Window ACs make loud rattling sounds during operation, and they only provide enough cooled air for one or two small spaces. Installed just beneath windows, baseboard heaters constantly fight the outside cold. For more effective and efficient climate control, consider a ductless mini-split system. Here’s how it can enhance your home comfort while saving you money.

Create a Tighter Home Envelope

Getting rid of your window AC and baseboard heaters will tighten your home envelope. You’ll have less heated and cooled air seeping out, and your climate control system will have less work to do. You’ll also have an easier time keeping pests out. In addition to a more efficient living space, you’ll enjoy whisper-quiet performance from your mini-split and a more secure home overall.

Service Remote Spaces like Attic Bedrooms and Finished Basements

Ductless mini-split systems are also ideal for new properties with existing, central heaters and air conditioners. These systems can service remote building areas that don’t receive adequate airflow. They’re also perfect for new home additions.

Among some of the many unserved or underserved areas for mini-splits are:

• Finished basements
• Attic bedrooms
• Garden rooms
• Attached garages
• In-law units
• Home offices or home gyms

Mini-split systems can have up to eight air handlers, and every air handler comes with its own thermostat. You can adjust these independently for customized climate control. Best of all, a mini-split system can work seamlessly with a central HVAC to both limit its workload and eliminate hot and cold spots throughout the building.

Dry Your Indoor Air Out

Ductless mini-split heat pumps provide cool air in summer and warm air in winter. During cooling, they extract excess moisture from the air. But these systems also have “dry mode” settings that you can use to reduce humidity at any time.

Stop Heating and Cooling Empty Spaces

While baseboard heaters and central HVAC systems often have one thermostat and create a single, uniform temperature throughout buildings, the heating and cooling from mini-splits is entirely customizable. This makes it unnecessary to heat or cool spaces that no one is using. You can turn air handlers off or adjust their thermostats to reflect the comings and goings of building residents.

Avoid Duct-Related Drama

You can avoid the duct-related energy waste that comes with central climate control by installing a mini-split. You can also avoid duct-related noise and experience a noticeable increase in your indoor air quality (IAQ). Rather than traveling through long, dusty air ducts, conditioned air from a mini-split comes directly from air handlers.

A Mini-Split Can Optimize Your Home Comfort!

There are many ways to use a mini-split to increase your home comfort. Whether you need whole-house or supplementary climate control, mini-split installation can reduce heating and cooling-related noise, improve your IAQ, and create the temperature and humidity you want in every room. If you live in Tualatin, OR or a surrounding area and need ductless systems services, make your first call to Sky Heating, AC, Plumbing & Electrical.