Ducted gas in the roof or under the floor, a storage tank down the side, a gas cooktop in the kitchen. We plan every swap from the first inspection, check the switchboard first, and do it all at once or in stages.
Bentleigh East was gas from the start. The postwar homes came with ducted gas heating in the roof or under the floor, a gas storage tank against the side wall and a gas cooktop. The double-storey rebuilds that followed often kept the pattern, with gas ducted heating and a separate cooling system. Either way, there are three gas appliances sharing one supply charge.
Home electrification Bentleigh East households take on usually runs in this order: heating, hot water, cooktop, with solar and a battery sized for where the house ends up. Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating and does the cooling as well. When the last gas appliance goes, you can stop paying for a gas connection you no longer use.
The switchboard comes first, though. Our Bentleigh East solar job needed a main board upgrade, and postwar homes here often need one before they can carry a ducted unit, a heat pump, induction and a battery on a single-phase supply. We plan it for the full load at the first visit. See our Bentleigh East services.
The home electrification Bentleigh East homes need comes down to four changes, done by our own electricians, plumbers and ARC licensed technicians.
Ducted gas comes out and a Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense ducted unit goes in on new R1.5 insulated ducts. For homes on stumps with floor vents, ceiling outlets in the roof usually cool far better. Two-storey rebuilds with ducts between the floors that cannot be reached can keep them with a Braemar Dominator.
A heat pump from Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier replaces the gas tank, normally in one day, with the plumber and electrician on site together.
An induction cooktop on its own circuit at a fixed price. In many homes here it is the last gas appliance to go.
Rebuilds have smaller roof faces, so the battery often matters as much as the array. Our Bentleigh East job runs 8.075kW with 24.96kWh of GoodWe storage, sized to the evening.
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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.
Our Bentleigh East solar job is described above. These electrification jobs are from Mordialloc, Mount Martha and Blairgowrie.
Down the road in Mordialloc, induction replaced the gas cooktop on its own circuit, alongside 13.3kW of Jinko solar on tile and a 24.96kWh GoodWe battery on the southern wall beside the switchboard. Solar Victoria rebate and loan on the solar.
The gas wall furnace in the hallway was decommissioned and replaced with reverse cycle, an indoor wall unit and two outdoor units, each on its own circuit. An Emerald heat pump, 29 Jinko panels on tile and 27.12kWh of SigenStor with backup gateway followed, with the switchboard upgraded and every circuit labelled.
A double-storey home on a single-phase board, rewired to three phase. Gas heating, hot water and cooking all removed for Mitsubishi Electric split systems, heat pump hot water and induction, with 17.1kW of Jinko solar, 32kWh of Sigenergy and a 22kW EV charger.
One inspection covers every appliance, so nothing is redone later.
Roof space or underfloor, single storey or two. It shapes the heating design.
Most homes here are single-phase. We plan the board for heating, hot water, induction and a battery together.
Heating first is common, but an ageing hot water tank can go first. You choose.
Incentives applied item by item, so each stage stands on its own.
Electricians, plumbers and ARC licensed technicians from Powerband at every stage.
Different swaps, different rules. We apply them on the quote.
The federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent, with no income test. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan.
Victorian Energy Upgrades discounts, largest when gas is replaced. STCs also apply to heat pump hot water. The heating side is covered in more detail on heating and cooling in Bentleigh East.
Solar panels and inverters attract STCs and, for eligible owner-occupiers, the Solar Victoria rebate and loan. Induction cooktops and EV chargers have no rebate and come at a fixed price.
Electrification crosses electrical, plumbing and refrigeration work. We hold the licences for all three.
A-Grade electricians (REC 32300), plumbers (BPC 132072) and ARC licensed technicians (AU 065299). No subcontractors.
More than 5,000 Melbourne homes started on electrification, and more than 20 years in the trade.
We tell you plainly whether ceiling outlets are worth it in your home.
We design the board and the loads so a single-phase supply copes with the new electric house.
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Planning the change? Call 0466 355 441.
A ducted reverse cycle unit heats and cools through one set of ducts, so it replaces both the gas heater and the separate cooler. We check where the ducts run before recommending new ducts or a Braemar Dominator.
In most cases, yes, with the board planned for it. We work out the combined load of heating, hot water, induction and any EV charger at the first visit.
Doing it together means one round of electrical work. Staging spreads the cost. Both work, as long as the board is planned for the end result.
If the system moves into the roof with ceiling outlets, the old floor registers can be covered over.
Ducted reverse cycle on new ducts is typically one to two days, a heat pump hot water swap normally one day, and a split system a few hours.
Once heating, hot water and cooking are all electric, there are no gas appliances left, and you can talk to your retailer about closing the gas account.
One visit, then a written plan with each stage priced and the incentives applied. No obligation.
