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248 K

About Kelvin & Co.

Laverton North · since 2009

Named for the scale that starts at absolute zero. We work between minus 25 and 80.

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  • 2009Founded
  • 14Staff
  • 9Vans
Polished copper pipe fittings lined up on the workshop bench

278 KOur story

0kelvin,
absolute zero

Where the name starts. We work in the last stretch of the scale, 248 to 353.

Cold first.
Then heat.

Luke Ferris started Kelvin & Co. in 2009 with one van and a set of gauges, fixing cool rooms for the restaurants he used to deliver to.

Commercial came first because that is where a failure costs the most: a dead cool room is a night's stock. Heating followed because the heat pump that chills a room will warm a house, run the other way. The licences, the tools and the people were already here.

Anna Ferris runs the office and the phones, which is why a person answers at 2am. Today there are fourteen of us and nine vans, working from a workshop in Laverton North, halfway between Melbourne and Geelong.

Luke FerrisFounder, refrigeration mechanic
Anna FerrisOperations

293 KLicences

Licensed across
the dial.

Three licences, each covering its own stretch of the scale. Open one to read it in plain words.

The business holds a Refrigerant Trading Authorisation from the Australian Refrigeration Council, and every technician carries an ARCtick Refrigerant Handling Licence. It is what lets us open a circuit, recover the gas and recharge it.

Every freezer room, cool room, air conditioner and heat pump on the dial needs it. Low-GWP refrigerants (R290, R32, CO2) wherever the equipment allows.

Licensed by Victoria's Building and Plumbing Commission (formerly the VBA) for Type A gas appliances: ducted furnaces, boilers and gas hot water.

Every gas job gets a compliance certificate and a carbon monoxide test before we leave.

Kelvin & Co. is a registered electrical contractor with Energy Safe Victoria, and a licensed electrician wires every install. No second trade to book, and no gap between them.

313 KThe crew

Four leads.
Four ranges.

Every lead technician owns a stretch of the dial. Between them, the whole thing.

Founder
Since 2009

Luke
Ferris

Commercial refrigeration. Still takes the Saturday-night calls.

−25°C14°C

Lead tech
Since 2013

Dev
Sharma

Cool rooms and freezer rooms. Builds them, then services them.

−25°C5°C

Lead tech
Since 2016

Mia
Tran

Air conditioning and heat pumps, including hot water heat pumps.

14°C60°C

Lead tech
Since 2018

Josh
Kearney

Gas and hydronic. Type A gasfitter, boiler and radiator work.

45°C80°C

333 KBy the numbers

Read off
the column.

2hMetro responseInside 3 hours to Geelong, most calls
4.9Out of fiveFrom 280+ reviews
9Vans on the road14 staff, one workshop
2009On the tools since17 years of logged jobs

HI · 24/7Breakdowns

1300 535 846

Off the top of the scale? A person answers, day or night, and one of the four above is on the way.

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