A-Grade electricians who do the whole job for West Footscray, VIC 3012: reverse cycle heating and cooling, heat pump hot water, solar and batteries, induction and EV charging. One inspection, one fixed quote, every rebate applied.
West Footscray is postwar weatherboard and cream brick on 500 to 600 square metre blocks around Barkly Street, a lot of it now split into two or three townhouses. The original homes are where most of our work is: gas wall furnaces or ducted gas added later, gas storage hot water and switchboards well past their best.
Because West Footscray 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.
Site inspections in West Footscray are free, the quote is fixed with every rebate already applied, and the same in-house crew does the electrical, refrigeration and plumbing. If you are weighing up where to start, our home electrification page walks through the order, or call and we will tell you straight for your house.
Ordered by what pays back fastest in West Footscray's postwar housing: heating and hot water first, then solar and battery sized to the new electric load.
Original West Footscray homes are split between wall furnaces and later ducted gas. We swap ducted gas for ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts (or a Braemar Dominator where they cannot be replaced), and fit splits where there are no ducts. Installed by our ARC-licensed technicians, with the VEU discount on the quote.
A gas hot water unit is one of the two biggest gas users in a West Footscray home. We replace it with a Reclaim, iStore or Emerald heat pump in a single day, plumber and electrician together, and apply the VEU discount and STCs before you see the price.
A West Footscray postwar home takes 6.6kW to 10kW on a mostly unshaded roof, and the west gets more sun hours than the east. Townhouses take less, and often do better with a battery added to what is already there. We lodge the Solar Victoria rebate and loan and the federal battery discount for you.
We design the whole West Footscray job at the first inspection, so the switchboard, the solar and the battery are sized for everything that is coming, not just the first appliance. Stage it over one visit or several, and we arrange the gas meter abolishment at the end.
The induction swap is the smallest job on this page and the one that finally lets a West Footscray home cancel the gas account. Dedicated circuit, cooktop supplied or yours installed, gas capped by our plumber.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneWest Footscray is mostly single phase and the original switchboards often need work before a charger goes in. We check both before quoting and set the charger to run from your solar first. Certificate of Electrical Safety issued on every install.
EV Chargers across MelbourneWest Footscray has a large rental market, and we do the two-yearly electrical safety checks Victorian rental providers need, smoke alarm and switchboard compliance, and the heat pump and split system upgrades landlords are asked for. Per-property reports and tenant access handled by us.
Real Estate across MelbourneTownhouse infill is constant in West Footscray, and new Victorian homes are all-electric. We deliver the fit-out and the full electric package for builders as one contractor, priced per lot.
Builders across MelbourneWe are not the closest electrician to West Footscray. 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 West Footscray, 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.
West Footscray 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. West Footscray 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.
Replacing the old fuse board with a new board, safety switches on every circuit and room for the circuits a heat pump, induction cooktop and EV charger need. It is usually a one-day job and the power is back on the same afternoon.
Usually within the week. Our depot is in Somerville, about 60 minutes from West Footscray, and we plan western suburbs inspections so the drive does not hold your job up.
Nearly all of them. A standard West Footscray 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. Kingsville, Seddon and Braybrook 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.
