Tips & Info

Most of us grew up with gas in the home. A gas cooktop in the kitchen, a gas heater in the lounge and a gas storage unit heating the water. For decades, that was just how Australian homes were built. In recent years, health organisations here and overseas have taken a closer look at how burning gas indoors affects the air we breathe. Gas is responsible for up to 12 per cent of childhood asthma

A 25 year warranty means nothing if the company disappears in year eight. Here is the test every product must pass before it earns a place in your home.

Earlier this year, the Victorian Government announced the Midday Power Saver. Free power in the middle of the day, every day. It made a few headlines back in autumn, then most of us got on with the year and forgot about it. It is worth putting back on your radar, because it starts on the 1st of October 2026. That is only a month away. When it comes to free power, it pays to be

For over a decade, we have installed Fronius inverters in our clients’ homes and our own.  There are over 600 homes across Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges with a Fronius inverter installed on the wall by our team.  This has weighed on us over the last couple of years. Doubts have crept in about the brand we’ve trusted the longest. Can they keep up with the pace of the industry they once pioneered? We weren’t

Victoria is going all-electric. New electrification and efficiency standards for homes and buildings begin phasing in from the 1st of January 2027. Over time, they will touch every gas-connected home in the state. First, the reassuring part. You will not be forced to remove working gas appliances from the home you live in. The rules are tied to natural moments of change, like a new build, an appliance that dies or a rental starting a

Planning on electrifying your home in Victoria? Bluegum Electrical explains the right order: solar, hot water, heating and cooling, batteries and EV charging in Macedon Ranges and Sunbury.

The Federal Budget dropped on the 12th of May. If you’ve tried to make sense of it, you’ve probably found there is a lot of noise. Most of the headlines were about tax cuts and housing. Buried in the detail is a stack of changes that matter if you’re thinking about solar, a battery, an EV or any other home upgrade. Here’s what actually changed, what stayed the same and what it means for homeowners