Gas ducted heating replaced with reverse cycle across two-storey Wheelers Hill homes, zoned by level with AirTouch 5. ARC licensed technicians and our own A-Grade electricians, VEU on the quote.
Many Wheelers Hill homes were built in the 1970s and 80s as large two-storey family houses, heated by a single ducted gas unit. Upstairs runs warm and stuffy, downstairs takes an age to heat, and summer cooling usually came later as an add-on. Plenty of those gas heaters are original or on their second replacement.
The two storeys are what shape the job. Upstairs ducts in the roof space can be reached, so they come out and are replaced with new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit, which is our standard. Ground floor ducts sometimes run through the void between floors, where nobody can get at them. That is the case where a Braemar Dominator makes sense: it takes the place of the gas heater, works with the ducts that are already there and controls the airflow through them.
We decide which applies after tracing the ducts, not before. Wheelers Hill is about 40 minutes from our depot in Somerville, and we service it with our own technicians and electricians. Read more about our work in Wheelers Hill.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric and Hisense units, AirTouch 5 zoning, and the electrical work by the same team.
Ducted reverse cycle with new R1.5 insulated ducts is the default. In the roof space above the upper floor, and in single-storey sections, the old ducts are removed and new ones run to every outlet.
When ground-floor ducts run between storeys and cannot be replaced without opening ceilings, a Braemar Dominator goes where the gas heater was and controls the airflow through the existing ducts.
Bedrooms upstairs, living areas down. AirTouch 5 zones the house by level and by room, with sensors so the upstairs does not overheat while the lounge warms up.
A rumpus room, a converted garage or a retreat that the ducted system struggles to reach can take a Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split, installed in a few hours.
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 Wheelers Hill heating job yet. These three each show one part of what a two-storey home needs.
A gas ducted system came out and a 16kW Braemar Dominator went in on the original ductwork, controlled through an AirTouch 5 with zone and temperature sensors. The owner received a $6,000 rebate on the job.
Gas heating, gas hot water and gas cooking were all removed. Mitsubishi Electric split systems now do the heating, alongside solar, a battery, heat pump hot water and an EV charger.
An 18kW Mitsubishi Electric ducted unit replaced the gas heating, with ducting run to ten vents and the house split into seven AirTouch 5 zones. The owner received a $6,300 rebate.
Typically one to two days on site for ducted on new R1.5 ducts. Splits take a few hours each.
Roof space, any ceiling void access, the heater location and every outlet, upstairs and down.
New R1.5 ducts wherever we can reach. A Dominator only if the ground floor ducts are truly buried.
Levels, bedrooms and living areas grouped the way you use them, with sensors placed to match.
Unit, ducts, zones, electrical work and the after-VEU price in writing.
Old heater removed, new system fitted and commissioned, airflow balanced on both floors.
A discount up front, then lower running costs every winter and summer.
Heating a whole two-storey house to warm the lounge is where much of the cost goes. Zoning by level means you only pay to condition the rooms in use.
Replacing gas ducted heating with efficient reverse cycle attracts the largest VEU discount. We confirm it for your home and show it on the quote.
Reverse cycle costs around a third of gas heating to run. With panels on the roof, daytime heating and cooling draw largely on your own power. See solar and batteries in Wheelers Hill.
Two-storey homes are where a one-size quote falls over. We look first.
The Dominator is a solution for buried ducts, not a shortcut. Wherever we can reach the ducts, they are replaced.
Zoning, sensor placement and airflow balancing are planned for upstairs and downstairs separately.
ARC licensed technicians under authorisation AU 065299, BPC registration 132072, and electrical under REC 32300.
Refrigeration, ducts and wiring by Powerband employees, with nothing subcontracted.
Live Google reviews. Look for the ducted reverse cycle and AirTouch jobs.
Call 0466 355 441 for anything else about heating in Wheelers Hill.
Warm air rises, and a single ducted gas heater cannot control the levels separately. Reverse cycle with zoning by level fixes most of that.
Wherever we can reach them, yes, and that is our standard. Ducts running through the void between floors usually cannot be replaced without opening ceilings.
When the existing ducts cannot be replaced, which is most often the ground floor of a double-storey home. It keeps those ducts and controls the airflow through them.
Usually one correctly sized ducted system with good zoning covers it. Occasionally a split for an outlying room is the better addition.
Plan on typically one to two days on site for a ducted system with new R1.5 ducts. If a two-storey home needs longer, the quote says so.
In most cases. The amount depends on the heater being removed and the unit going in, and we confirm it before you sign.
We trace the ducts on both levels, check the board, then send a written quote with the unit, zones and after-VEU price.
