Ducted heating & cooling in Alfredton.

New estates, larger homes.

Alfredton and the surrounding Lucas and Winter Valley growth corridor are dominated by newer four and five bedroom homes, often double-storey, on estate blocks. These larger footprints with open-plan living and big glazing need real heating output to stay warm through a Ballarat winter. We run a full room-by-room heat-load calculation, because an open-plan living and dining void with a high ceiling pulls far more heat than its floor area suggests. Most of these homes land on a 30 to 40 MJ/h ducted gas furnace, or a correspondingly sized reverse-cycle system.

Gas or all-electric.

The newer estates here are where we see the most all-electric homes, so the gas-versus-reverse-cycle decision comes up constantly. Where there is natural gas, ducted gas remains a strong, cheap-to-run heating option. Where the home is all-electric and pairs with rooftop solar, a cold-climate ducted reverse-cycle system that heats and cools from one set of ducts is often the better fit. We talk you through it honestly, our gas vs reverse cycle guide sets out the numbers.

Zoning is a near-must on bigger homes.

On a large two-storey Lucas or Winter Valley home, heating the whole house at once is expensive over a long winter. We build zoning into these systems from the start, typically a day zone (living, kitchen, study) and a night zone (bedrooms), so you are not warming an empty upstairs all day. On a home this size the gas saving over a Ballarat winter is significant.

Typical Alfredton jobs.

• New-build ducted gas, 6-star, 14 to 18 outlets, zoned ($12K-$18K)
• Cold-climate ducted reverse cycle for an all-electric estate home ($18K-$26K)
• Ducted gas heating plus add-on refrigerated cooling ($16K-$24K)
• Multi-zone controller upgrade on a double-storey home
• Pre-winter service on a five-year-old furnace