Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts for family homes, and Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split systems for units and cottages. Installed by our own ARC licensed technicians and A-Grade electricians, 30 minutes away in Somerville.
A beach house that is empty from Monday to Friday can get by on a wall heater. A Rosebud home with someone in it every day cannot. Plenty of households here are full time, many of them retired, and the heating runs from breakfast to bedtime through a peninsula winter. That makes running cost the first thing to look at, ahead of the price of the unit.
The usual setup in the brick veneer streets is a ducted gas heater that went in when the house was built, now well past twenty years old, with floor or ceiling vents and no cooling. We replace it with ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts, which heats for around a third of the running cost of gas and cools the house on the hot north-wind days as well. In the villa units and older cottages, where there is no roof space to work in, a split system in the living area and one in the main bedroom usually covers it.
Gas in Rosebud is patchy. Some streets have mains gas, some homes were never connected and run on bottled gas or electric panel heaters, and a few have already gone all electric. We find out what your house runs on before recommending anything, and fit it with the other work we do in Rosebud.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense, with AirTouch 5 zoning where it earns its place. Refrigeration, plumbing and electrical all in house.
The old gas heater and its ducts come out, a ducted reverse cycle unit goes into the roof space, and new R1.5 insulated ducts are run to each room. Typically one to two days on site, and the house gets cooling for the first time.
Most Rosebud villa units share a roof and have nowhere for ducts to go. A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense wall unit in the lounge, and another in the main bedroom if needed, goes in within a few hours each and stays quiet enough to sleep beside.
When two people live in a four bedroom home, there is no reason to heat the spare rooms. AirTouch 5 closes those zones and keeps the living area and your bedroom where you want them, from the wall panel or your phone.
Homes that never had gas often rely on plug-in or wall panel heaters, the most expensive way to warm a room. One reverse cycle head does the same work on a fraction of the power, and cools in summer.
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.
Our heating case studies so far are from the south east and west of Melbourne. The houses are the same single-storey brick veneer you find all over Rosebud.
The gas ducted heater was decommissioned and an 18kW Mitsubishi Electric ducted unit installed, feeding ten vents across seven AirTouch 5 zones. The job carried a $6,300 rebate.
Ceiling fans first, then a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system on R1.5 insulated ductwork, with sixteen round outlets and six zones so every room is run on its own.
A 16kW Braemar Dominator on AirTouch 5 with two zones, fitted alongside a 30.6kWh battery so the day's sun keeps the house warm after dark.
A split system takes a few hours. Ducted on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days.
Mains gas, bottled gas or electric heaters, plus the roof space, the switchboard and where an outdoor unit can sit.
We calculate the heating load room by room and plan zones around your day, not the old heater's rating.
Brand, capacity, ducts or split heads, zoning and the price after any VEU discount, before you commit.
Old heater out, new system in, and a dedicated circuit run from the board. We keep you warm until the changeover.
Airflow balanced, both modes tested, and the controller and app set up the way you like them.
The discount helps on the day. The lower running cost helps every winter after that.
Replacing gas heating with efficient reverse cycle is where the Victorian Energy Upgrades program gives the most. It also applies to some other heating swaps. We confirm eligibility for your home and show it as a line on the quote.
Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating, and much less than panel heaters. For a household home all day, that adds up over a winter.
If you are home during the day, a reverse cycle system soaks up solar that would otherwise be exported. See our solar and battery options in Rosebud if you are planning both.
The difference shows in the first summer, when old gas ducts would have sweated and leaked cold air.
We run new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit. A Braemar Dominator on the existing ducts is only for homes where the ducts cannot be replaced, usually two storeys.
ARC Refrigerant Trading Authorisation AU 065299 with ARC licensed technicians, BPC registration 132072 and electrical licence REC 32300.
If a split system is all your villa unit needs, that is what we quote. No ducted system where it does not fit.
If a zone needs adjusting after the first cold snap, we are close enough to come back and do it.
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Anything else, call 0466 355 441. A technician answers.
For most homes, reverse cycle. It runs for around a third of the cost of gas heating and far less than electric panel heaters, and it cools in summer as well.
Yes. A wall-mounted split system needs only a small hole through an outside wall and a spot for the outdoor unit. Check with your owners corporation about the outdoor unit position and we will work to it.
Usually one in the living area, and a second in the main bedroom if you want it warm at night. We size each head to the room so neither runs flat out.
It can, depending on what heating is being replaced and the unit going in. We check your situation at the site visit and only show a discount if you qualify.
With ducted, yes. AirTouch 5 lets you close the rooms you are not using and heat the living area and your bedroom only, which also lowers the running cost.
Each system needs a dedicated circuit, and some older Rosebud boards do not have room. We check at the site visit and include any board work in the fixed price.
A site visit to see the house, the roof space and the switchboard, then a written quote with the system, the zoning and the after-VEU price. No obligation.
