Reasons For Investing In Air Conditioning For Cooling In The Home:

  • Rooms too hot or too humid, especially in Summer and Autumn.
  • For the security conscious, windows and doors can be closed and it will still feel like a cool breeze is circulating your room.
  • For Hayfever sufferers Air Conditioning means you don't need to open windows to allow cool air to circulate.
  • If you work from home you will appreciate the need for a comfortable working environment, such areas can become uncomfortably hot if they are placed in an area away from natural ventilation.

 
Reasons For Investing In Air Conditioning Fitted With A Heat Pump In The Home:

  • Heat pumps provide heating as well as cooling in the same unit.
  • Far more efficient than any other form of electric or gas heating.
  • For newly built conservatories, extending an existing central heating system to accommodate the new room will place extra stress on the system. Installing a radiator, although slightly cheaper to install than Air Conditioning, only offers heating in winter whereas a heat pump unit can heat in winter and also cool in the summer.
  • Great for loft conversions which can be unbearably hot in summer and freezing in winter.

Plus:

A heat pump is extremely efficient in heating mode as the system will deliver 5.4kw of heating into a space whilst using only 1kw of electricity. These heat pumps are up to 5.4 times more efficient than electric heaters and up to 3 times more efficient than gas heaters.

 
Good Locations For Air Conditioning /Heat Pump Systems

 

  • Living room
  • Study
  • Kitchen
  • Conservatory*
  • Bedroom
  • Loft Conversion
  • Games Room

* Conservatories are inherently hot in sunny periods and to assist in combating heat gain a larger sized unit would be recommended.

 

Other Considerations

 

Outdoor unit location: The outdoor unit will be located outside up to the maximum length of the pipe run, for the majority of domestic properties this will be 15 metres.

Power supplies: Most small type units for bedrooms can normally run off a 13 amp plug, but we will check this on our site survey as larger units will require a separate power supply from the main circuit board.

Inverter systems: Very efficient, as they draw less current when starting and therefore do not require a high fuse rating for power supply.

Condensate Drainage: Whilst cooling, the Air Conditioning unit will generate condensation. This will need to be removed by either a gravity drain or in some cases a small condensate pump.