Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts for brick homes, split and multi-head systems for beach houses, with outdoor units protected for the bay air. Installed by ARC licensed technicians and A-Grade electricians from Somerville.
A gas heater that ran a few weekends a year can last a long time. Once a Dromana house becomes a full-time home, the same heater runs every evening from May to September, and the problems show quickly: a noisy fan, uneven rooms, a bill that climbs every winter and no cooling at all when a hot northerly comes over the hill. Many of the ducted gas units in the brick homes back from the foreshore are now well past twenty years old.
For a single-storey brick home with a usable roof space, the right fix is to take the heater and the old ducts out together and fit a ducted reverse cycle unit on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to it. That is typically one to two days on site. The house gets heating and cooling from one system, and the heating costs around a third of what the gas did to run.
The fibro and weatherboard beach houses are a different job. Many have a gas wall heater or a flued space heater in the lounge, low roofs and no room for ducts, and a pair of split systems or a multi-head heats them better for less. Near the water we put outdoor units where they are sheltered and specify corrosion-protected coils. More on our Dromana work.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, with AirTouch 5 zoning. The refrigeration and the electrical work are both done by our own people.
For the brick homes with a walk-in roof space. The gas heater and its ducts come out, a new indoor unit and R1.5 insulated ducts go in, and each room gets an outlet sized for both heating and cooling.
A wall unit in the living area and one in the main bedroom covers most of the older fibro homes. Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, each installed in a few hours, with Wi-Fi control so you can warm the house before you get there.
Renovated homes with a big open living area and several bedrooms often suit one outdoor unit running three or four indoor heads. It keeps the side of the house tidy where space is tight.
Where ducts run between floors and cannot be reached, a Braemar Dominator replaces the gas heater, keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow. It is the exception, used only where new ducts are not possible.
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 have no written-up heating job in Dromana yet. These three show the jobs we would do here, and where each one was.
Just up the coast in Mount Martha, heating, hot water and cooking all went electric and the gas line went with them. Solar and a battery were fitted on one day so the heating runs on the roof.
In Cairnlea, in Melbourne's west, the gas ducted system was decommissioned and an 18kW Mitsubishi Electric ducted unit went in, with ducting run to ten vents and seven zones on AirTouch 5.
In Berwick the existing ducts could not be replaced, so a 16kW Braemar Dominator took the gas heater's place and an AirTouch 5 with zone sensors keeps the rooms even. The outdoor unit sits neatly on the brick wall.
Ducted reverse cycle on new ducts is typically one to two days. A split system is a few hours.
We check whether the roof can take new ducts, how the old heater is flued and where the outdoor unit can sit away from salt spray.
Glass facing the bay, high ceilings in renovations and old fibro walls all change the size of unit you need. We work it out room by room.
Ducted, multi-head or splits, the brand and capacity, and the price with the VEU discount already taken off.
The old gas heater is removed, the new system is installed and a dedicated circuit is run from the switchboard.
Heating and cooling are both tested, zones balanced, and the app or wall controller set up with you.
There is a discount at the start and a lower bill every winter after.
Replacing gas heating with an efficient reverse cycle system attracts the largest VEU discount. We work out the amount for your home and existing heater and show it on the quote.
Reverse cycle heating costs around a third of what gas heating does to run, which matters far more in a home that is heated every night than in a weekender.
Reverse cycle running in the middle of a sunny day uses your own solar. If you are thinking about solar and a battery in Dromana, we size it with the heating in mind.
The ducts, the refrigeration and the switchboard all decide whether a heating swap works. We do all three.
Old gas ducts are usually split, crushed or poorly insulated. We replace them with R1.5 insulated ducts and only keep them where they genuinely cannot be reached.
ARC licensed technicians under authorisation AU 065299, mechanical work under BPC 132072, electrical under REC 32300.
Outdoor units placed out of the worst of the wind and salt, with corrosion-protected coils near the water.
Close enough that a follow-up visit after the first cold snap is easy to fit in.
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More questions about heating a Dromana home? Call 0466 355 441.
Once a heater that age needs a major part, replacing it usually makes more sense. A reverse cycle system gives you cooling as well, costs less to run and attracts the VEU discount when it replaces gas heating.
Split systems or a multi-head. Most older fibro homes need one unit in the living area and one or two in the bedrooms. They go in without ducts and each takes a few hours.
Any outdoor unit near salt water needs care. We specify corrosion-protected coils, place the unit out of direct spray where we can and leave access for a hose-down.
Yes, but the glass changes the sizing. We calculate the heat load for that room on its own and either size a ducted zone for it or put a larger split system there.
Someone needs to let us in on the first morning and see the handover. For ducted work allow one to two days; for split systems, a few hours each.
Only if you still have gas hot water or a gas cooktop. Once those are electric too, you can close the gas account and stop paying the daily supply charge.
We check the roof space, the old heater and the switchboard, then put the system, capacity and after-VEU price in writing. No obligation.
