Heating is the largest energy cost in most Mount Martha homes and the best place to start electrifying. Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts for estate homes, multi-head and split systems for beach houses, installed by ARC-licensed technicians.
There is no single Mount Martha heating job, because there is no single Mount Martha house. Inland, the estate homes built through the 1990s and 2000s are brick, mostly single storey, with a ducted gas heater in the roof and floor or ceiling outlets in every room. Those heaters are now reaching the age where parts fail. Near the village and along the Esplanade the older beach houses have raked ceilings, little or no roof space and whatever heating has been added over the years. And the large newer homes on the hill have open-plan living areas with a lot of glass facing the afternoon sun.
The estate home gets the full ducted swap: gas heater and old ducts out, a reverse cycle unit and new R1.5 insulated ducts in. The beach house gets a multi-head or two or three split systems, because there is nowhere to run a duct. The large home is mostly a cooling and zoning problem, solved by sizing for the glass and separating the living area from the bedrooms. We check what the house runs on and what is in the roof before recommending any of them.
We also treat heating as the first move in a longer plan. The Mount Martha home in our case studies now has heating, hot water and cooking all on electricity, and heating is the part that shifts the most energy off gas. More on the other work we do in Mount Martha.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, zoned with AirTouch 5. Our own technicians and electricians do every part.
A ducted reverse cycle unit in the roof space, the outdoor unit on a pad beside the house, and new R1.5 insulated ducts and a new return air grille. The gas heater and its ducts are taken away. The home gains proper cooling, which the old system never gave it.
Raked ceilings and low roofs leave no room for ductwork. A multi-head runs the living room and bedrooms from one outdoor unit, or separate Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense splits go where they are needed. Each split is a few hours to install.
West-facing glass over the bay is what overheats these homes in summer. We size the living zone for that load, put it on its own AirTouch 5 zone and sensor, and keep the bedrooms separate so they are only conditioned at night.
Within reach of the sea breeze we choose corrosion-protected outdoor coils, such as Hisense Golden Fin on ducted units, and mount the unit on the sheltered side of the house where the layout allows it.
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.
One here in Mount Martha, plus two gas ducted replacements from elsewhere in Melbourne that show the ducted work in detail.
This Mount Martha home heats, makes hot water and cooks on electricity, with the gas line gone. 15.2kW of solar and a 24.18kWh Sigenergy battery carry the load, and the monthly bill dropped from $302 to $148.
Across town in Cairnlea, a gas ducted system was decommissioned and an 18kW Mitsubishi Electric reverse cycle unit installed, feeding ten vents in seven AirTouch 5 zones. That job carried a $6,300 rebate.
In Doreen a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system with 12 vents and seven AirTouch 5 zones replaced gas ducted heating in the same job as a Reclaim heat pump and an induction cooktop.
A ducted swap on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days. Split systems take a few hours each.
Whether there is space for ducts decides most of the design. We also check the current heater, the fuel it runs on and the switchboard.
Room sizes, ceiling heights, insulation and the amount of west-facing glass. Coastal view homes need more cooling capacity than their floor area suggests.
With reasons, and with the zones drawn on your floor plan for a ducted system.
A fixed price in writing: unit, ducts or heads, controller, electrical work and the discount.
Our crew removes the old heater and ducts on a ducted swap, fits and wires the new system, tests heating and cooling, and sets up phone control.
Do the heating first and the rest of the plan gets simpler.
Reverse cycle heating runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating. In a home that is heated for five or six months of the year, no other single change takes as much off the gas bill.
Once heating is electric, the solar and battery need to be sized for it. We design both, and the local example is on our page for solar and battery in Mount Martha.
Mount Martha is inside the VEU area. The discount applies to efficient reverse cycle systems and is at its largest when gas heating is being replaced. We confirm eligibility and take it off the quote.
A heating company replaces a heater. We look at what the whole house will run on.
Heating, heat pump hot water, induction, solar, battery and EV charging are all work we do ourselves, so the heating is designed to fit what follows.
Ducted where there is roof space and ducts to replace, multi-head or splits where there is not. We do not push one product onto every home.
ARC authorisation AU 065299, BPC 132072 and REC 32300, held by Powerband. Our own technicians and A-Grade electricians do the work.
Roughly 20 minutes. Site visits are easy to arrange, and so is a return visit to adjust zones after the first month.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441 and talk to a technician.
Usually a multi-head system or two or three split systems. Most beach houses have raked ceilings or very little roof space, so ducts are not practical, and wall units heat and cool the rooms you use without the cost of a full ducted system.
Sometimes, but we normally move to ceiling outlets on new R1.5 insulated ducts in the roof, because that suits cooling as well as heating. We look at the existing layout and explain the options at the site visit.
If the gas heater is old or failing, heating first, since it brings the running cost down straight away and tells us what the solar needs to carry. If the heater is fine, solar first and size it for the heater that is coming.
Yes, if it is sized for it. We calculate the load for that room separately and give it its own zone, so the system is not fighting the afternoon sun with capacity meant for the bedrooms.
It varies by street, so we check what your house runs on at the site visit. Mains gas, bottled LPG and wood heating all convert to reverse cycle. The design depends on whether the house already has ducts.
Yes. On a ducted swap the old heater and its ducts are taken out and removed from site by our crew as part of the job.
We visit, check the roof space and what the house runs on, and send a written quote with the system, zones and after-VEU price. No obligation.
