Ducted gas heating, a gas hot water tank and a gas cooktop: the standard Rowville kit. We replace each one with an efficient electric option, add solar, a battery and an EV charger where they fit, and plan the order with you from the first inspection.
Most Rowville homes were built in the 1980s and 1990s on reticulated gas, and they were fitted out the same way: ducted gas heating, a gas hot water unit and a gas cooktop, with an evaporative cooler often added to the roof later for summer. Many of those appliances are now well into their working lives, and each one keeps the household paying a gas supply charge every day of the year.
Home electrification in Rowville is about replacing them in a sensible order. Reverse cycle takes over the heating and cooling, a heat pump takes over the hot water, and an induction cooktop takes over the cooking. With the last gas appliance gone, you stop paying for a gas connection you no longer use, and the big hip roofs here usually have room for enough solar to cover a good share of the new load.
Not every home is the same. Double-storey houses often have ground-floor ducts sealed between the levels, which changes the heating choice, and supply phase varies by street. We work that out at the first inspection and put it into one written plan, stage by stage. Our other services are on the Rowville page.
Done by our own electricians, plumbers and ARC licensed technicians. Switchboard checked before anything else.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense, normally on new R1.5 insulated ducts in one to two days, with AirTouch 5 zoning for upstairs and down. A Braemar Dominator on the existing ducts only where they cannot be replaced, which in Rowville usually means the ground floor of a double-storey home.
Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier, sized for the household and normally swapped in one day with plumber and electrician on site together. Uses about a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit.
An induction cooktop on its own circuit from the switchboard. Often the last gas appliance in a Rowville kitchen, and the one that lets the gas account close.
Panels across the hip roof faces, a battery for the evening, and a charger for the second car. Sized for the electric heating and hot water you are adding, not the bills you had before.
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.
No Rowville electrification is written up yet. These three show how the pieces fit together on homes in other parts of Melbourne.
The closest match to a typical Rowville home. In Doreen, gas ducted heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop were all replaced by one team in one job: 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle with 12 vents, a Reclaim CO2 heat pump and induction.
Heating, hot water and cooking all went electric and the gas line was removed. 15.2kW of Jinko panels, a 10kW Sigen hybrid inverter, 24.18kWh of storage and a new flush-mount switchboard, installed in one day.
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 beside the switchboard on the southern wall.
Some Rowville owners do it all at once. Most stage it around when appliances fail and budgets allow. Either way, the plan is the same from day one.
We check the board, the supply phase and the capacity, because every electric appliance after this depends on it.
Heater and ducts, upstairs and down, the hot water unit and the cooktop, with their age and condition noted.
Typically hot water first if it is failing, then heating before winter, then the cooktop, with solar sized for the end result.
Each item priced with its own incentives shown, so you can go stage by stage or all together.
Electrical, plumbing and refrigeration all by Powerband staff, with certificates for each stage.
There is no single electrification rebate. These are the pieces, and we apply the ones you qualify for.
Victorian Energy Upgrades discounts apply to reverse cycle heating and cooling and to heat pump hot water, and they are usually largest when gas is being replaced. Federal STCs also apply to the heat pump and to solar panels.
The Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan cover solar panels and inverters for eligible owner-occupiers. Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount of around 30 percent, with no income test. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan.
No rebate applies to either, so they are fixed-price items. For the heating side in detail, see heating and cooling in Rowville.
Electrification touches the switchboard, the plumbing and the refrigeration. We employ all three trades.
Electrical under REC 32300, plumbing under BPC 132072 and refrigeration as ARC licensed, AU 065299. No subcontractors.
5,000+ Melbourne homes started on electrification and 10,000+ products installed.
We check whether your ducts can be replaced before recommending a unit, rather than defaulting to the cheaper option.
You are never committed to everything at once. Each step fits the one before it.
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Thinking about going electric in Rowville? Call 0466 355 441 to talk it through.
Usually whatever is closest to failing goes first, which in many Rowville homes is the hot water. Heating is best done before winter, and the cooktop often last. Solar can go in at any point, sized for the finished house.
Many original 1980s and 1990s boards need upgrading before reverse cycle, a heat pump, induction and an EV charger are all added. We check it first and include it in the plan.
Ducted reverse cycle cools as well as heats, so the evaporative cooler is no longer needed for cooling. Whether it comes off the roof is a separate decision we can talk through with you.
Yes, as long as there is a plan. Staging spreads the cost and lets you replace appliances as they age, while each step is sized for the next.
It can change the heating. Upstairs ducts are usually replaceable, while ground-floor ducts between the levels often are not, in which case a Braemar Dominator uses the existing ducts. Everything else is the same.
Not necessarily. Many all-electric homes run on single phase. If your Rowville home already has three phase, it gives more room for a faster EV charger. We confirm your supply at the inspection.
One inspection of the switchboard, heating, hot water and kitchen, then a written plan with fixed prices for each stage. No obligation.
