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Air conditioning/heating wall units
« on: February 13, 2022, 03:50:24 AM »
Hi, anyone had AC wall units installed? Any advice?
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2022, 04:37:52 AM »
My advice would be to hire a competent installer.
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2022, 05:09:07 AM »
Are you referring to Window air conditioners...or the Ductless split systems?
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2022, 02:57:16 AM »
Quote from: sync pulse on February 13, 2022, 05:09:07 AM
Are you referring to Window air conditioners...or the Ductless split systems?

No, the wall split units.
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2022, 08:25:08 AM »
Mostly these are usefull in older houses with no space for ducts.
You snake the tubing through the wall, attic, ceilings like an electrician would cables.

Usually older houses are leaky enough for fresh air to infiltrate.

Have heard no complaints...when I visit someone with them, it feels just fine.

Personally my house had an attic big enough for ducts, so I have no personal experience.
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2022, 02:36:37 PM »
Quote from: sync pulse on February 14, 2022, 08:25:08 AM
Mostly these are usefull in older houses with no space for ducts.
You snake the tubing through the wall, attic, ceilings like an electrician would cables.

Usually older houses are leaky enough for fresh air to infiltrate.

Have heard no complaints...when I visit someone with them, it feels just fine.

Personally my house had an attic big enough for ducts, so I have no personal experience.

They seem incredibly expensive. :-\
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2022, 04:07:28 PM »
Yes they are...
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2022, 11:14:13 PM »
In a district of Houston called the "Heights", which was built in the early 20th century...In the 60' and 70's, the housing was air conditioned largely with window units.  In the rental housing, (houses, duplexes, and garage apartments) The appropriate window would have an appropriate electric outlet near, and the tenant would put in a window unit upon moving in.
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2022, 03:08:33 AM »
Quote from: sync pulse on February 14, 2022, 08:25:08 AM
Mostly these are usefull in older houses with no space for ducts.
You snake the tubing through the wall, attic, ceilings like an electrician would cables.

Usually older houses are leaky enough for fresh air to infiltrate.

Have heard no complaints...when I visit someone with them, it feels just fine.

Personally my house had an attic big enough for ducts, so I have no personal experience.

Thanks. Any advice on the brand? I've heard very good things on all but I want to buy top of the line. Mitsubishi comes to mind... their heeting/cooling units, albeit expensive as fuck, are compact and easy to install.

I am looking to do the installation myself... except for the electrical part, which a friend is going to help me with.
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2022, 11:47:06 PM »
 I have never personally dealt with a split system, so I have no knowlege about the brands. 
Again though I do know that you deal with the lines the same way electricians deal with cabling.
Skill with patching drywall is handy.
You will probably cut a small hole at the end of each segment of a line so you can snake the thing.  Later you patch the holes.  I have seen cabling and drywall contractors team up.  The electrician/structured cabling contractors run lines using strategically cut holes. Then after the new lines are connected and tested, the drywall guy patches the wall and where the holes were are completely invisible.
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Re: Air conditioning/heating wall units
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2022, 02:26:31 PM »
Quote from: sync pulse on February 14, 2022, 11:14:13 PM
In a district of Houston called the "Heights", which was built in the early 20th century...In the 60' and 70's, the housing was air conditioned largely with window units.  In the rental housing, (houses, duplexes, and garage apartments) The appropriate window would have an appropriate electric outlet near, and the tenant would put in a window unit upon moving in.

Some houses are still using window units. ;D

Although the Heights area is changing at a fast pace.
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