MULTI-ZONE DUCTLESS IN WEST DUNDEE

Despite being a modern home with newer ductwork and central air conditioning, this colonial home in West Dundee had the kind of hot and cold spots that drive the whole family crazy. We knew right away that a multi-zone ductless HVAC installation would resolve everyone’s comfort issues while lowering the homeowner’s energy bill.

Homes like this one in Fairhills at Canterfield in West Dundee, IL were built in the early 90’s, but often the heating and central air conditioning in these homes is designed as an afterthought.

In fact, many of these homes have heating and cooling problems because the systems installed when the home was built were undersized because of budget, leaving the bedrooms upstairs farthest from the furnace always be too warm in the summer and just too cold in the Winter.

Modern features like two story foyers, cathedral ceilings and open floor plans are spectacular, but they are hard to heat and cool and get the circulation you need to keep the whole house comfortable. The common solution, cranking up the system to try to get adequate heat to those hard-to-heat rooms, ends up wasting a ton of money on energy bills and turns other rooms in the house into a sauna, and conversely, into a refrigerator in the summer.

The solution for homes like these is to create separate zones of heating and cooling. Some contractors recommend creating zones by adding a second full furnace and air conditioning system to the home, but this is often a very expensive option, and you can get a much better result with a multi-zone ductless HVAC installation.

The state of the art i-see sensors on each indoor head monitor the room constantly, looking for hot and cold spots – including a person’s own heat signature- and distribute the air to maintain consistent comfort throughout the space.

They will even go into power-saving mode if no one is in the room, helping you to save money even if you forget to turn the unit off when not in use!

The indoor units are typically mounted up high on the wall, and the i-see state-of-the-art sensor monitors the entire room, looking for temperature variations. The system is so smart, it can actually tell if you are in the room, and direct the heating or cooling accordingly, making sure you and anyone else in the room is perfectly comfortable. It can also sense when you aren’t in the room and go into energy saving mode, to help reduce the impact on your energy bills as well!

We know the homeowners are going to be incredibly happy with their additional comfort- and the smaller energy bills that are great news to any family!

If you have a home that’s plagued with hot and cold spots like this one, give us a call at Compass Heating and Air Conditioning. We’ll help design a cost-effective system for your home that will give you the comfort you crave without compromising on efficiency or value.