21 May 2020

Air conditioning installation?

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Hi

Is there anyone who knows how much it costs to install air conditioning?

Any good tradesmen to call?

Thanks

[ED – You might have left it a little late.]

If you’re in the market for an air conditioning unit, check out our article on The Best Air-Conditioning Services in Canberra for a list of where to look in town.

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I have double brick, it’s the best, my unit is good in summer or winter, I leave window’s open all summer, but close the shades, in winter during the day all window’s open, come 4pm I close all window’s and doors, works well.

The federal government is planning on offering some cash to install insulation (if the bill passes on Thursday). Roof insulation has got to be the single best way of saving money on heating/cooling.

Double brick is good for one hot day, but in a heatwave like this, once all the brick walls heat up, they don’t lose that heat in a hurry. I still think double brick is better than brick veneer.

Windows that get full sun on them are a shocker too. They say that a square foot of window in full sun is like having a fan heater in the room!

I’m going to Tassie the day after tomorrow. Beautiful, wonderful, terrifical sub-twenty temperatures. Bl-iss!!

: )

Whereas I just spent money to get the hell out of Canberra for the weekend. I have no airconditioning at home and the place I rented did 🙂

Wow, I always thought double brick was meant to be cooler …. (?)

Ours is double brick too and I’ve got everything open right now – 24 outside and falling, and the house is cooling right down.

I”m investigating plants I can put in next to the Western Walls too, to stop them heating up so much. It will need to be tough plants though.

Gertrude you can take that approach with a weatherboardy but not double brick unfortunately. They simply do not cool down overnight …

I’m going to try that, sepi! My air-conditioning campaign is still failing dismally, and anything is worth a go!!

I got hardcore yesterday and put cardboard in some of the sunniest windows – it really made a difference in those rooms!

I won’t leave it there, but it is worth a try in a real heatwave.

I’m with finder. No cooling appliances used yet this summer – apart from the trusty spray bottle which we keep in the fridge. I also close the house early in the morning, and open all blinds and windows again once it has cooled down outside. Makes a huge difference. And my house has not been retrofitted or cleverly sited to increase energy efficiency – it’s just a boxy, old, weatherboard ex-govy.

If we don’t take every opportunity to minimize energy consumption, how are we ever going to save the planet? I’m not trying to make anyone feel guilty for attempting to keep themselves and their families comfortable, but it’s worth mentioning.

I use a passive (less agressive) system of cooling the house at night (leave windows open) and insulate (close up) house during the day plus fans to move the air around. The house has the correct orientation (by choice) good insulation in walls and ceilings plus lots of deciduous trees providing shade. I have monitored inside and outside minimum/maximum temperatures over last seven days: Average inside temperatures min 23.7 max 29.6 average outside temps: min 21.8 max 35.4. Highest recorded temperature inside house was yesterday at 32 degrees while outside was 40.

Woody Mann-Caruso7:10 pm 07 Feb 09

Ducted refrigerated, maybe. The only energy ducted evaporative uses is for the fan.

Doesn’t ACTEW still have a deal where you get a no-interest two-year loan on a unit they supply and install? No-one has mentioned it have they? That’s how I got mine … I barely noticed the repayments as they were automatically deducted from my bank account.

WMC: because ducted uses more energy; in a small house you can’t shut off most of the house, there’s a minimum number of rooms you have to cool/heat. We only need to heat a couple of rooms in winter as we never sleep in a heated room.

Sepi: my house is double brick, has a big wall facing west, and would be an oven if I let it heat up. 🙂

i would feel guilty leaving mine on overnight and when i’m out.

even last night it got down to 22 overnight outside.

i set ours to 25 and only use it on and off while home.

each to their own tho – and every house is different.

Woody Mann-Caruso4:34 pm 07 Feb 09

avoids the need for ducted airconditioning, which would make me feel guilty

Why?

Best units on the market are Daikin, quiet, efficient and effective. didnt have the money to get one so settled for a panasonic inverter.. 4 week installation lead time
Good guys have a deal with an installer(didnt get it from them) so maybe they can do it faster?

