Gas ducted heaters with floor vents and old wall furnaces, replaced with reverse cycle by ARC licensed technicians and our own A-Grade electricians. VEU discount shown on the quote.
A lot of Mount Waverley homes sit on stumps rather than a slab, and many of them were heated the same way for decades: a ducted gas unit pushing warm air through vents in the floor. It works for heating, because warm air rises. It works badly for cooling, which is why so many of these homes ended up with an evaporative unit on the roof or a split in the lounge as well.
When the gas heater is replaced with ducted reverse cycle, we usually run new R1.5 insulated ducts through the roof space to ceiling outlets. Cool air falls from the ceiling and spreads across the room, warm air still reaches the floor with good outlets and zoning, and the old underfloor ducts can be retired. Heating then costs around a third of what gas did to run. Whether the roof space suits it is something we check on site, not something we assume.
Units, townhouses and older weatherboards near the village often have no roof room for ducts, and splits or a multi-head are the better answer there. We service Mount Waverley from our Somerville depot, about 50 minutes away, and the advice is the same either way. More on our work in Mount Waverley.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, AirTouch 5 zoning, and the electrical work by our own crew.
The gas heater comes out, a ducted reverse cycle unit goes in, and new R1.5 insulated ducts run through the roof to ceiling outlets in each room. One system for both seasons, sized to the house rather than to the old heater.
Underfloor ducts and floor registers from the gas system are disconnected when the new system takes over. We talk through what happens to the floor vents at the site visit so there are no surprises.
Postwar homes often have a closed-off lounge, a separate dining room and bedrooms down a hall. AirTouch 5 zones match that layout, with a sensor in each zone so you only condition the rooms in use.
For units, townhouses and weatherboards without roof space, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense wall units go in within a few hours each. A multi-head runs two to four rooms from a single outdoor unit.
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 are in Mount Waverley. They show the kinds of changeover we do, and each says where it was.
Gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop were all replaced in one job. The ducted reverse cycle system was planned room by room on the floor plan, with twelve vents across seven AirTouch 5 zones.
The gas heating came out and a Braemar Dominator 16kW ducted system went in on two AirTouch 5 zones, installed together with a home battery so the evenings run on the day's solar.
The nearest written-up job to Mount Waverley with air conditioning in it. Two split systems were replaced and a condensation pump fitted, alongside solar, a battery and heat pump hot water.
Typically one to two days on site for ducted on new ducts, a few hours per split.
We find the gas heater, follow the ducts under the floor or through the roof, and note the floor registers.
Height, access and room for the indoor unit and the new duct runs to ceiling outlets.
Ducted on new ducts, a multi-head or splits, with the reasons written down.
Unit, ducts, zones, electrical work and the after-VEU figure on one page.
Old heater out, new system in, airflow balanced at every outlet and the controller set up with you.
An old heater, an extra cooling unit and a gas bill. The swap tackles all three.
Replacing gas heating with efficient reverse cycle is where the VEU discount is largest. It comes off the install and is shown on your quote.
Reverse cycle heating costs around a third of what gas heating does to run, and the same unit handles summer cooling.
A home that is occupied during the day can run the heating largely from its own roof. See solar and batteries in Mount Waverley if you are planning both.
Floor vents, stumps and old wiring are normal here. We plan around them.
Every quote follows a look under the house and in the roof. No figures off a floor area alone.
ARC refrigerant authorisation AU 065299, BPC registration 132072 and electrical licence REC 32300, all held by Powerband.
Older boards often need work before a ducted unit goes on. Our A-Grade electricians do it in the same job.
If your home suits two or three wall units better than ducted, that is what we recommend.
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Call 0466 355 441 for anything not covered here.
In most cases we run new ducts through the roof to ceiling outlets instead, because ceiling outlets cool far better. We check the roof space first and explain the options.
They are disconnected from the old system. We go through what to do with them at the site visit so you know before the job starts.
No. A split system to take over from it usually takes a few hours to install. We set out what happens to the old furnace on the quote.
A ducted reverse cycle system takes over the cooling as well as the heating, so the evaporative unit no longer needs to run.
Sometimes not. A ducted unit needs a dedicated circuit, and an early board may need upgrading. We include that in the fixed price when it is needed.
Typically one to two days for ducted on new ducts. In winter we keep the old heater running until the new system is ready to commission where we can.
We check the old system, the roof space and the board, then send a written quote with the unit, zones and after-VEU price.
