A-Grade electricians who do the whole job: solar and batteries, reverse cycle heating and cooling, heat pump hot water, induction and EV charging across Newport, Spotswood and Williamstown. Free site inspections, fixed quotes, every rebate lodged for you.
Newport is Edwardian and interwar weatherboards on reasonable blocks, with heritage precincts close to the station and Mason Street and more postwar housing towards Newport Lakes. A lot of Newport homes have been renovated at the back and left original at the front, which is why the heating is often a mix of gas and splits.
Because Newport is on mains gas and inside the VEU area, the usual order of works is heating and hot water first for the rebates and the running-cost drop, then solar and a battery sized to the new electric load, then the cooktop, then the gas meter abolished. The west also runs hotter in summer than the bay and eastern suburbs, so the reverse cycle system that replaces the gas heater earns its keep twice a year.
Newport is about 60 minutes from our Somerville depot. We plan west-side work so one inspection covers the whole house and installs are booked to run to schedule, and everything is done by Powerband employees, not subcontractors, for a fixed after-rebate price.
No ducts, small roofs and heritage streets set the order in Newport: split systems and heat pump hot water first, then solar on the right roof plane, then the rest.
Newport homes with ducted gas get a reverse cycle unit on new R1.5 insulated ducts, or a Braemar Dominator where the ducts cannot be replaced. Period homes without ducts get split systems or a multi-head placed away from the street frontage. Installed by our ARC-licensed technicians, with the VEU discount on the quote.
Most Newport homes still have a gas storage or instantaneous unit, and when it fails it is usually replaced like for like. The better answer is a heat pump from Reclaim, iStore or Emerald, installed in a day by our plumber and electrician together, with VEU and STCs both applied. It uses about a quarter of the energy and is usually the fastest-paying step off gas.
Most Newport roofs take 6.6kW with a rear-facing plane that avoids heritage concerns. Extensions often have the best roof on the property, and we design around that. We lodge the Solar Victoria rebate and loan and the federal battery discount for you.
The induction swap is the smallest job on this page and the one that finally lets a Newport home cancel the gas account. Dedicated circuit, cooktop supplied or yours installed, gas capped by our plumber.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneA full Newport electrification is usually heating first, hot water second, then solar and battery sized to the new load, then the cooktop, then the gas meter abolished. Designed once at the first inspection, staged over as many visits as suits you, and every step attracts its own rebates.
Home Electrification across MelbourneNewport is mostly single phase. We check the board and the supply before quoting a charger, and set it to charge from your solar first. Certificate of Electrical Safety issued on every install.
EV Chargers across MelbourneWe do the two-yearly electrical safety checks Victorian rental providers need in Newport, plus smoke alarm and switchboard compliance and the heat pump and split system upgrades landlords are asked for. Per-property reports and tenant access handled by us.
Real Estate across MelbourneRenovations and extensions dominate Newport building work. We rewire, upgrade the board and design the all-electric package into the build, priced from the plans.
Builders across MelbourneWe are not the closest electrician to Newport. We aim to be the one that does the whole job, once, for a fixed price.
You call the office in Somerville and get the people who will actually do the job in Newport, not a call centre that passes it on.
Electrical, refrigeration and plumbing for hot water all done by Powerband employees. No subcontractors, and the same faces from quote to handover.
Newport qualifies for every Victorian and federal incentive going. All of them are on the quote before you see it, and we lodge the paperwork.
Switchboard upgrades, duct replacement and gas capping are priced into the quote after the site inspection, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
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Yes. Newport is inside the VEU area, so heat pump hot water and reverse cycle heating and cooling both attract discounts, with the largest when you are replacing gas. We apply them on the quote.
Yes. We keep panels off the street-facing roof where an overlay applies and check with the City of Hobsons Bay before quoting if a permit might be needed.
Usually within the week. Our depot is in Somerville, about 60 minutes from Newport, and we plan western suburbs inspections so the drive does not hold your job up.
Most take 3kW to 6.6kW on a rear-facing plane, which is enough to run a heat pump and split systems through the day. The battery mounts on a wall, so it needs no roof at all.
All of them. Spotswood, Williamstown and Yarraville and the rest of Melbourne's western suburbs, and across Melbourne. See the locations page for the full list.
Tell us what you are thinking about. We will book a free site inspection and send a written quote with rebates applied. No obligation.
