Ducted reverse cycle, heat pump hot water, induction, solar, battery and EV charging, planned as one job from the first inspection and installed by our own electricians, plumbers and refrigeration technicians. Stage it or do it together.
Botanic Ridge homes are big, and that shapes how they go electric. Most were built from the mid 2000s with ducted gas heating through a large floor plan, gas hot water and often a gas cooktop. The good roofs and modern wiring make the switch easier than in an older suburb, but the size of the house means the heating is the part to get right. A large ducted home needs a properly sized reverse cycle system with zoning, not a unit picked to match the old heater.
We start with one inspection that covers the whole house: the ducted heater and its ducts, the hot water unit, the cooktop, the switchboard, the supply and the roof. From that comes one plan. Some owners do it all at once; others start with the heating, then hot water, then solar and a battery sized to the new load, and the cooktop last. Either way nothing has to be redone later, because the solar and the switchboard are sized for where the house is going.
Some of the newest streets were built with no gas at all. For those, the work is mostly solar, storage, an EV charger and perhaps upgrading an electric element hot water tank. We work out which kind of house you have on the first visit, along with the rest of our Botanic Ridge work.
Home electrification Botanic Ridge style usually means these four steps, in an order that suits your budget and your old appliances.
The gas ducted heater comes out and a Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense ducted reverse cycle unit goes in on new R1.5 insulated ducts, typically one to two days. AirTouch 5 zoning lets you heat the living area without heating every bedroom. Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating and adds cooling.
The gas unit on the side wall is replaced with an Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier heat pump, normally in one day with plumber and electrician together. About a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit.
Usually the last gas appliance. The cooktop goes in on its own circuit from the switchboard, which we check and upgrade if needed at the start of the plan.
With the gas load moved onto electricity, the solar and battery are sized to carry it, and an EV charger can be added on the same board. One design covers all three.
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.
We have not written up a full Botanic Ridge electrification yet. These three show the same work in Berwick, Mount Martha and Doreen.
Over in Berwick, a large all-electric home runs on 13.775kW of solar, a 40.3kWh battery and a three-phase EV charger. On a 35 degree day, one of the hottest of the year, it drew almost nothing from the grid.
Heating, hot water and cooking all went electric and the gas line was removed. 15.2kW of solar, a 24.18kWh Sigenergy battery and a new switchboard, installed in one day. The monthly bill went from $302 to $148.
Gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop replaced by one team: 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle with seven AirTouch 5 zones, a Reclaim CO2 heat pump and induction.
Whether you stage it over a few years or do it in one go, the order is set at the start.
Heater, ducts, hot water, cooktop, switchboard, supply and roof, all checked on the one visit.
If the board needs upgrading, it is done once, with room for every circuit the plan needs.
Usually the biggest gas loads, so usually first. Ducted swap in one to two days, hot water in one.
Sized to the electric house, not the gas one, so the roof carries the new load.
Induction and EV charging finish the job. No gas appliances left.
Each part of the job has its own rules. We show every discount on the quote and do the paperwork.
Eligible owner-occupiers can use the Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan on solar panels and inverters, and STCs come off the panel price. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan now.
Victorian Energy Upgrades discounts apply to reverse cycle heating and cooling and heat pump hot water, which also carries STCs. More on the heating side on our Botanic Ridge heating and cooling page.
Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent with no income test. Induction cooktops and EV chargers have no rebate and are a fixed price.
Going all-electric touches the roof, the ducts, the plumbing and the switchboard. We do all four.
A-Grade electrical under REC 32300, plumbing under BPC 132072, refrigeration as ARC licensed AU 065299. Nothing subcontracted.
New R1.5 ducts and zoning sized to the floor plan, not a new unit bolted onto old ducts.
More than 5,000 Melbourne homes have started their electrification with us, over 20+ years in the trade.
Do one item a year or everything at once. The plan holds either way.
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With the ducted heater or the hot water, whichever is older. They are the biggest gas loads. The switchboard is checked first so it can take everything that follows.
Our default is new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit. Only where ducts genuinely cannot be replaced, usually in a double-storey section, do we use a Braemar Dominator on the existing ducts.
Often an electric element hot water tank worth swapping for a heat pump, plus solar, a battery and an EV charger. We look at what you have on the first visit.
No. Many owners stage it over a few years. We plan the whole job up front so each stage fits the next.
We size the solar and battery to the electric house, including heating, hot water and any EV, so it is not short once the gas appliances go.
Once the last gas appliance goes, there is no reason to keep paying for a gas connection you no longer use. We tell you when you have reached that point.
One inspection, one written plan with every item priced and every incentive applied. Do it all or start with one step.
