Wall furnace or ducted gas, gas storage hot water and the cooktop, each replaced with an efficient electric alternative on a switchboard built for all of them. Solar, a battery and an EV charger planned in. Every trade is a Powerband employee.
Cheltenham homes come off gas from one of two starting points. The postwar brick veneers mostly have ducted gas heating in the roof. The villa units, older weatherboards and many smaller homes have a gas wall furnace or space heater in the living room instead. Both usually sit alongside a gas storage hot water tank and a gas cooktop, and plenty of them run on a switchboard that predates all of it.
Home electrification Cheltenham style starts with that board. It is checked first and, where needed, replaced with one that has room for reverse cycle, a heat pump, induction, solar and a charger, so nothing has to be redone later. Then the heating: a brick veneer with a walk-through roof suits ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts, while a unit or a wall-furnace home usually does better with a split in the living area and a multi-head for the bedrooms. Hot water goes to a heat pump in a day, and induction finishes the job.
The original hip roofs have room for a solid solar array to run it, while unit roofs are smaller and sometimes shared. We service Cheltenham from Somerville, about 40 minutes away, and the plan sits with the rest of our Cheltenham work.
Four changes, done in stages or together, all planned from the first inspection.
The furnace comes out and a Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense split heats and cools the living area, a few hours per system. A multi-head runs the bedrooms from one outdoor unit, which suits a villa unit block.
In the brick veneers, Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts, typically one to two days. Around a third of the running cost of gas heating, with AirTouch 5 zoning.
An Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier heat pump, sized from the household, normally swapped in one day by our plumber and electrician. About a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit.
Induction on its own circuit takes out the last gas appliance. Solar on the postwar hip runs the daytime load, a battery covers winter evenings, and an EV charger shares the new board.
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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.
We have no written-up Cheltenham electrification job yet. Mordialloc is a short drive down the Nepean Highway.
Close to Cheltenham, the gas cooktop was replaced with induction on its own circuit, alongside 28 panels on a tile roof and a GoodWe battery on the southern wall beside the switchboard.
The hallway gas wall furnace was decommissioned and replaced with reverse cycle, an Emerald heat pump took over the hot water, and 29 panels and a 27.12kWh battery went on, with the switchboard upgraded and every circuit labelled.
In Melbourne's north, one team replaced gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop in a single job, with 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle, 12 vents and seven AirTouch 5 zones.
The usual order, adjusted for whichever appliance is closest to failing.
Heater type, roof space, hot water, cooktop, switchboard, phase and roof for solar.
An older board is replaced with one sized for every circuit the plan needs.
Usually the biggest gas users, so they tend to go early, together or one after the other.
Induction takes out the last gas appliance. Solar and a battery can go in at any point, sized for the full plan.
Each one priced on its own with its own incentives, done by our own trades.
Each incentive attaches to a particular item. We apply it there and nowhere else.
The Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan cover panels and inverters for eligible owner-occupiers. STCs come off solar panels and heat pump hot water.
Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent, no income test. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan. Induction and EV chargers carry no rebate and are a fixed price.
Victorian Energy Upgrades applies to reverse cycle heating and cooling and heat pump hot water only. See heating and cooling in Cheltenham for the furnace and ducted options.
Electrification touches every trade. We employ them all.
More than 20 years in the trade and over 5,000 Melbourne homes started on electrification.
Electrical REC 32300, plumbing BPC 132072, refrigeration ARC licensed AU 065299. No subcontractors.
Ducted for the brick veneers, splits and multi-heads for units and furnace homes, sized properly for each.
The board, solar and battery are sized once for everything, so later stages slot straight in.
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Usually a split in the living area, a multi-head or splits for the bedrooms, a compact heat pump for hot water and an induction cooktop, with the board checked first.
Generally no. We fit new R1.5 insulated ducts sized to the new unit. A Braemar Dominator on existing ducts is only for homes where they cannot be replaced, usually double-storey.
With the switchboard, then whichever gas appliance is oldest. Hot water is often first because it is a one-day swap.
Yes. Some owners prefer one project; others stage it. Either way it is one plan from the first inspection.
Sometimes. Unit roofs are smaller and may be shared, so we confirm what is yours and what the owners corporation needs before designing anything.
There are no gas appliances left, so there is no reason to keep paying for a gas connection you no longer use.
We look at the heater, hot water, cooktop, roof and board, then send a written plan with a fixed price for each stage.
