A gas wall furnace in one home, an ageing split in the unit behind it, ducted gas in the brick veneer across the road. We replace all three with reverse cycle, using outdoor units built for salt air, fitted by ARC-licensed technicians.
There is no single Seaford heating job. The older weatherboards near the station and the foreshore mostly heat one room with a gas wall furnace or a space heater and leave the bedrooms cold. The brick veneers from the 1960s and 1970s towards the wetlands are more likely to have a ducted gas heater in the roof. The units and townhouses built on subdivided blocks tend to have a single split system in the living room, fitted when the place was new and now well past its best.
What they share is that none of them deals with summer properly. A wall furnace does not cool at all, ducted gas does not either, and one tired split cannot carry a two-bedroom unit through a hot week. Reverse cycle does both jobs from one system, and for heating it runs at around a third of the running cost of gas heating. The work is choosing the right form of it for the building.
Seaford also asks more of the outdoor unit than an inland suburb does. Salt comes off the bay on the afternoon breeze and attacks bare aluminium fins, so we specify corrosion-protected outdoor coils and pick a wall that is sheltered from the west where we can. On a narrow side path beside a unit, where the unit can physically go matters as much as its size. More on our work around Seaford.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense. The existing heater tells us most of what we need to know.
The usual weatherboard job. A Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense wall unit in the living area does the work the furnace did and cools the room as well. Add a second unit for the bedrooms and the whole house is covered. Each one takes a few hours to fit.
One outdoor unit feeding two, three or four indoor heads. On a subdivided block with a metre of side path and a neighbour over the fence, a single outdoor unit is often the only layout that fits, and it leaves less metal out in the salt.
For the single-storey brick veneers with a heater already in the roof. The gas heater and its old ducts come out and a ducted reverse cycle unit goes in on new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to it, with AirTouch 5 zoning so bedrooms are not conditioned all day.
Corrosion-protected outdoor coils on splits and multi-heads, Hisense ducted units with Golden Fin coating, and a mounting position out of the prevailing wind. Brackets and fixings are specified for salt air too.
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.
We have not written up a Seaford heating job yet. These three are from Mount Martha, Cairnlea and Surrey Hills, and each matches a kind of house found here.
Down the bay in Mount Martha, heating, hot water and cooking all now run on electricity, backed by 15.2kW of solar and 24.18kWh of Sigenergy storage. The monthly bill fell from $302 to $148.
In Cairnlea, a gas ducted system was decommissioned and an 18kW Mitsubishi Electric ducted unit took over, feeding ten vents across seven AirTouch 5 zones. The job carried a $6,300 rebate.
In Surrey Hills, two worn-out split systems were replaced and a condensation pump added, in the same job as 12.35kW of solar, a 24.18kWh battery and heat pump hot water.
A split system is a few hours. Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days.
Wall furnace, space heater, split or ducted gas, and which rooms actually get used in July and in January.
Side path width, the neighbour's windows, the direction of the sea breeze and, for a unit, any owners corporation rules.
Older Seaford boards often need work before a new circuit goes on. If yours does, it is in the price.
Brand, capacity, number of heads or zones, and the after-discount figure in writing.
Our own technicians and electricians install it, run it in heating and cooling, and set up the phone app before leaving.
A discount on the day, then a lower bill in both seasons.
A gas furnace and a separate old air conditioner are two appliances to run and maintain. One reverse cycle system replaces both, and heats at around a third of the running cost of gas heating.
Seaford is inside the VEU area. Efficient reverse cycle attracts a discount that is largest when it replaces gas heating, which includes a gas wall furnace. We confirm eligibility and take it off the quote.
A split system running on a clear afternoon draws mostly from solar if you have it. We install that as well: see solar and battery in Seaford, where two local systems are written up.
Most Seaford heating jobs need a new circuit and some need a new board. We do not have to call anyone else for either.
A-Grade electricians are on the same crew as the refrigeration technicians, so an old switchboard does not stall the install.
Corrosion-protected coils, salt-rated brackets and a sheltered position are how we quote every job this close to the bay.
ARC authorisation AU 065299 for refrigeration, BPC 132072 and REC 32300. All work is done by Powerband employees.
If two wall units cover the house, that is what we quote. Ducted is for homes that already have the roof space and the layout for it.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. A technician will answer the question.
Yes. A correctly sized reverse cycle split heats the same room for around a third of the running cost of gas heating and cools it in summer. The old furnace is decommissioned and the new unit goes on the same wall or a better one.
Usually both. A new split in the living area and a small one in the main bedroom, or a multi-head running the lot from one outdoor unit. We look at the side path and the board before recommending either.
In many Seaford unit developments, yes, where it is fixed to a common wall or sits on common property. We give you a drawing and the unit specifications to put to the owners corporation.
It shortens the life of an unprotected coil. We fit units with corrosion-protected outdoor coils, use salt-rated brackets and keep the unit off the wall that faces the bay where the site allows.
In a single-storey Seaford home, no. The old ducts come out and new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the reverse cycle unit go in. A Braemar Dominator on existing ducts is only for homes where the ducts cannot be reached, which usually means two storeys.
A split system is fitted in a few hours. Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts is typically one to two days. Any switchboard work is done in the same visit.
A site visit to see the existing heater, the outdoor unit position and the switchboard, then a written after-VEU price. No obligation.
