In older Keysborough that means a worn-out ducted gas heater replaced with reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts. In Keysborough South it means getting a big two-storey home comfortable on both floors. Our own ARC-licensed crew does both.
Heating calls from Keysborough come in two kinds. From the older streets, the brick veneers built through the 1970s and 1980s, it is usually a ducted gas heater that has failed or been condemned, in a house that has never had proper cooling. From Keysborough South it is more often a comfort complaint: a large home built since about 2010, heating that works well enough, and an upstairs that is stifling in summer and hard to balance in winter.
The older homes are the simpler job and suit the best version of it. They are single storey with an accessible roof space, so the gas heater and its ducts come out together and a ducted reverse cycle system goes in on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the unit. The house ends up with one quiet electric system that heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating and cools the whole place as well.
In the newer estates we look harder at the building. Some homes there were built ready to run all-electric and only need the right equipment. Others have gas ducted heating with ducts enclosed between the two floors, and an add-on cooler that never coped upstairs. Zoning, a correctly sized unit and sometimes a split system for one stubborn room make the difference. Details of our other services in Keysborough are on the suburb page.
Equipment from Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, controlled through AirTouch 5.
For the 1970s and 80s homes. We remove the gas heater and all the old ductwork, install a ducted reverse cycle unit in the roof and run new R1.5 insulated ducts to every room. A new return air grille and a dedicated electrical circuit are part of the job.
Keysborough South homes have a lot of rooms and a lot of glass. AirTouch 5 divides the house into zones with a temperature sensor in each, so upstairs and downstairs run independently and empty rooms are not conditioned.
If a two-storey home has ducts between the floors that cannot be reached or replaced, a Braemar Dominator is fitted in the position of the gas heater. It keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow through them. It is the exception, used when new ducts are not possible.
A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split system for an upstairs bedroom wing, a home office or a unit takes a few hours to install. Multi-head systems run several indoor units from a single outdoor unit where outside space is limited.
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 is in Keysborough. They are in Narre Warren South, Berwick and Doreen, and each one matches a kind of house we see here.
A family home in Narre Warren South fitted with a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system, R1.5 insulated ductwork and 16 round outlets. AirTouch 5 splits it into six zones. The owner has said solar and a battery are next.
In Doreen, in Melbourne's north, one job replaced gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop: a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system with 12 vents and seven AirTouch 5 zones, a Reclaim heat pump and an induction cooktop.
A Berwick home where the existing ducts and vents were kept. The gas ducted system was decommissioned and a 16kW Braemar Dominator installed with AirTouch 5 zones and sensors, with a $6,000 rebate on the job.
No salesperson and no handover between contractors.
Roof space, existing heater and ducts, the outdoor unit location and the switchboard. In two-storey homes we find out where the downstairs ducts run.
Heating and cooling loads are worked out for each room, which sets the unit capacity and the duct sizes.
We mark up the floor plan with you so the zones follow how the household lives.
Equipment, ductwork, zoning, electrical work and the VEU discount, all on one page.
Typically one to two days for ducted on new R1.5 ducts. We test heating and cooling, balance each outlet and set up the app.
We do not quote a discount until we have confirmed the house qualifies.
Reverse cycle can run on power from your own roof, which gas never could. If panels are on the list, see solar and battery in Keysborough and we will size them for the heating.
The VEU program discounts efficient reverse cycle heating and cooling. The discount is at its largest when the new system replaces gas heating, which is the typical older Keysborough job.
Many older homes here have no real cooling. The reverse cycle system that replaces the heater provides it, so there is no second system to buy.
A ducted system is only as good as the ducts, the sizing and the commissioning.
An oversized unit short-cycles and an undersized one never catches up. We work the load out room by room.
New R1.5 insulated ducts are in every quote for a home where they can be changed. Reusing gas ducts is not our normal practice.
ARC authorisation AU 065299, BPC 132072 and REC 32300. Refrigeration, mechanical and electrical work are all done in-house.
Our depot is in Somerville. If a zone needs adjusting once the weather turns, we come back and do it.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441 and a technician will help.
You can replace it with ducted reverse cycle, which heats and cools from one system. In a single-storey home that means the old heater and ducts are removed and new R1.5 insulated ducts go in with the new unit. We can usually inspect and quote quickly when a heater has failed.
Not always. Sometimes zoning and rebalancing solve it, sometimes one or two split systems upstairs are the practical fix, and sometimes the existing system is simply the wrong size. We look at it and give you the least costly option that will work.
Yes. If there is roof space for the indoor unit and ducts, we design the system from scratch with new R1.5 insulated ducts and zoning. The switchboard in a recent home will generally take the circuit without changes.
Not as a rule. Old gas ducts are replaced with new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the reverse cycle unit. The one exception is where ducts cannot be replaced, usually in a double-storey home, and there we use a Braemar Dominator.
Modern inverter units are quiet in normal running. Placement still matters on narrow estate lots, so we choose a position away from bedroom windows and the neighbour's living areas and confirm it with you first.
A split system is installed in a few hours. A ducted reverse cycle system on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days.
We inspect the heater, ducts, roof space and switchboard, then send a written quote with the system, zones and price after the VEU discount. No obligation.
