A typical Lyndhurst home has a gas ducted heater for winter and an evaporative cooler for summer. A single ducted reverse cycle system on new R1.5 insulated ducts does both jobs. Fitted by our ARC-licensed crew, with the VEU discount worked into the quote.
When the Lyndhurst estates went up between about 2005 and 2015, the standard package was a ducted gas heater in the roof and, as often as not, an evaporative cooler on top of it. That means two machines, two sets of ducts, and two things to service. The heaters are now between ten and twenty years old, which is the age at which fan motors, control boards and heat exchangers start to give trouble.
Evaporative cooling has its own limits. It needs windows open, it struggles on humid days, and it does nothing in winter. When the gas heater needs replacing, most Lyndhurst owners take the chance to move to a single ducted reverse cycle system. It heats at around a third of the running cost of gas heating and gives refrigerated cooling with the house closed up. The old gas ducts come out and new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit go in.
The double-storey homes need a closer look, because part of the duct system may run between the floors. We check that before recommending anything. Smaller homes and townhouses near the main roads sometimes suit split systems better than ducted. Whichever applies, the quote covers it alongside the other services we offer in Lyndhurst.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense units. AirTouch 5 handles the zoning.
The indoor unit sits in the roof space where the gas heater was, with the outdoor unit on a pad or bracket outside. New R1.5 insulated ducts run to every room, and outlets are moved where the old positions would not suit cooling.
Gas systems in these estates often use small outlets and a single return. Cooling moves more air, so we resize the outlets and the return air path to keep the system quiet and the rooms even.
A Lyndhurst family home usually has a front lounge, a rear family room and three or four bedrooms. Each becomes a zone with its own sensor, so the system is not conditioning empty rooms.
Where ducts between floors cannot be replaced, a Braemar Dominator keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow through them. For townhouses without a workable roof space, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense split systems go in within a few hours each.
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.
No Lyndhurst heating job has been written up yet. The closest is in nearby Narre Warren South.
In nearby Narre Warren South, a family home was fitted with a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system on R1.5 insulated ductwork. Six AirTouch 5 zones give the lounge, the study and the children's bedrooms their own settings.
A gas ducted system in Berwick was decommissioned and a 16kW Braemar Dominator connected to the existing ducts and vents, with AirTouch 5 zones and temperature sensors. That job carried a $6,000 rebate.
In an estate of similar age on the other side of the city, the gas ducted system was decommissioned and an 18kW Mitsubishi Electric unit installed with ten vents on seven AirTouch 5 zones. The rebate on that job was $6,300.
Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days on site.
The gas heater, its ducts and outlets, the evaporative unit and its separate ducts, and how much working room the roof space leaves.
New R1.5 ducts throughout in a single-storey home. In a double-storey home we establish which runs can be reached.
Calculated from the rooms themselves, with zones laid out around living and sleeping areas.
The gas heater is decommissioned as part of qualifying. The price you see already has the discount taken off.
Old heater and ducts out, new system in on a dedicated circuit, airflow balanced and the AirTouch 5 set up on your phone.
There are two savings: the discount on the day, and lower bills from then on.
A single reverse cycle system replaces the work of the heater and the cooler. There is one unit to service and one controller to learn.
Reverse cycle is an electrical load, so solar can carry it. If the roof is small, storage helps: see how a Lyndhurst solar and battery system was built around a large battery.
Lyndhurst falls within the VEU area. Replacing a gas ducted heater with efficient reverse cycle attracts the largest discount under the scheme, and we deduct it on the quote.
The cheap way to do this job is to bolt a new unit onto old gas ducts. It shows up the first hot week.
We fit new R1.5 insulated ducts as standard, because airflow that was adequate for gas heating is not adequate for refrigerated cooling.
Lyndhurst is a short run up the Western Port Highway from the depot, so site visits and follow-ups are easy to schedule.
ARC authorisation AU 065299 for refrigerant work, BPC 132072 for mechanical services, REC 32300 for the electrical. All held by Powerband.
Hot water, cooktop, solar and battery are our work too, so the heating is designed as the first step and not a dead end.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
More questions? Phone 0466 355 441. A technician answers.
Yes. Ducted reverse cycle heats in winter and provides refrigerated cooling in summer through one set of ducts, so the house no longer depends on either of the old systems.
It is not needed once the reverse cycle system is running. What is done with the unit itself varies from house to house, so raise it at the site visit and we will tell you what we can and cannot do.
It works with the windows shut, holds a set temperature and keeps working on humid days, which is when evaporative cooling falls away. It does use more electricity than an evaporative fan, which is why many owners pair it with solar.
No, not where they can be replaced. New R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit are standard. A Braemar Dominator on existing ducts is used only where runs cannot be reached, usually in double-storey homes.
Waiting usually means replacing it in the middle of winter with no time to plan. Doing it on your own schedule lets you choose the system, line up the VEU discount and avoid a week without heating.
Ducted reverse cycle with new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days. We aim to have the new system running before we leave.
We inspect both existing systems, the roof space and the switchboard, then send a fixed written quote with the unit, ducts, zones and after-VEU price. No obligation.
