Ducted Heating

What is it ducted heating? Brivis ducted heating

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Stop before you shop

Heating is a long term investment so before you even begin looking at heating systems, there are a few things you should consider. For instance, how will future lifestyle changes affect your heating needs?Think ahead, and purchase a system that fulfills your current needs as well as your future ones. And keep in mind that a good heating system increases the value of your home. The money you spend now is sure to pay off later.
Finally, determine how many rooms you want to heat at any given time. Figure this out, and you're half way to finding the heating system that's right for you.

Whole house heating

With ducted heating you don’t have to walk out of a warm room into a cold one. You can be watching TV while the kids are in bed and everyone stays warm.
Gas Ducted central heating is the most efficient way to heat your entire house. You can save up to $300* per year in operating costs to heat your entire home using a high efficiency gas ducted heater compared to using gas space heaters.
A household using electrical appliances for heating produces three times** more greenhouse gas emissions than a household using ducted gas appliances.
*Sustainable Energy Authority Victoria, 2004 for a house size up to 150m2
**AGA (Australian Gas Association)

Move to a warm zone

Ducted central heating offers heating flexibility through zoning. Zoning enables you to divide your home into sections so living areas can be heated during the day and sleeping areas at night, or whatever suits you. Zoning is not only practical but economical. It can reduce your gas bill by up to $200 pa. in a typical home. So don't forget to ask about zoning when you speak to your dealer.

What is it ducted heating?

Ducted central heating comprises a central heating unit, which is connected to a series of outlets. Positioned strategically throughout your home, these outlets, or ducts, are installed either in the floor or ceiling. Positioning of the heating unit depends on your house. If your house is built on a concrete slab, the unit is installed in the roof. If it has space underneath or a very low roof line, the unit is installed outside or under the floor. The ductwork, which connects the outlets to the heating unit, is neatly tucked away out of sight.

Ducted heating

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Ducted heating is a long term investment so before you even begin looking at the different types of heating available, there are a few things you should consider. Will you be at the property for a short or long period of time? Will any future lifestyle changes affect your heating needs? Do I require the entire house to be heated? We encourage you to think ahead, and purchase a ducted heating system that fulfills your current needs as well as your future ones. And keep in mind that a good ducted heating system increases the value of your home. The money you spend now is sure to pay off later.

Ducted heating is without a doubt the most efficient way to heat your entire house. If you're using a space heater or a reverse cycle air conditioner, the cost to heat only one room is approximately $98 per quarter. But with gas ducted heating, you can heat your entire home for less than $200 a quarter (if you use zoning and high efficiency heating).

With ducted heating you never have to walk out of a warm room into a cold one. You can be watching TV while the kids are in bed, and everyone stays warm. Ducted central heating
offers heating flexibility through zoning. Zoning enables you to divide your home into sections so living areas can be heated during the day and sleeping areas at night, or whatever suits you. Zoning is not only practical but economical. It can reduce your gas bill by up to $400 pa. in a typical home. So don't forget to ask about zoning when you speak to us.

Ducted heating comprises a central heating unit, which is connected to a series of outlets. Positioned strategically throughout your home, these outlets, or ducts, are installed either in the floor or ceiling. Installation of the heating unit depends on your house. If your house is built on a concrete slab, the unit is installed in the roof. If it has space underneath or a very low roof line, the unit is installed outside or under the floor. The ductwork, which connects the outlets to the heating unit, is neatly tucked away out of sight.

Special Features & Benefits of Ducted Heating

Warm air flows through small outlets into every room of the house
Electricity produces five times the amount of carbon dioxide emissions than natural gas
The most effective and inexpensive way to power any heater is with natural gas
Ducted central heating heats your whole home
If correctly designed your ducted heating system can have add-on air conditioning to give you year round comfort.

DIY Ducted Heating Kits Available!

Ducted Heating DIY Video - Part 5

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Ducted Heating DIY Video - Part 4

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Ducted Heating Video Part 3

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Ducted Heating Video Part 2

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Ducted Heating Video Part 1

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Central heating choices

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Central heating-only systems:

Ducted gas air heating
Air is heated in a central gas heater (look for an efficient model with a high gas star rating) and distributed through insulated ducts to ceiling, wall or floor panels throughout the house (similar to ducted air conditioning). Different areas can be zoned, each with its own individual thermostat.

This type of heating can circulate a lot of dust (requiring a filter system that adds to the running costs and maintenance requirements), and tends to dry the air.

Hydronic heating
With this system, water is heated in a central boiler, then circulated around the house to panels that radiate and convect the heat to the air. The boiler can be fuelled by natural gas, LPG, wood or off-peak electricity.

The panels are usually individually controlled, so you can adjust the temperature of each room according to your needs. Look for quick-response panels made from mild steel and with a relatively small volume.

This type of heating is very quiet and circulates only a little dust.

In-slab heating
With this type of heating, the concrete floor slab is heated by internal electric cables or hot water pipes. It’s not recommended for suspended concrete floors where the space underneath isn't occupied, or for slab-on-ground in areas with a high watertable. And you’d probably only choose it if you’re building a new home or an extension.

