Do I need a ducted air conditioning unit?

In order to have a ducted cooling system, you need to have ductwork in the house.

Ductwork is mostly made of sheet metal that is placed inside the ceilings and walls of your home.

The ductwork is used to deliver both heating and air conditioning to your home. The cooled and heated air travels from your furnace or central air conditioning through the HVAC ductwork and is sent to every room of the house via air vents. Central air conditioning is perfect when you have existing ductwork. Most HVAC technicians will recommend using central air conditioning if you have ductwork in your home and it is in good working condition. This makes the replacement of the air conditioning unit much easier. They simply put the new AC unit outside and make a few connections to the electrical system and the ductwork. If you happen to have high humidity in your area, central air conditioning is the better choice. Central air conditioning is built to remove the humidity from your home. Ductless air conditioning does not have as good of an ability to remove the humidity and you can end up with a warm and sticky home during the summer. If you need more airflow in your home, once again, the central air conditioning unit will offer this to you. Since ductless HVAC is made for individual rooms, the airflow isn’t as strong as with central AC. Air circulation is limited with ductless HVAC and you can have areas of the home where the air becomes stagnant. Your HVAC technician is perfect when needing to make these decisions.

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Is there ever a time to choose a ductless HVAC?

The ductless system would supply both heating and air conditioning to the new addition

When you aren’t a HVAC technician, choosing a new Air conditioning unit can be a bit daunting. There are many types of AC units on the market, so it can be overwhelming to make the right choice. A ductless AC system may be called a mini-split and it has no ductwork in the ceiling or walls to distribute the air conditioning. A ducted air conditioning unit sends cooled air throughout the house through ductwork that is installed within the walls and ceilings. Ductless air conditioning units send refrigerant to the smaller air handling, or blowers, that are placed in every room. If you have central HVAC in your home, it is best to stick with central air conditioning. However, if you are putting an addition onto your home or planning on putting air conditioning into a garage, there may be things to consider which may have you choosing a ductless HVAC system. The new addition may end up being unable to be hooked up to the existing ductwork. Maybe your HVAC system doesn’t have enough power to be able to reach the newest area of your home. In these cases, using a ductless HVAC system would make sense. You would have an outside unit and an inside unit. The ductless system would supply both heating and air conditioning to the new addition. If you are looking to add air conditioning or heating into your garage and there is no way to put ductwork to that area, once again you may choose to get ductless HVAC. If you are in doubt what to do with the HVAC in these areas, consult your local HVAC technician. They can help you to choose the most efficient and money saving HVAC system for every situation you have.

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Which type of AC system is best for me?

Although when making a choice about which AC system is best for the homeowner, you should turn to the HVAC tech, there are some choices you can make ahead of time.

  • I had been hearing a lot about ducted and ductless air conditioning systems.

I wanted to know which of these would be best for me? The HVAC technician told me I needed to know what each of these were before I could find out which suited me best. Ductless AC system, do not need ductwork to operate. There is one main unit on the outside of the house that supplies refrigerant to the inside unit which hangs on the wall near the ceiling. The ductless AC system can also supply heat, but it only works for the room in which the air handler is placed. Ducted AC, or central air conditioning, requires ductwork in the house in order to be used. If you already have ductwork that is in good condition, central air conditioning is a wise choice. It takes less time to install the AC unit. There is very little connection time to installing the AC unit. They set the AC unit up outside, and connect it to the ductwork. The refrigerant lines and fans are all inside the AC unit. It delivers cool air into the ductwork, where it flows to every room in the house. The cool air comes out of the air vents to give comfort to your home. The HVAC tech can check to make sure if the ductwork is in good shape and help you to make a decision. Once you have the facts about ducted and ductless AC, it is time to make that decision.

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Is there anything different between ducted and ductless?

At some point in your homeownership, you may be faced with the decision of what AC unit you want to replace the old AC unit? At this point you may have a choice between ductless air conditioning or ducted air conditioning.

Ductless air conditioning tells you exactly what it is, in the name.

