmth further than a wood heater in the corner. We size each unit to the room and the insulation.
Not much for the install. It does usually make the running-cost case stronger, because bottled gas is an expensive way to heat. We check what is there and plan around it.
Often one in the living area and one or two in the bedrooms, or a multi-head covering the same rooms from one outdoor unit. It depends on the floor plan, which we walk through with you.
Yes, if the roof space has room for the unit and the duct runs. We install new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the system, with AirTouch 5 zoning. If the roof will not suit it, we tell you.
Each system needs its own circuit, and older boards sometimes need work first. We check at the site visit and include any upgrade in the fixed price.
Many people do, for the look of it or for a cold snap. Reverse cycle handles the day-to-day heating, and the wood heater becomes optional.
We walk the house, check the switchboard and find the right spot for the outdoor unit, then send a written price with VEU applied. No obligation.