Electric systems run on off-peak electricity, hot water systems can be fuelled by natural gas, LPG or wood.

This type of heating takes a long time to respond to changes in the thermostat setting, so it’s often left running 24 hours a day on an appropriate setting — making zoning (separate thermostatic controls for different parts of your house) very important.

Running costs and greenhouse gases

With all central heating systems, running costs depend very much on what fuel type you’re using and how much you pay for it. Compared to ducted reverse-cycle air conditioning, all types of natural gas heating are likely to have lower running costs, while using LPG and electric hydronic heating are likely to be more expensive to run.

Using natural gas or LPG produces much less carbon dioxide than reverse-cycle air conditioning, while electric heating produces considerably more.

For more detailed info, check the Sustainability Victoria factsheets.

DIY Ducted Heating DIY Air Conditioning DIY Evaporative Cooling

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Our DIY Kit Backup Service

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OUR BACKUP SERVICE

If you live in the Melbourne Metropolitan area we have two backup service options to assist you. From inspecting your installation through to coming out and giving you advice to suit your particular project. Unfortunatley this isn't a free service - we charge $99 inc GST for the visit (up to thirty minutes)

INSTALLATION INSPECTION

Once you have installed your DIY Kit, would you like the peace of mind of knowing its all been done right? Our qualified inspector can visit your home in the Melbourne Metropolitan area and check over your installation. He will offer some suggestions and tips if required.

INSTALLATION ADVICE

You've watched the video, you've called us for advice, you've looked at the pictures but just don't know how to do something. Our qualified professional can come to your home in the Melbourne Metropolitan area and give you the advice you need. He won't do the work for you, but can guide you through it while he is there if you are willing to do it there and then. Remember he is only there for up to thirty minutes - if you think you will need him longer we charge $70 per helf hour after the first thirty minutes.

Air Conditioning DIY Kits

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Dynamic Heating & Cooling is one of Australia's leading manufacturers in air conditioning, ducted heating and ducted cooling systems. Dynamic Heating and Cooling offers good customer service and good products.

Dynamic Heating and Cooling also offers a do it yourself kit as a cost effective solution to its customers' air heating and cooling needs. Dynamic Heating and Cooling has further improved and streamlined its products to meet the customers' requirements and demands.

Dynamic Heating and Cooling offers easy online shoppping where customers could browse through their catalogues to suit their specific needs.

Dynamic Heating and Cooling has included heating and cooling tips for its customers which includes things as small as using awnings and blinds on the windows, insulating and sealing the walls and doors, cleaning the filters and so on. These tips can go a long way in ensuring optimum cooling and heating effects.

Ducted Heating Interest Free GE Finance

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Make it possible with - interest free terms - 12 and 24 months interest free now available through GE Finance. If you have an existing GE Creditline Card you can buy direct from us with it - interest free! With GE CreditLine, you'll get the unique advantage of extended interest free and deferred payment options that you won't get with other credit cards and is a must-have for those 'big-ticket' purchases.

How GE CreditLine works with our DIY Kits

Any of our DIY kits may be purchased with a GE CreditLine card, however expect the price to increase by around 10-15%. Whenever we process a GE CreditLine purchase we are charged a percentage of between 10 and 15% by GE Finance. Most stores will factor this cost into their products, however we do not.

For example, you go to Harvey Norman to buy a couch that is advertised for $3000.00 If you purchase that couch with a GE CreditLine card, no discount will be given to you, you'll purchase the couch for $3000. However should you pay by cash or even with a visa card they will give you a discount (if you ask). The couch has the 10-15% surcharge from GE Finance factored into the price from the very beginning.

With our DIY kits the prices are rock bottom and we do not include that 10-15% margin for those that may use a GE CreditLine Card. So when you want to use interest free terms with Dynamic Heating & Cooling expect to pay an additional 10-15% on the advertised prices.

PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST HAVE AN EXISITING GE CREDTLINE CARD
WE CAN NOT PROCESS NEW APPLICATIONS

DIY Ducted Heating Instructional Videos

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Coming soon to the Dynamic Heating & Cooling website will be Instructional Videos on how to install a DIY ducted heating and DIY ducted cooling system! These videos will help you to decide whether you have the abilities to install a DIY system yourself.

From the cutting holes in your floor or ceiling, through to fitting flexible ductwork - we are sure you will find these videos of great help.

Register on our website and we'll e-mail you as soon as the videos are ready to go.

Dynamic Heating & Cooling

Ducted heating energy ratings

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The Energy Rating label uses stars to show the energy efficiency of a heater. The more stars, the more energy efficient the heater the lower its running costs when compared with another similar unit in the same situation and the lower the greenhouse gas emissions.

Use the Energy Rating label to compare different models with the same heat output, the more stars, the more money you'll save and the better it will be for our environment. Even a one star improvement can save around 10% on running costs!

Sometimes a high star rating model can cost a little more to purchase, but the savings on energy bills can easily make up the difference in just a few years.

