Seaford homes run on a mix of gas wall furnaces, ducted gas, storage tanks and gas cooktops. We plan the whole change from one inspection, start with the switchboard, and replace each gas appliance with the electric one that suits the house, in stages or all at once.
A typical Seaford house has more gas in it than its owners think. The older weatherboards near the station and the foreshore tend to heat one room with a gas wall furnace or a space heater. The 1960s and 1970s brick veneers towards the wetlands are more likely to have ducted gas in the roof. Add a gas storage tank on the side path in many of them and a gas cooktop in the kitchen, and the house is paying a daily supply charge to run three or four appliances that are all getting old together.
Electrifying means replacing each of those with an efficient electric one: reverse cycle heating and cooling for the furnace or ducted heater, a heat pump for the tank, induction for the cooktop, then rooftop solar and a battery to run it, and an EV charger if there is a car to charge. Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating, and a heat pump makes hot water with about a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit. When the last gas appliance goes, you stop paying for a gas connection you no longer use.
The switchboard comes first. A postwar or 1960s board with ceramic fuses will not take several new circuits, and every one of these swaps needs its own. We check it at the first inspection, price any upgrade into the plan, and then decide the order with you. More on our work across Seaford.
The home electrification Seaford homes usually need, listed in the order we tend to do it.
Ceramic fuses, no safety switches and a full board are common in Seaford. A new board with space for heating, hot water, cooking, solar and a charger is the foundation for everything else, so it is checked and priced before anything else.
A wall furnace becomes a Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split system, installed in a few hours. A ducted gas heater in a single-storey brick veneer becomes ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts, typically one to two days, with AirTouch 5 zoning.
The storage tank on the side path is swapped for an Emerald, Reclaim or iStore heat pump in a day. The gas cooktop is replaced with induction on its own circuit. Hot water attracts VEU and STCs; induction is a fixed price with no rebate.
Panels sized for the new electric load rather than the old one, a battery for the evening heating, and a charger if you drive electric. Seaford's mix of tin and tile roofs and carports is all familiar ground.
The full range is on our products page.
Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts, or split systems, in place of ducted gas or a wall furnace.
A heat pump in place of the gas storage or instantaneous unit, usually changed over in one day.
The last gas appliance in most kitchens, replaced with induction on its own circuit.
Solar and storage sized for the new electric load, with an EV charger on the same system.
No Seaford electrification is written up yet. These three are from Mordialloc, Brighton and Mount Martha, all on the bay like Seaford.
Up the bay in Mordialloc, the gas cooktop was replaced with induction on its own circuit, alongside 13.3kW of Jinko panels on tile and a 24.96kWh GoodWe battery on the southern wall beside the switchboard.
Across the bay in Brighton, a heat pump replaced the old rooftop hot water unit, and 9.025kW of Jinko panels and a 16.64kWh GoodWe system went in with a 7kW EV charger. The switchboard was moved inside, and the house has no gas left.
In Mount Martha, heating, hot water and cooking went electric and the gas line was removed. 32 Jinko panels, a 10kW Sigen hybrid inverter and 24.18kWh of SigenStor went in with a new flush-mount switchboard, all in one day.
Stage it over months or do it in one go. Either way the plan is set at the start, so nothing is redone.
Heater, hot water and cooktop, and how old each one is. We also look at the roof for solar.
If it needs replacing, that goes first in the plan and in the price.
Usually whatever is closest to failing, then the biggest running cost. Heating and hot water often lead.
Every item priced with its own incentives taken off, so you can go ahead with one or all.
Electricians, plumbers and refrigeration technicians are all Powerband employees. Each stage ends with testing and a handover.
There is no single electrification rebate. These are the ones that apply, and to what.
Victorian Energy Upgrades discounts apply to reverse cycle heating and cooling and to heat pump hot water, largest when gas is replaced. See heating and cooling in Seaford for the heating side.
The Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan cover solar panels and inverters for eligible owner-occupiers. STCs apply to panels and to heat pump hot water.
Batteries get the Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent with no income test. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan. Induction cooktops and EV chargers have no rebate and are a fixed price.
Electrification goes wrong when four contractors each do their bit. We do all of it.
We check it before quoting anything, so the third swap does not stall on a switchboard nobody looked at.
A-Grade electrical under REC 32300, ARC licensed AU 065299 for refrigeration, BPC 132072, and our own plumbers for hot water.
We have started more than 5,000 Melbourne homes on electrification, so the plan for a Seaford house is not guesswork.
Stage it to suit your budget. The plan stays the same, and each stage is sized for the ones after it.
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Usually with whichever gas appliance is closest to failing, and the switchboard if it needs work. Heating and hot water carry the biggest running costs and the VEU discounts, so they often go first.
Yes. A split system in the same room heats and cools it and is installed in a few hours. Add another for the bedrooms and the whole house is covered.
Every gas appliance and what replaces it, the switchboard check, a solar and battery size for the new load, the order of works, and a fixed price for each stage with its incentives taken off.
No. Many homes swap the heating or hot water first and add solar later. We size the panels for where the house is heading, so it is not short once the gas appliances are gone.
In a postwar or 1960s house, probably not without an upgrade, because each new appliance needs its own circuit. We include any upgrade in the price.
Once there are no gas appliances left, you can close the account with your retailer and stop paying a daily supply charge for a connection you no longer use.
One inspection of every appliance, the board and the roof, then a written plan with a fixed price for each stage.
