Solar and batteries, heat pumps, reverse cycle and EV charging, designed as one system and installed by our own A-Grade electricians across Niddrie, Airport West and Essendon. About 70 minutes from our depot in Somerville, rebates applied before you see the price.
Niddrie is postwar brick veneer and triple-fronted homes around the Keilor Road shops, with a steady stream of knockdown-rebuilds and townhouses. The original homes are nearly all on gas with ducted heating added over the years, and that is where our work starts.
Because Niddrie 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.
Everything on this page is done by Powerband employees, not subcontractors, and quoted as a fixed after-rebate price after a free site inspection. For the full picture of how we stage a house off gas, see our home electrification page; for Niddrie specifics, the fastest answer is a phone call.
Ordered by what pays back fastest in Niddrie's postwar housing: heating and hot water first, then solar and battery sized to the new electric load.
Replacing an old ducted gas heater with ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts is the most common Niddrie job. Perished ducts are replaced, and the VEU discount comes off the install. Every system is installed by our own ARC-licensed technicians.
Heat pump hot water is the easiest electrification win in Niddrie: one visit, old gas or electric tank out, Reclaim, iStore or Emerald heat pump in, gas capped, VEU discount and STCs on the quote. Timed to run through the middle of the day, it heats almost entirely on solar.
Niddrie roofs are mostly unshaded and take 6.6kW to 10kW. Sized to the new heating and hot water load, the system carries the house through the day and a battery handles the evening. We lodge the Solar Victoria rebate and loan and the federal battery discount for you.
Taking a Niddrie home off gas is a sequence, not a single job: heating and hot water for the biggest savings, solar and a battery sized to the new electric load, induction last, then the gas meter abolished so the supply charge stops. We plan it at one inspection and quote each step with its rebates.
The induction swap is the smallest job on this page and the one that finally lets a Niddrie home cancel the gas account. Dedicated circuit, cooktop supplied or yours installed, gas capped by our plumber.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneNiddrie has a mix of single and three-phase supply. We check the supply and the board 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 Niddrie, plus smoke alarm and switchboard compliance and the heating upgrades landlords are asked for. Per-property reports and tenant access handled by us.
Real Estate across MelbourneKnockdown-rebuilds and townhouses are constant in Niddrie. We deliver the fit-out and the all-electric package for builders, priced from the plans.
Builders across MelbourneWe are not the closest electrician to Niddrie. 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 Niddrie, 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.
Niddrie 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. Niddrie 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.
Usually the ducted heater or the hot water unit, whichever is older. Both carry the largest running costs and the largest VEU discounts, and both are one-visit jobs.
Usually within the week. Our depot is in Somerville, about 70 minutes from Niddrie, and we plan western suburbs inspections so the drive does not hold your job up.
Nearly all of them. A standard Niddrie home takes 6.6kW to 10kW comfortably with little shade. We size to your usage and to whatever gas appliances you are replacing.
All of them. Airport West, Essendon and Avondale Heights 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.
