Reverse cycle heating and cooling, heat pump hot water, induction, solar, a battery and an EV charger, planned together from the first inspection and staged to suit you. Every trade on the job is a Powerband employee.
A typical older Parkdale home on gas has three appliances to deal with: a ducted gas heater, a gas storage hot water tank on the side wall and a gas cooktop in the kitchen. Many of those homes have since been extended at the back, so the heater is undersized, the hot water runs short and the new family room may already have a split system bolted on to fill the gap. The newer two-storey rebuilds have a different mix, often gas ducted heating with splits for cooling.
Electrifying the house means replacing all of that with electric appliances that cost less to run, and doing it in an order that makes sense. We start at the switchboard, because an original board may not carry reverse cycle, a heat pump, an induction cooktop and an EV charger without an upgrade. Then we work out which appliance goes first, usually whichever is closest to failing.
The result is a house that finally heats the extension properly, stops paying for a gas connection it no longer uses and can run largely from its own roof. Most requests for home electrification Parkdale owners send us come down to the same thing: one plan from one company, staged to suit the budget. See what else we do in Parkdale.
Every swap below is done by our own electricians, plumbers and ARC licensed technicians.
A Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense ducted system sized for the house as it is now, on new R1.5 insulated ducts that reach the extension as well as the original rooms. Typically one to two days. A Braemar Dominator keeps existing ducts only where they cannot be replaced, usually in a two-storey rebuild.
Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier, fitted on the side path by our plumber and electrician together, normally in one day. Timed to run from solar when the house has it.
The new cooktop goes on its own circuit from the switchboard. In a renovated Parkdale kitchen the benchtop cut-out usually suits, and we check the board has room before the day.
Panels on the tile roof of the original house or the steel roof of a rebuild, a battery to carry the evening, and an EV charger when the car arrives. Sized for the all-electric house, not the gas one.
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.
Three homes that moved off gas, or made a start. None is in Parkdale, and each is labelled with where it is.
Right next door. The gas cooktop was replaced with induction on its own circuit, alongside 13.3kW of Jinko panels on a tile roof and a GoodWe battery on the southern wall beside the switchboard.
In Doreen, in Melbourne's north, one team replaced gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop: a 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle system on seven AirTouch 5 zones, a Reclaim CO2 heat pump and induction.
Down the Peninsula in Mount Martha, heating, hot water and cooking all went electric and the gas line was removed. The monthly bill on this job went from $302 to $148, with 15.2kW of solar and 24.18kWh of storage.
Do it all at once or stage it over time. Either way the plan is set at the first visit.
Heater, ducts, hot water and cooktop, the age and condition of each, plus the extension and any rooms the heater never reached.
Whether the board can take the new circuits now, and what upgrade it needs if not.
Usually the appliance closest to failing first. Solar early if you want the rest to run on it.
Each stage priced, with the incentives that apply to each item shown separately.
Electricians, plumbers and ARC licensed technicians from Powerband, stage by stage, until the last gas appliance goes.
There is no single electrification rebate. Here is what applies to what.
Victorian Energy Upgrades applies to reverse cycle heating and cooling and to heat pump hot water, and STCs also apply to the heat pump. For the heating side, see heating and cooling in Parkdale.
STCs and, for eligible owner-occupiers, the Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan on panels and inverters. Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent with no income test.
No rebate on either. Both are quoted at a fixed price that includes the circuit and any switchboard work.
Electrification touches refrigeration, plumbing and electrical work. Splitting it between three contractors is where it goes wrong.
REC 32300 for electrical, ARC licensed under AU 065299, and BPC 132072 for plumbing and mechanical work.
More than 5,000 Melbourne homes have started their electrification with us.
We size heating and hot water for the house you live in now, not the one the gas appliances were bought for.
SAA accredited and a New Energy Tech Approved Seller, so the roof and the battery are part of the same plan.
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No. Many Parkdale homes stage it, starting with whichever gas appliance is oldest. The plan from the first inspection makes sure each stage fits the next, including the switchboard.
Usually the one closest to failing, often the hot water or the heater. If you want everything else to run on your own power, solar can go first instead.
The gas ducted unit is replaced with reverse cycle. If the ducts can be reached they are replaced with new R1.5 insulated ducts; if they are sealed between floors, a Braemar Dominator works with them. The splits can stay if they are in good order.
An original board in an older Parkdale home often needs an upgrade to carry heating, hot water, induction and an EV charger. We check it first and price it into the plan.
Once the last gas appliance goes, you can stop paying for a gas connection you no longer use. We tell you when you have reached that point.
Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating, and a heat pump makes hot water with about a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit.
One inspection of every gas appliance, the switchboard and the roof, then a written plan with fixed prices for each stage. No obligation.
