Weatherboards, brick veneers and units each need a different system. We check what your house runs on now, then fit split, multi-head or ducted reverse cycle with outdoor units protected against Western Port salt. ARC-licensed technicians, 13 minutes away in Somerville.
There is no standard Hastings heating job, because there is no standard Hastings house. The older streets near the foreshore and the main street have 1960s and 1970s weatherboards, many with low-pitched roofs and little ceiling space. Further back are brick homes from the 1980s and 1990s with a proper roof cavity. Around and between them are units and villas, and on the edges, newer estate homes.
They are heated in just as many ways: a ducted heater in the roof, a space heater on the lounge wall, a wood fire, an old box air conditioner, or some combination. So we do not assume. At the site visit we check what the house runs on, what condition it is in and what it costs you, and we design from there. Whatever the starting point, the answer is reverse cycle, which costs around a third of the running cost of gas heating and gives the house cooling as well.
Being a Western Port town adds one more consideration. Salt carries in from the water and shortens the life of an unprotected outdoor coil, so on streets near the marina and foreshore we fit units with corrosion-protected outdoor coils and put them on the sheltered side of the house. More about what we do in Hastings.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, installed by our own refrigeration technicians and electricians.
Where there is a ducted heater in the roof now, it comes out along with its old ducts. A ducted reverse cycle unit goes in on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to that unit, with a new return air grille. Ducted on new ducts is typically one to two days on site.
A low roof with no room to crawl is no place for ductwork. A multi-head system runs several indoor units from one outdoor unit, so the lounge and the bedrooms are each covered and only one box sits outside in the weather.
A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense wall unit in the living area, and a second in the main bedroom if you want it. Each takes a few hours to install. We place the outdoor unit with the neighbours' windows in mind as well as yours.
Corrosion-protected outdoor coils as standard near the foreshore, with Hisense Golden Fin on ducted systems. Brackets and fixings are chosen for salt air, and the unit goes out of the prevailing wind wherever the block allows.
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 not written up a Hastings heating job yet. These three show the approaches we would bring here.
Across the Peninsula in Mount Martha, heating, hot water and cooking all went electric, with 32 Jinko panels and 24.18kWh of Sigenergy storage behind them. The monthly bill fell from $302 to $148.
A gas ducted system was decommissioned in Cairnlea and an 18kW Mitsubishi Electric ducted unit installed, feeding ten vents in seven AirTouch 5 zones. That job carried a $6,300 rebate.
A Berwick owner had a 16kW Braemar Dominator fitted on AirTouch 5 with two zones, and 30.6kWh of battery storage in the same job, so the house is heated after dark with power made that day.
Nothing is priced until we have seen the house.
We identify the existing heater and fuel, check its condition, and look at the ceiling space, the walls and the switchboard.
You get a recommendation for your house type and the reasoning behind it. Each room is sized on its own.
Brand, model, capacity and where every unit goes, with any VEU discount you qualify for already taken off.
A few hours for a split system. Typically one to two days for ducted reverse cycle with new R1.5 ducts. A dedicated circuit is run from the board.
Both modes are run before we leave, the controller or app is set up, and you are shown how to use the timers.
Part of it comes off the install price and the rest shows up on the bills.
Reverse cycle is an electric load that a solar system can carry through the day and a battery can carry after dark. We design both. See solar and battery in Hastings.
The VEU program discounts efficient reverse cycle heating and cooling, and the discount is largest when the new system replaces gas heating. What you qualify for depends on what is in the house now, which is one reason we check it first.
A reverse cycle system replaces the heater and the old air conditioner with a single unit. One thing to run, one thing to service.
We are based at Speedwell Street, Somerville, about nine kilometres from Hastings.
No assumptions about fuel, ducts or roof space. The system is chosen after we have seen all three.
ARC authorisation AU 065299, BPC 132072 and REC 32300. The pipework, the mechanical work and the wiring are done by Powerband employees.
Corrosion-protected outdoor coils are how we quote homes near the Hastings foreshore, not an upgrade to haggle over.
If a head needs adjusting or a zone needs a tweak after the first cold snap, we are 13 minutes away.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0466 355 441 and you will speak to a technician.
The existing heater and what it runs on, the ceiling space, any ducts, the rooms you want covered, the spots available for an outdoor unit and the switchboard. That tells us whether splits, a multi-head or ducted is the right job.
A ducted reverse cycle unit on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to it. The old heater and old ducts are removed. Only where ducts cannot be replaced, which is mostly a double-storey problem, do we use a Braemar Dominator that keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow.
Yes, with a multi-head or split systems. Indoor units mount high on the wall and the pipework runs outside or through the wall, so no ceiling access is needed.
Usually not at all for split systems, which take a few hours each. A ducted change with new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days, and we plan it so you are not left cold overnight where we can avoid it.
It corrodes unprotected coils over time. Near the water we fit units with corrosion-protected outdoor coils, use salt-rated fixings and choose a sheltered position.
Each system needs its own circuit. Older Hastings boards sometimes have no room or no safety switches, and where an upgrade is needed it is included in the fixed price.
We visit, check what the house runs on, and send a written quote with the system, the positions and the price after any VEU discount. No obligation.
