Ducted reverse cycle heats and cools your whole home from one system, with vents in every room. It’s the main way homes replace a ducted gas heater.
A common sign
“Our ducted gas heater is on its last legs. What do we replace it with?”
About ducted reverse cycle heating and cooling
A ducted reverse cycle system uses an outdoor unit and a unit in the roof or under the floor to move warm or cool air through ducts to each room. Like a split system, it heats by drawing warmth from the outside air, which uses much less energy than burning gas.
Zoning lets you heat or cool only the parts of the house you’re using, which saves energy. If you’re replacing a gas ducted heater, ask whether the existing ducts are in good enough shape to keep.
Replacing a ducted gas heater
Uneven temperatures from room to room
Homes that need both heating and cooling
Ask whether your existing ducts can be reused, and what condition they’re in. Old, leaky ducts can waste a lot of the heat before it reaches a room.
Not sure where to start?
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More in gas to electric
Replace the gas appliances one by one, hot water, heating, cooking, and stop paying two connection fees to keep the house running.
A heat pump uses a fraction of the electricity of an old electric tank, and it is the usual first swap when a gas system fails.
Heats the water in your radiators or heated slab with an electric heat pump instead of a gas boiler. The pipes and radiators can often stay, though not always, so ask.
Roof collectors with a boosted tank. A different product from a heat pump, and still the cheaper option on some rooftops.
Warms the pool with an electric heat pump or solar collectors on the roof instead of gas. Pairs well with rooftop solar, and a pool cover keeps the heat in.
Replaces an old single speed pump with a variable speed one that runs slower for longer, so keeping the water clean takes less power.
Faster than gas, and it takes the last flame out of the kitchen. Usually needs its own circuit run from the switchboard.
One unit for one room, or several heads off one outdoor box. The cheapest way to heat and cool the rooms you actually use.
A filter clean and a gas check keeps a system running at the efficiency it was sold at. Cheap next to replacing it early.
An older board often cannot take an induction cooktop, a heat pump and a charger at once. This is the job that unblocks the rest.
The last step. Once every gas appliance is gone, removing the meter is what actually ends the daily supply charge.
Before you choose an installer
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