You do not need ductwork to use ductless air conditioning. There is one main unit that sends refrigerant to the air handler to supply air conditioning to the room. If you have several rooms that you are cooling, you will have an air handler placed in every room. The main unit will send refrigerant to every one of these units so it can supply air conditioning. You don’t have air conditioning in any room that does not have an air handler. When you ducted air conditioning, your home has ductwork that is hidden behind the walls and in the ceilings. There is one main air handling unit that has fans inside and the refrigerant. This AC unit is placed outside and connected to the ductwork. The AC unit creates the cool air that is forced into the ductwork with the fan. The cool air is delivered from the ductwork into the rooms that have air vents. The cool air blows into the room from the ductwork. With ductless HVAC, you have the units hanging on the walls inside the house. If you have an inside room, you don’t normally have an air handler in that room since it needs a wall that faces the outside. With ducted, or central air conditioning, the ductwork carries the air conditioning which gives you more airflow and ultimately saves more energy on more money on your energy bills.

 

 

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Are there common problems with zoning systems?

Zoning system can be great for your home since it divides your home into different zones.

Each zone has its own thermostat and controls the temperatures in each zone separately.

You can lower your heating and cooling bills and keep your home comfortable for everyone. Some rooms at home may be naturally warmer because of the amount of sunlight these rooms get. If you make these rooms a separate zone, the HVAC system will use less energy while trying to keep the rest of the rooms warm. The warmer room will be kept at your chosen temperature and not get even warmer. When you have only one thermostat for the entire house, the entire home can become stifling if the room you have the thermostat in tends to be colder than the rest. If your thermostat is in a room that is always warm, possibly from a picture window with constant sunlight, the home may always be on the cooler side. The thermostat is always trying to reach a consistent temperature that is good for the room in which it is placed. Other rooms are uncomfortably hotter or cooler than the rest. HVAC zoning systems can be plagued with troubles including malfunctioning thermostats. Thermostats may malfunction which could cause some zones to be heated or cooled at the wrong time. Since zone control uses more thermostat, there is always the possibility of more problems. There is also the possibility of thermostats miscommunicating. Whenever there is a problem with your HVAC system, be it the thermostats, furnace, or air conditioning unit, it is always best to call the HVAC company.

 

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Are there any problems with zone control?

Although zone control can be a fix for many of the airflow and temperature problems in your home, there is always the possibility for some glitches.

If the HVAC technician makes a mistake when installing the dampers it may cause the thermostats to malfunction.

You may want more heat in one room, but the damper may think you want it in another. This could cause a lot of distress for the owner. The installation of zone control can also be a bit expensive. The good thing is that although the expense can be great and it can be a messy process, it still helps to save money on the energy bills. If you have a ductless HVAC system and the thermostats aren’t communicating with the main thermostat, there can also be some problems. Once again, this can be repaired with the help of a HVAC technician. Zone control can help to save money and is well worth the few problems you may have. Your home is no longer the same temperature throughout the entire home. You have individual control of the comfort of every room and there is better airflow. You have the ability to give more heat to the cooler and more cooling to the warmer areas and you never affect the comfort of the rest of the home. When you feel you may be having a problem with your zoning system, the first thing you should do is call the HVAC company. They can check out your system and make sure everything is running well and if there is a problem, they can make the repair before it becomes a huge problem.

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There are benefits to zone control.

We all have rooms in our homes that are cooler than any other.

These rooms may not get the best our HVAC system has to offer and they may benefit from the use of a zoning system.

Although most homes today have zone control, some of the older homes do not. Not having zone control can cause a lot of adversity in the home. You have one even temperature throughout the house, which may not agree with the people within the home. You have unsteady temperatures because of lack of airflow. When you have zone control installed, the HVAC technician comes into the house and he installs dampers into the air ducts. There are individual thermostats installed into every room. There may be thermostats into the area like the attic and basement, which may not have very good airflow. Each of these thermostats control what is called a zone. You set the thermostat to the liking of the individual occupying that zone. When the thermostat is set, the baffle either opens or closes to give the proper temperature that is chosen. Conversely, if you have a room that is not in use, or in the case of the attic or basement which is seldom used, you set the thermostat to a temperature so the heating or AC does not run all the time. This is an energy saving method and it saves money on your energy bills. It also saves on fuel that you use for your heating. Zone control is an amazing tool for making your home more comfortable, keeping the family happy, and for saving money on your energy bills.

