Solar and batteries, heat pumps, reverse cycle and EV charging, designed as one system and installed by our own A-Grade electricians across St Albans, Cairnlea and Ardeer. About 70 minutes from our depot in Somerville, rebates applied before you see the price.
St Albans is 1960s and 70s brick veneer on full blocks, plus newer homes and units closer to the station. Most original homes are on gas with a mix of wall furnaces and ducted heating, and many households are large, which means a big evening load.
Because St Albans 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 St Albans specifics, the fastest answer is a phone call.
Ordered by what pays back fastest in St Albans's postwar housing: heating and hot water first, then solar and battery sized to the new electric load.
St Albans homes with ducted gas get reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts, and those with wall furnaces get split systems sized room by room. Cooling matters here in summer, and the VEU discount applies. Every system is installed by our own ARC-licensed technicians.
Heat pump hot water is the easiest electrification win in St Albans: 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.
St Albans roofs take 6.6kW to 10kW with little shade. Larger households use more in the evening, so a battery is often worth including from the start. We lodge the Solar Victoria rebate and loan and the federal battery discount for you.
Taking a St Albans 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 St Albans home cancel the gas account. Dedicated circuit, cooktop supplied or yours installed, gas capped by our plumber.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneSt Albans is mostly single phase. We check the supply and the board before quoting a charger and set it to charge from 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 St Albans, 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 MelbourneUnit and townhouse development is steady in St Albans. We deliver the fit-out and the full electric package for builders as one contractor.
Builders across MelbourneWe are not the closest electrician to St Albans. 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 St Albans, 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.
St Albans 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. St Albans 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.
Often, yes. Bigger households use more power in the evening, when solar has stopped producing. A battery shifts daytime solar into that peak, and the federal battery discount comes off the quote.
Usually within the week. Our depot is in Somerville, about 70 minutes from St Albans, and we plan western suburbs inspections so the drive does not hold your job up.
Nearly all of them. A standard St Albans 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. Cairnlea, Ardeer and Deer Park 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.
