Mini-Split Heating and Cooling in New Albany, Indiana

Mini-split units are an excellent choice for both cooling and heating systems. These ductless systems are highly efficient and can be installed in practically any style or size of home. In areas requiring cooling and heating during different times of the year, like here in New Albany, IN, combined heating and cooling mini-split systems provide an all-in-one solution.

Get the Best of Both Worlds

Traditional central air systems have always had one major advantage over mini-split AC systems—sharing many components between the home’s cooling and heating systems, with ductwork used to distribute cooled and heated air. However, Summers Plumbing Heating & Cooling can provide your home with a reliable combined mini-split heating and cooling system.

Combining the two systems saves money on equipment, installation, maintenance, and operation. It also saves valuable space within your home. One of the only potential downsides to mini-splits is that your HVAC technician must mount the interior unit(s) to a wall inside your home. But thankfully, with combined heating and cooling, you need only one unit to achieve both climates.

You’ll also have an easier time controlling your home’s temperature year-round since you won’t have to learn the minor quirks of two systems. Instead, you can just rely on the effective and intuitive controls of your ductless mini-split heating and cooling systems.

Mini-Split Heating and Cooling Energy Savings

These efficient systems let you save money the whole year-round here in New Albany, IN. During the summer, your mini-split will provide powerful cooling through a refrigerant cycle, where heat is carried outside your home and expelled outdoors. Refrigerant cycles are incredibly efficient, working the same way your fridge does except for your entire home.

The real innovation doesn’t come on the AC side, though. It has to do with heating. Ductless mini-split heating and cooling systems feature an innovative application of the existing technology to bring never before seen levels of heating efficiency. During the winter, your system reverses the refrigerant cycle and pumps in heat from the frigid outdoors.

That is why they’re often called heat pumps. It might sound strange that you’re bringing in heat from outdoors even when it’s cold, but it isn’t so different from the AC putting out heat when it’s already warm outside. It’s like pumping water up from a well. It naturally falls back down, but with energy, it can be brought back up.

The reason that mini-splits are so great for heating is that the energy required to pump heat into your home is much less than generating the heat with electric baseboard heaters or other methods. Even factoring in electricity used in the system’s fans, you can save up to 40 percent on your heating bills.

Installations in Any Home

At Summers Plumbing Heating & Cooling, we can install ductless mini-split heating and cooling systems in almost any home. The big advantage is that there’s no ductwork required, so houses that haven’t had central air in the past won’t require extensive duct installation work.

Rather than relying on ductwork to distribute heat throughout each room of the home, mini-splits divide your home into cooling and heating zones. Each cooling and heating zone will have a unit to provide cooling and heating. Some homes will only require one, while others will require several depending on square footage and the number of floors.

The fans within the system provide effective distribution within each zone, bringing it to an even, consistent temperature. Because you can install these systems on a unit-by-unit basis, they’re an excellent choice for heating and cooling for any home expansions, even where an existing central air system is in place.

The installation process is fast, safe, and very non-invasive. The refrigerant flows between the interior and exterior units through a conduit no more than three inches in diameter. This conduit runs through an outer wall of your home, and the interior unit is mounted to the wall. That’s all we’ll have to do to your home to install your new system. The exterior unit can be mounted to the wall when appropriate or sit on the ground as many central air AC systems do.

Ductless Mini-Split Heating and Cooling Systems in New Albany, IN

Summers Plumbing Heating & Cooling installs, repairs, and services both combined heating and cooling mini-split systems, along with units just for heating or cooling. Today, you can reach out to us for a consultation with one of our professional technicians to go over your ductless heating and cooling options.s