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I’m investing in zone control.

You can achieve better efficiency with zone control.

HVAC zone control gives you a better level of control over your home’s HVAC. Individual zones can maintain comfort levels in your home better than ever before. HVAC zone control is the process of separating your HVAC system so it can deliver a better comfort level to every room in the home. This process makes it easier to set the temperatures and comfort in every area. You may keep your living room cooler during the day, but at night you can keep it warmer. With zone control you can achieve this without disturbing the comfort of other rooms. HVAC zoning systems give you a better way to set up and control the temperature in your home. The system uses a series of dampers that are installed in the air vents or in the ducts. The dampers open and close as required, to deliver airflow to each room in your home. A dedicated thermostat is installed for each zone so you may adjust the temperature levels in each part of your home. Investing in a HVAC zoning system comes with multiple benefits. You can achieve better efficiency with zone control. A zoned HVAC system also diverts air from areas that don’t require it, helping you to use less energy while still keeping the home comfortable. It also gives personal comfort levels; in homes where there is a constant thermostat war. A zoned HVAC system allows individuals to adjust their temperatures independently, for every room in the house. You can give more heat to naturally cooler areas of the house, without causing discomfort to the rest of the house, or put cooler air into the hot area without freezing anyone in another room.

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What is a zoning system?

Every family, whether it is two people or ten people, has different needs.

Those needs are not only in their wants, but also in their need for different temperatures.

Some people like it a lot warmer and others want the house to be cooler. Even between my wife and I, there is a large span when it comes to temperature needs. I like the thermostat to be set at sixty-five all year round, where my wife would prefer seventy-five all year round. When you add three or more others to the household, you have a potential for WWIII, over the thermostat. You may have a basement or attic that you want heated or cooled. You may also have areas that are too hot or too cold. There is one way you can change this. If you call the HVAC company, they may recommend that you have a zoning system installed. Zone control is created when dampers are placed inside the ductwork. These dampers open and close when heat or AC is called for. You get less or more, depending on the demands of the thermostat. There are thermostats in every room so every room has its own comfort. Whether you have a ductless or ducted HVAC system, the multi-zone HVAC system splits your home up into different areas. These areas have their temperature set points and thermostats. There is a dedicated thermostat for each zone. If you have a ductless system, a smart thermostat controls the zones. This gives you better control over every room in your home. You increase your comfort and reduce your energy bills. You can redirect air to those areas of your home that are never warm enough or cool enough without changing the temperature in the entire home.

 

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We spent a fortune on cleaning products last year

Each and every year, my company spends a ton of money on cleaning supplies.

I started the cleaning company shortly after I started colege.

I neded a way to make a little extra money for food, entertainment, and fun stuff. I didn’t want a full time job with a schedule. I started cleaning a couple of hosues on the weekeneds and that turned into a weekly gig. After those houses, the owners gave my number to some friends and they started calling for cleaning services too. I had to get a friend to help with some of the work and that’s when my cleaning business was born. I ended up quitting college in my sophomore year to concentrate on the cleanieng company full time. I didn’t see any reason to finsh college and the business courses when I already had a sucessful company on my hands. I have been in business for nearly ten years and our biggest expense is easily cleaing supplies. We buy window washer cleaner, floor cleaner, tile and grout cleaner, and a number of other speciality cleaning supplies. Last year, we spent a fortune on these products. It made me think about making our own cleaning products or finding a place with cheaper prices. With two grand a year out the door on supplies, it makes sense to find a better way to save money. I have a couple of chemists that are interested in helping me develop a cleaner, but they want to be able to patent the formula without paying me any royalty fees.

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