One electric system in place of a gas heater and a separate cooler. Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts for Pakenham family homes, split systems where ducts do not make sense, all fitted by our own ARC-licensed technicians and A-Grade electricians.
The standard Pakenham estate house was built with two separate systems: a ducted gas heater for winter and an evaporative or add-on refrigerated cooler for summer, each with its own ducts, its own controller and its own service bill. In Lakeside, Heritage Springs and the estates of the same years, those systems are now 10 to 20 years old. Closer to the town centre, in the brick veneers of the 1970s to 1990s, the gas heater is older again and often on borrowed time.
A ducted reverse cycle system replaces both. For a single-storey home the job is straightforward and we do it one way: the gas heater and its ducts come out of the roof, and the new unit goes in on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized for it, with outlets placed for cooling as well as heating. It costs around a third of what gas heating does to run, and it is the same machine keeping the house cool in February.
Pakenham also has homes that need something else. Double-storey estate houses can have ducts nobody can get to. The newest all-electric homes sometimes want a split system added upstairs. And on the rural fringe, where heating is often bottled gas or wood, splits or a ducted system can take over the whole job. We sort out which applies when we see the house, along with anything else it needs in Pakenham.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense equipment, with AirTouch 5 zoning on ducted systems.
Our default for a single-storey Pakenham home with gas ducted heating. The old heater and ducts are removed, a ducted reverse cycle unit is installed in the roof space, and new R1.5 insulated ducts run to each room. The outdoor unit sits on a pad beside the house on its own circuit.
In a double-storey estate home, the ducts feeding the ground floor often run between the floors where they cannot be reached or replaced. For those houses only, we use a Braemar Dominator. It goes where the gas heater was, keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow through them.
Families here are mostly out through the day and spread across the house at night. Zoning lets the living area run in the evening and the bedrooms overnight without conditioning rooms nobody is in. Each zone has its own temperature sensor.
A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split system goes in over a few hours. They suit a hot upstairs retreat, a studio or granny flat, and the older farmhouses on the fringe that never had ducts. A multi-head runs several rooms from one 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.
No Pakenham heating job is written up yet. These three are from the next suburbs back towards town, on the same style of family home.
A young family in Berwick had a 16kW Braemar Dominator installed on AirTouch 5 with two zones, together with 30.6kWh of battery storage, so the house is heated and cooled after dark on stored solar.
A 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system through a family home in Narre Warren South, on R1.5 insulated ductwork with 16 round outlets and an AirTouch 5 kit dividing the house into six zones.
This Berwick job was one where the existing ducts and vents stayed. The gas system was decommissioned and a 16kW Braemar Dominator installed with AirTouch 5 zones and sensors. It carried a $6,000 rebate.
A ducted system on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days on site. A split system is a few hours.
We look at the gas heater, the cooler, both sets of ducts, the roof access and the switchboard, and ask which rooms never get comfortable.
Capacity is calculated from the rooms, glazing and ceiling heights. We do not simply match the size of the old heater.
System, ducts, outlets, zones and the price with the VEU discount already applied, fixed before you say yes.
Old heater and ducts removed, new unit and R1.5 ducts installed, outdoor unit set on its pad and wired on a dedicated circuit.
We run it in heating and cooling, balance the airflow between rooms and set up the zones on the wall panel and your phone.
Part of it is a discount on the day. The larger part is what you stop paying each winter.
Reverse cycle heating runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating, and the same unit replaces the cooler, so there is one system to service.
VEU applies to efficient reverse cycle heating and cooling, and the discount is largest when the system replaces gas heating. We confirm eligibility for your property and show it on the quote.
A ducted system is the biggest load in the house. With panels and storage it runs largely on your own power, so we size solar and a battery in Pakenham with the heating in mind.
A ducted changeover involves three trades. With us they all work for the same company.
New R1.5 ducts are what we recommend unless your house physically prevents it. If we suggest keeping ducts, we will show you where they run and why they cannot come out.
ARC authorisation AU 065299 for the refrigeration, BPC 132072 for the mechanical work and REC 32300 for the electrical.
A-Grade electricians and refrigeration technicians on our payroll. Nothing is handed to a subcontractor.
Long cable runs, older farmhouse switchboards and three-phase supply on the fringe are all work we do routinely.
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Anything else, call 0466 355 441. A technician will answer the question.
Yes. A ducted reverse cycle system heats and cools through the same new ducts and outlets, so the gas heater is no longer needed and neither is the evaporative unit. It also cools on humid days, when evaporative cooling struggles.
Not necessarily. If the heater is working well there is no rush, but many owners change when they add solar, because gas heating cannot use it. We can quote the changeover now and you can time it to suit.
Ducts installed for gas heating are sized for hot air only and are often lightly insulated. Cooling needs more airflow and better insulation. New R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the unit are what make the system work properly in summer.
Then we use a Braemar Dominator, which is designed for that case. It sits in the position of the gas heater, keeps the existing ducts and controls the airflow through them. We only recommend it where the ducts cannot be replaced.
Reverse cycle is usually a clear improvement over LPG or wood for day-to-day heating. Depending on the house it is either a ducted system or a few well-placed split systems. We look at the roof space and the switchboard and recommend one.
Ducted reverse cycle with new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days. We plan the removal and install together so the gap is as short as possible. A split system takes a few hours.
We check the heater, ducts, roof space and switchboard, then put the system, zones and after-VEU price in writing. No obligation.
