One system in place of an ageing gas heater and the evaporative cooler beside it, on new R1.5 insulated ducts, with AirTouch 5 zones for a home that is too big to run all at once. Installed by our ARC-licensed crew, VEU discount on the quote.
The estates of Narre Warren South were built in the 1990s and 2000s to a familiar recipe: a ducted gas heater in the roof for winter and, very often, an evaporative cooler on top of the roof for summer. That is two machines, two sets of ducts and two service calls. The gas heaters are now 20 to 30 years old, and evaporative cooling does little on a humid day.
A ducted reverse cycle system does both jobs from one unit. The gas heater and its ducts come out, a reverse cycle unit goes in, and new R1.5 insulated ducts are run to outlets placed for cooling as well as heating. In winter it heats at around a third of the running cost of gas heating. In summer it cools whatever the humidity, with the windows shut.
Because the homes are large, the control matters as much as the unit. We know this from doing it here: our written-up Narre Warren South job has 16 outlets split into six zones, so the family room, the lounge, the study and the bedrooms are each set separately. Many homes in the suburb are double storey, and for those we check which ducts can be renewed. More about our work in Narre Warren South.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense ducted and split systems, with AirTouch 5 control.
A ducted reverse cycle unit sized to the full house, with new R1.5 insulated ducts and new outlets. Larger homes need more outlets than the gas system had, because cool air has to be delivered where people sit and sleep, not only where the old registers were.
Zones are drawn on your floor plan: typically family and meals, formal lounge, master suite, children's bedrooms, study and rumpus. Each has a motorised damper and a sensor, and each can be set from the wall panel or a phone.
Upstairs ducts in the roof space are replaced. Where the ducts feeding downstairs are built into the house and cannot be replaced, a Braemar Dominator is fitted in the heater position to keep those ducts and control the airflow through them.
A theatre room, a study over the garage or an alfresco room that was enclosed later often sits outside the ducted layout. A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split system covers it and takes a few hours to install.
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.
The first card is a Narre Warren South home. The other two are family homes in Berwick and Doreen with the same kind of system.
The owner first had us fit ceiling fans through the house, then came back for the heating and cooling. We installed a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system on R1.5 insulated ductwork with 16 round outlets and six AirTouch 5 zones. He says solar and a battery are next.
An owner in Berwick did his sums and ordered both together: a 16kW Braemar Dominator on AirTouch 5 with two zones, and 30.6kWh of battery storage on a 6kW hybrid inverter, so stored solar runs the system at night.
A 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system with 12 vents and seven AirTouch 5 zones replaced the gas ducted heating in a Doreen home. Reclaim heat pump hot water and an induction cooktop went in as part of the same project.
With new R1.5 ducts, a ducted reverse cycle install is typically one to two days. Split systems take a few hours each.
Every room, the existing registers, the heater and its ducts, the return air path, the switchboard and a spot for the outdoor unit.
We mark up zones, outlet positions and duct sizes so you can see how the house will be divided before anything is ordered.
Capacity comes from the rooms and how many zones run together, which in a large home is rarely all of them.
The system, ducts, outlets, zoning and electrical work in one written figure, with the discount already taken off.
Old heater and ducts removed, new system in on a dedicated circuit, airflow balanced outlet by outlet, and the AirTouch set up on your phones.
The bigger the house, the more zoning and the gas saving are worth.
Narre Warren South is inside the VEU area. Efficient reverse cycle earns a discount that is largest when it replaces gas heating, and we apply it on the quote.
Heating six bedrooms and two living areas to keep three people warm is where the money goes. With zones, the system serves the rooms in use and leaves the rest alone.
The owner of our six-zone job here is planning solar and a battery next, and it is the natural follow-on. We design solar and batteries in Narre Warren South around the ducted load.
There is a written-up Narre Warren South install to read before you call anyone.
Six zones, 16 outlets and new R1.5 ducts in a Narre Warren South family home, with photos and the owner's comments.
Zones, outlet positions and duct sizes are drawn on the floor plan first. That drawing is what the installers build from.
ARC authorisation AU 065299, BPC 132072 and REC 32300. Refrigeration, ductwork and electrical are all done by Powerband employees.
New R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the unit are the default. Existing ducts are kept only where they cannot be replaced.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
More questions? Ring 0466 355 441. A technician picks up, not a call centre.
Enough to separate living areas from bedrooms and to give rooms with different sun their own control. Our job in the suburb has six. A double-storey home usually needs at least one more split, between the levels.
Yes. Ducted reverse cycle heats and cools through one set of ducts, so the house no longer depends on the evaporative unit. It also cools properly on humid days, which evaporative cooling does not.
Gas heating ducts were sized and insulated for warm air only. Cooling needs more airflow and better insulation, or the cold is lost in a hot roof. We fit R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit.
Those ducts usually cannot be replaced. For that situation we use a Braemar Dominator, which keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow through them. Ducts we can reach in the roof are still renewed.
With new R1.5 ducts it is typically one to two days. We confirm the duration for your house in the quote.
Yes, and in a home this size it is worth planning for. Daytime heating and cooling can run largely from the roof, and a battery covers the evening. We install both.
A walk-through and roof inspection, then a written quote with the zone plan, system size, duct scope and the price after VEU. No obligation.
