Reverse cycle heating and cooling, heat pump hot water and induction for Rosebud cottages, brick veneer homes and villa units, with your existing solar upgraded and a battery added to run it all. One plan, fitted by our own trades.
Rosebud was built in layers. Postwar weatherboard and fibro holiday cottages, 1970s to 90s brick veneer and streets of villa units near the shops sit within a few blocks of each other, and each layer heats and cooks differently. The brick veneer homes often have a ducted gas heater and gas hot water. Cottages and units are more likely to rely on a wall heater, electric panel heaters or bottled LPG. Home electrification Rosebud homes need starts with finding out which you have.
From there the swaps are familiar: reverse cycle heating and cooling in place of the heater, a heat pump for hot water, an induction cooktop, and solar and a battery to run them. In a brick veneer home with roof space, the ducted gas heater makes way for ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts. In a unit or cottage, split systems usually do the job in a few hours each. Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating, which counts in a home that is lived in all day, every day.
Plenty of Rosebud roofs already carry an early solar system, so the plan often begins by upgrading it or adding a battery, which also keeps the lights on when a storm brings the lines down. We check the switchboard and supply first and put everything in one plan, alongside our other work in Rosebud.
Home electrification Rosebud households go through usually covers these four, whether the gas came from the street or a bottle. All done by our own trades.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts for brick veneer homes with roof space, typically one to two days, with AirTouch 5 to shut off spare rooms. Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense splits for units and cottages, a few hours each.
Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier, replacing a mains gas, LPG or electric tank, normally in one day with our plumber and electrician together.
A new induction cooktop on a dedicated circuit. In an LPG home, once the heating and hot water are electric too, it means no gas appliances left and no more bottles.
Early systems upgraded or added to, and a Sigenergy or GoodWe battery for the evening and for storm outages, sized for the electric house rather than the old one.
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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.
No Rosebud electrification job is written up yet. Two of these are on the peninsula, the third is up the bay in Mordialloc.
Down the road in Blairgowrie, a double-storey home on a single-phase board was rewired to three phase and every gas appliance was replaced: Mitsubishi Electric splits, heat pump hot water and induction, with 17.1kW of Jinko solar, 32kWh of Sigenergy and a 22kW EV charger.
Heating, hot water and cooking all went electric and the gas line was removed. A 15.2kW Jinko array, 24.18kWh of SigenStor with a backup gateway and a new flush-mount switchboard went in on one day, and the independent electrical inspector complimented the work.
Up the bay in Mordialloc, the gas cooktop was replaced with induction on its own circuit, alongside 13.3kW of Jinko panels on tile and a 24.96kWh GoodWe battery on the southern wall beside the switchboard.
About 30 minutes from Somerville. Stage it or do it together, with one plan either way.
Every gas or LPG appliance, the heaters, the roof space and any solar already on the roof.
Single or three phase, spare capacity, and whether an older board needs replacing before new circuits go on.
Battery and solar first if outages bother you, or the heater first if winter is close.
Each swap priced with its own discounts, so the plan can be spread out without surprises.
Tested, explained and signed off, with a Certificate of Electrical Safety for the electrical work.
No single rebate covers electrification. Here is what applies to each part.
The Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan cover solar panels and inverters for eligible owner-occupiers, with STCs on the panels. Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent with no income test. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan.
No rebate on either. Both are quoted at a fixed price with the circuit work included.
VEU discounts apply to reverse cycle heating and cooling and to heat pump hot water, and heat pumps also earn STCs. See heating and cooling in Rosebud.
A villa unit and a four-bedroom brick veneer get different plans from us.
If two splits and a heat pump are all a unit needs, that is what we quote.
A-Grade electricians under REC 32300, our own plumbers, and ARC licensed technicians under AU 065299.
More than 5,000 Melbourne homes started on electrification, and 20+ years in the trade.
A staged plan is easy to run when the depot is a short drive up the peninsula.
Live Google reviews. Look for the whole-home and off-gas jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441.
For most households, yes. Once heating, hot water and cooking are electric, there are no bottles to order, and reverse cycle and heat pumps are far cheaper to run than the appliances they replace.
It is electric, but panel heaters are the most expensive way to warm a room. One reverse cycle head does the same job on much less power, and it cools in summer as well.
Usually. Split systems, a heat pump outside and induction inside cover most units, with solar if the owners corporation agrees to the roof.
It can, if outages are your main worry. Otherwise we usually start with whichever appliance is closest to failing and fit the battery once the electric load is clearer.
Not in most cases. Many single-phase homes go fully electric. We add up the load at the inspection and only recommend a supply change if it is needed.
Each swap is short: a split a few hours, ducted on new R1.5 ducts typically one to two days, hot water a day and solar usually a day. Together, we book them back to back.
One visit to see the house, the roof and the switchboard, then a written plan with a fixed price for each step. No obligation.
