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Gas to All-electric 1908 Edwardian with hydronic heating

Our gas-electric to all-electric journey has been guided by a combination of the nuances of our home and our lifestyle choices. Our project was not a knockdown and rebuild and we’ve had to work within the building limitations of our much-loved heritage weatherboard house, which is now 117 years old. We’re not suggesting our approach is perfect or for everyone, but it does reflect our situation, priorities, budget, and our best efforts to improve our household’s environmental credentials. Having said that we learnt many lessons and gained insights that we believe are highly relevant for similar-period houses in Melbourne. We would probably do some things differently in hindsight (or if repeated). Visiting our house should be of specific interest to those wanting to go all-electric in an older weatherboard house, or those considering hydronic heating (vs split system reverse cycle AC).
As background, a 5 year retrospective about our home can be found in Renew Magazine 168 July 2024 (part 1 story in print from page 80, part 2 detailed data review online https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/all-electric/a-gas-to-all-electric-retrospective/). A gas-to-electric hydronic article was also published in Renew 148 in 2019 – https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/sustainable-tech/going-electric-with-hydronic-heating/.
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Updated 16-Feb-25.

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