Yep. The only way to get it installed ASAP is to severely suck up to the installation guy. A couple of years ago I offered him cash and bought the unit from him, that seemed to clinch the deal. Otherwise the next appointment for an installation was in April.

Check out this government funded website for details on air conditioning and installation
http://www.lookforthetick.com.au/

I run a small, quiet $3000 Daikin split cycle unit and then station a cheap fan two rooms down, which then blows cool air into the rest of the (small) house when I am using those rooms. This strategy keeps the house bearable but not actually cool all through, and avoids the need for ducted airconditioning, which would make me feel guilty. I keep it on 23 degrees on the lowest fan setting, which seems to work better than say 18 degrees, because it’s less of a shock coming in from outside. And yes, I run it 24 hours on the lowest setting, because that works out better than blasting a hot house in the afternoon when I get home from work.
Don’t anyone go near those swamp coolers – they work for a while in dry heat, but then they give your house humid, yes, swamp atmosphere and the evaporation effect ceases to work.
It’s best not to take any airconditioning steps without things like external blinds, blockout curtain lining, honeycomb blinds and top-rated insulation (all of which I have) – otherwise it wastes too much energy, which will cost a motza in a few years!

I had someone come this week to do a quote for a small bedroom as well and a small split system was going to cost $2.5K installed. BUT everyone I’ve spoken to has indicated about 2-3 weeks minimum time before they can install it!

Ruby Wednesday1:18 pm 07 Feb 09

We will need to investigate air conditioning before next summer. We have only been in this house for six weeks, so we have struggled through these particularly bad days with ceiling fans. The slate floors, insulation and aspect have made it tolerable the rest of the time. However, today I caved in and bought an evaporative cooler from Harvey Norman (along with half of Canberra, it seemed).

Anyone have any experience with multi-system split system units here in the ACT i.e. one outside unit for multiple inside ones, or is ducted the only real solution? Evaporative cooling is not really an option, as we have noisy neighbours who we have no desire to hear all summer long if we have to have doors and windows open. (Seriously, they let their children spend hours a day leafblowing imaginary leaves … even in the last hour despite it being ridiculously hot outside.)

GottaLoveCanberra12:05 pm 07 Feb 09

Holden Caulfield said :

We had a small-ish LG split system installed by A1 Electrical Services (IIRC) about 18 months ago I guess. (They have the red star/circle signage on their vans.) From memory it was about $600 for installation.

Surprisingly, for a trade (in our experience), they were prompt, courteous and most surprisingly of all tidied up after they had finished. I would certainly use them again, and therefore recommend them.

I recommend them too from dealing with them quite often.

Holden Caulfield11:39 am 07 Feb 09

We had a small-ish LG split system installed by A1 Electrical Services (IIRC) about 18 months ago I guess. (They have the red star/circle signage on their vans.) From memory it was about $600 for installation.

Surprisingly, for a trade (in our experience), they were prompt, courteous and most surprisingly of all tidied up after they had finished. I would certainly use them again, and therefore recommend them.

If you’re going to spend $1000 getting a split system installed, then don’t be silly and buy a cheap unit from Bunnings or whatever. If you’re going to invest in professional installation, you may as well invest in a professional unit as well.

That is a reverse cycle air conditioner.

It will cost around 2000.00 I think for a small unit.

But they are so busy now that you won’t get one til the end of February.

It is just for a one bedroom unit. Not quite sure what it is called. It got a part inside the room, then there will be a box out side the unit in the courtyard. Any idea what am talking about?

old canberran10:25 am 07 Feb 09

I assume you are thinking of the customary split system reverse cycle set up. These can cost anywhere from $2000 to $8,000 depending on the area you want to cover which will determine the size of the unit/units. Fujitsu seems to be a popular brand so why don’t you get a quote. There are too many variables involved to be specific.

Woody Mann-Caruso10:21 am 07 Feb 09

Two years ago it was around $4K-ish for a top of the line Brivis evaporative unit with ducting for your whole house. Call Luxaire in Fyshwick – it’s next to the Zierholz brewery.

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