The Brivis Multiplex Series (MPS) includes both High Efficiency 5 star energy rating heaters and Medium Efficiency 4 star-rated heaters. The MPS series has won the Australian Gas Association's Appliance of the Year award, as well as Galaxy Awards for the most energy-efficient product five years in a row. They are the most technically advanced, efficient and compact heaters on the market today. Talk to Dynamic Heating & Cooling today about efficient gas ducted heating DIY kits.

brivis ducted heating

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The most energy efficient, environmentally friendly gas ducted heater in Australia.
The Multiplex Series (MPS) includes both High Efficiency 5 star energy-rated heaters and Medium Efficiency 4 star-rated heaters. The MPS series has won the Australian Gas Association's Appliance of the Year award, as well as Galaxy Awards for the most energy-efficient product five years in a row. They are the most technically advanced, efficient and compact heaters on the market today.

Advanced technology
The technology used in the MPS series is a culmination of Brivis's 40 years of heating experience in Australia. The MPS features ensure that the heaters are far more effective at heating your home, with the least amount of energy, environmental damage and expense. Every stage of the MPS's operation has been thought about and designed to make it more reliable and unobtrusive for you.

All MPS heaters have a Hot Surface Ignition system to start the heater. Two confirmation rods on either side of the burner send a signal to confirm that there is ignition across the whole burner. This is an important safety feature which other heaters don't have.

The gas then comes on fully and the circulation fan starts up slowly at its lowest level. This ensures that the start up of the fan is extremely quiet and that the air is warm before it flows into your home.

The MPS High Efficiency units have a unique secondary heat exchanger which captures and uses the heat which is normally expelled from the unit into the environment. This means that every last bit of warmth generated by the burners is used to heat your house rather than being wasted.

The MPS series have very advanced Energy Management Systems. The first benefit of the Energy Management System is zoning, which effectively means you can divide your home into separate heating areas. During the day, you can heat the living areas, and during the night, your bedrooms. If you want the whole house heated at the same time, you can heat both zones. And the whole process is automatically controlled by your wall controller. It's up to you. Just ask your dealer about the zoning option.

The second great energy advance is the ability of the MPS to reduce the heater output by up to 60%. This means that the heater detects how many outlets you are currently operating and reduces the energy requirements automatically.

Once the temperature inside your home reaches your preset temperature, the burners inside the heating unit will turn off. The fan then gradually slows down ensuring that all the remaining heat inside the unit is used to heat your house.

Ducted heating systems by brivis

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Dynamic Heating & Cooling believe that h eating is a long term investment so before you even begin looking at heating systems, there are a few things you should consider. For instance, how will future lifestyle changes affect your heating needs?Think ahead, and purchase a system that fulfills your current needs as well as your future ones. And keep in mind that a good heating system increases the value of your home. The money you spend now is sure to pay off later.Finally, determine how many rooms you want to heat at any given time. Figure this out, and you're half way to finding the heating system that's right for you.

Whole house heating ducted central heating is without a doubt the most efficient way to heat your entire house. If you're using a space heater or a reverse cycle air conditioner, the cost to heat only one room is approximately $98 per quarter. But with gas ducted heating, you can heat your entire home for less than $200 a quarter (if you use zoning and high efficiency heating).*With ducted heating you never have to walk out of a warm room into a cold one. You can be watching TV while the kids are in bed, and everyone stays warm. Ducted central heating offers heating flexibility through zoning. Zoning enables you to divide your home into sections so living areas can be heated during the day and sleeping areas at night, or whatever suits you. Zoning is not only practical but economical. It can reduce your gas bill by up to $400 pa. in a typical home. So don't forget to ask about zoning when you speak to us.

What is it ducted heating? Ducted central heating comprises a central heating unit, which is connected to a series of outlets. Positioned strategically throughout your home, these outlets, or ducts, are installed either in the floor or ceiling. Installation of the heating unit depends on your house. If your house is built on a concrete slab, the unit is installed in the roof. If it has space underneath or a very low roof line, the unit is installed outside or under the floor. The ductwork, which connects the outlets to the heating unit, is neatly tucked away out of sight.* How does it work ? The heating unit draws air from inside your house into a return air grille. From here it then flows into the heater where it's warmed, and then to every room of your home via outlets, in the form of warm, gentle air.

*Energy Efficiency Victoria, 1999

Filter your ducted heating system today!

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Air filters will stop at least 85% of the finest-grade dust that moves through the ventilation ducts of your home or office. Dynamic Heating & Cooling have a large range of filtration options for your ducted heating or cooling system:

DIY ducted heating kits - 50% off

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Welcome to the first posting of Dynamic Heating & Cooling's new blog. We are currently in the middle of a very wet and cold winter. To help you cope with the cold we are offering 50% off our DIY ducted heating kits. We have a range of ducted heating systems to choose from. For small homes a four point ducted heating kit will suffice however our systems go right up to twelve points. Take a look at our website and take advantage of our 50% sale!