Ductless mini-splits are becoming a popular upgrade for many homes. The comfort levels and efficiency they provide are optimal for most homes, especially if there is no existing duct system. They are also a great way to regulate the temperature in your home to a more precise degree, and they will require less maintenance than a heating and cooling system with ducts.
Ductless mini-splits may be costly to install in your living space, but there are several benefits that make them a great option for homes. In this guide, we will explore five reasons why this upgrade is good for most homes in the Greater Cleveland area.
1. Offers Zoning Capabilities
One of the reasons that a ductless mini-split is ideal for a larger home is that you can take advantage of creating different temperature zones within the living space. This allows you to potentially save money on your energy bills because you won’t need to heat or cool the entire house all of the time.
You can have the main living area set to a specific temperature with the bedrooms in another zone. This allows you to have the living room warm while you are watching TV at night, then before you head to bed, you can warm the temperature up to a comfortable level in your bedroom. You can also adjust the temperature of the living room to a lower level when you finish enjoying the space for the night.
It also allows you to keep a room that gets a lot of sunlight at a cooler temperature without cooling off the entire living space. This will allow you to have more precise control over the temperature in each room and customize what each family member prefers. For example, if you have one person who sleeps hot, you can set their one specific bedroom to a higher temperature to keep them warmer at night.
2. Smart Control Availability
If you have zoning capability, the best option is to connect your heating and cooling system to a smart device that will allow you to control the temperature without being at the thermostat. The smart device can also connect to your phone so that you can change the temperature when you are away from home. This allows you to set a schedule that lowers the temperature when everyone is away and raises it back up before your family members enter the home again.
Using your heating and cooling system this way will help save a lot of energy. In fact, a smart thermostat can use up to 10% less energy each year. The best part is that it saves energy during both the heating and cooling seasons.
3. More Energy Efficient
As mentioned earlier, ductless mini-splits are significantly more energy efficient than traditional ducted systems. By using a ductless model, you eliminate ductwork loss, which can account for approximately 30% of the energy consumed for heating and cooling your home. Air is frequently lost in the ductwork of a traditional heating and cooling system, especially as the ducts age.
Mini-splits are ENERGY STAR certified, which means they have a design that uses much less energy than models without this certification. This alone can save money because purchasing an ENERGY STAR product and installing it in your home makes you eligible for federal and local rebates.
Since ductless mini-splits utilize inverter technology, they operate much more quietly than traditional heating and cooling systems. This technology uses a moderate rate to change the speed and the amount of power it uses to adjust the temperature gradually. This means less need for the unit to cycle on and off to change the temperature in the living space. It simply makes minor adjustments to keep the temperature in the room consistent, so the noise pollution is greatly reduced.
4. Improved Air Quality
Next to you being comfortable in your home, the most important thing to consider when it comes to your HVAC system is the quality of the air that you are breathing. That said, a ductless model means that you do not have to worry about the dust and debris that builds up inside your ductwork. This dust and debris often contains allergens that move throughout your home on the air in the ducts, which can affect your health.
Since there are no ducts in a mini-split system, the air quality is automatically better than with a traditional system. In addition, this type of system also has a multi-stage filtration system that will trap and remove unhealthy indoor allergens from your home. If you have a family member with existing respiratory issues, a ductless mini-split system is a great way to ensure that indoor pollutants do not exacerbate their condition.
5. Easy Installation Process
Installing a ductless mini-split system in your home is quite a simple process, especially since there does not need to be existing ductwork in your home to move the air from one blower to another. In fact, there are only a few parts to a ductless system that you need to worry about having set up properly.
These include an indoor unit, an outdoor unit, and a conduit that connects them. There only needs to be a small hole in the wall behind the blower to connect to the conduit. This makes it an easy way to upgrade the heating and cooling system in a newly added part of the home or a renovation that does not have ductwork already installed. It is ideal for smaller living spaces where there is no extra space to create ducts.
In addition, you can add as many blowers as you want to your home. This means that if you find that there is an area that is not getting cool enough in the summer, you may need to add a blower to the area. If you live in a small space, you may be able to get away with one or two blowers, one for the main living space and one for the bedroom. A larger living space might have six or more blowers connected to the same outside unit.
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Your comfort is important to us at Anderson Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electric, so we strive to ensure that you have the ability to control the temperature in your home with ease. A ductless mini-split system is ideal for ensuring that you are comfortable in your living space and that you have optimal air quality in your home. They require less maintenance than a traditional heating and cooling system, and they allow you to incorporate a smart thermostat that you can easily control from your mobile device when you are away from home.
At Anderson Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electric, we have been serving the Greater Cleveland area since 1982, and because of this experience, we are one of the largest HVAC companies in Lake County. We don’t want you to settle for anything less than 100% satisfaction when it comes to your comfort level in your home. Call us today for all of your heating and cooling needs!
