HVAC

Mini split

Ductless heating and cooling for additions, finished basements, converted porches and older houses with nowhere to put a duct.

What it is

Mini split on the Cape

A ductless system puts a small indoor head exactly where the comfort problem is and runs a single line set back to an outdoor unit. One outdoor unit can feed several rooms, each with its own setpoint, and because there is no duct run there is no duct loss. On the Cape they are especially useful in houses that were never designed around central air.

What is included

What the work covers

  • Single and multi-zone installation
  • Line-set routing planned around finished walls and trim
  • Head placement worked out for airflow and throw
  • Filter cleaning, coil cleaning and annual service
  • Controls, scheduling and app setup

When to call

Signs you need this

  • One room that is always too hot or too cold
  • An addition or conversion the existing system was never sized for
  • Window units you would rather not put in and take out twice a year
  • A finished basement or attic with no ductwork
  • Wanting to heat or cool part of the house without running the whole system

How a job runs

Four steps

  1. 01

    You call

    Tell us what the equipment is doing. If it is urgent, say so and we triage it first.

  2. 02

    We come look

    On site to diagnose. We identify the fault before we quote it.

  3. 03

    Written price

    Parts, labor and timeline in writing, with parts and labor separated.

  4. 04

    Scheduled truck

    A date for the work, and the parts ordered against it.

FAQ

Mini split questions

How many rooms can one outdoor unit handle?
Typically up to four or five indoor heads, depending on the model and the combined load. More is possible but the sizing gets less forgiving, and two smaller outdoor units often perform better than one stretched one.
Are they noisy?
Indoor heads are quieter than a refrigerator on low. The outdoor unit is audible up close, so siting is walked and agreed before anything is drilled.
Do mini splits heat as well as cool?
Yes — a ductless system is a heat pump. Cold-climate models hold useful output well below freezing. See the heat pump page for how that works over a full Cape winter.

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Where we do it

Mini split across Barnstable County

We cover all fifteen towns on the Cape. Pick yours to see what that looks like locally.

Need mini split work?

Tell us what the mini split equipment is doing, what make it is and roughly how old.

(774) 771-1751