Residential Air Conditioning Installations
Residential Cooling
Is it hard to get to sleep in Summer when it’s so hot? Wake up in the morning feeling like you’ve hardly slept? Unpleasantly sweating in the bathroom as you’re getting ready to go out?
We hear all of the above from our new customers regularly and if you can relate, we can certainly provide a solution so you’ll never experience being uncomfortable in your own home again.
If you’d like to discuss suitable options for your home, give us a call. We’re always happy to help you arrive at your best solution. Alternatively, if you’d like to research further yourself before picking up the phone, see our air conditioning options below.
We can supply and install, service and repair all types of cooling systems including:
· Wall mounted split systems
· Ducted split systems
· Evaporative coolers
· Add on cooling
Our Cooling Services
We can supply and install, service and repair all types of heating and cooling systems including…
Wall Mounted Split Systems
Ducted Split Systems
Evaporative Coolers
Add on Cooling
Wall mounted split systems
Advantages
Wall mounted split systems are the most popular type of A/C unit. This is due to their low purchase and installation cost and also their ability to be used as a heater in winter. The term “split” refers to the unit effectively being split in half. The indoor unit gets mounted on one side of the wall and the outdoor unit gets mounted outside (within 20 metres of the indoor unit, but the closer it is, the cheaper the install costs). This means the noisy part, the compressor, is outside so the indoor unit is very quiet with only a slight fan noise. The systems available range from small units suitable for a small study right up to large units suitable for large open living areas (up to 100 square metres). We supply, install and service the three top brands, Fujitsu, Daikin and Mitsubishi Electric.
Wall mounted split systems can utilise the solar panels on your roof to offset the cooling costs through summer.
Disadvantages
They are usually only suited to one room or area. If you want your whole home cooled, you will likely need one in the living area and one in each bedroom. It can therefore get expensive when multiple units are required.
Ducted Split Systems
Advantages
Ducted split systems can heat or cool a whole home at one time and are a more efficient option, when compared to having multiple wall mounted split units. One large compressor can cool your whole home. All the units we sell now are inverters, meaning they can increase and decrease the speed they’re running to match the required demand. As the whole home comes down to a comfortable temperature they will cycle down, thus reducing the running costs. These units are very quiet compared to an evaporative cooler.
With a correctly sized unit, you can expect up to 20 degrees difference from the outside temp to that within your home. Therefore, on a 40 degree day, the system could potentially achieve 20 degree temperatures inside.
Ducted split systems can utilise the solar panels on your roof to offset the cooling costs through summer.
Disadvantages
The main disadvantage with ducted systems are their large initial installation costs. Supply and installation of ducted systems start from $8,000. Also, some people don’t like to have all the doors and windows closed in Summer.
Evaporative Coolers
Advantages
Evaporative coolers take outside air, condition it and blow it into your home via ceiling ducts. This can be very pleasant on a mild day, as you can use the cooler on the fan only function to blow fresh air inside.
Unlike ducted systems listed above, evaporative coolers can be less than half the price to install. If you’re the type of person who likes your doors and windows open in Summer, evaporative coolers are worth considering. They are a basic machine, being mainly a water pump and a fan motor and are therefore the cheapest type of cooling to run.
Disadvantages
You must have windows open for these units to operate effectively, some people prefer to have windows closed in Summer.
These units can only reach 10 – 12 degrees difference from outside. If it is a 40 degree day the best you can hope for inside is approx. 28 degrees.
They are usually much louder than a ducted split system due to the amount of air they push inside the home.
If there is smoke outside (think smoke haze January 2020 from the bushfires) it is best not to use your cooler as it will be blown inside. This effectively means you will have no cooling for this period.
Evaporative coolers are less effective on humid days. Evaporative cooler operation adds moisture, or humidity to the air. This can be both an advantage or a disadvantage, depending upon circumstances.
Add On Cooling
Only applicable if you have a gas ducted heater.
Add on cooling is much the same as a ducted split system as listed above. The only difference being that they use the fan and ductwork from the gas ducted heater to move the conditioned air around.
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Any questions?
Call us today on 03 9738 2498 for any questions about residential air-conditioning.