Ducted Air Conditioning Perth Experts

Whole-Home Cooling & Heating

Ducted air conditioners have a central control system that regulates the flow of hot and cold air via ducts to each room of a house. The ducts are attached to the internal unit called fancoil which is installed in the roof. A house is typically split up into different zones, such as living room, dining room, master bedroom and other rooms. Your central control unit allows you to manage the heat or cool air flow to these individual zones.

The short answer is between $5,000 – $20,000 Ducted air conditioning cost depends on a range of factors. For example there is a cost difference between conventional ducted systems that only allow you to cool your house and ducted reverse cycle air conditioning that can cool and heat your home. Other vital factors include the size of your home or in other words how many ducts and grilles are needed (i.e number of rooms or zones you want to control the airflow to).

For a ducted air conditioning system alone without installation, you could be looking at a price of $3500 for a Fujitsu 9KW single phase ducted R410A , right up to $8500 for a 25KW Fujitsu 3 phase ducted R410A. Again, it largely depends on many factors, such as brand, performance, etc..).

In trying to give you an estimate of cost for a ducted reverse cycle air conditioning system along with installation, we can only provide a very general cost guide with a simplified model that determines the ball-park cost by house size.

Feel free to get in touch with our ducted air conditioning specialists and we will be happy to guide you with the right advice on the different systems and associated costs.

The average household in WA pays between $300-$550 per year on electricity to power their ducted air conditioner (i.e electricity). Costs vary greatly depending on how often your ducted system is used, how big your home is and many other factors. To decrease your air conditioning running costs it makes sense to invest into good insulation in the roof and walls of your home. Double and triple glazed windows or specific window films can also help bring down your cost. Installing solar panels would also be a smart move to bring down your ducted a/c running costs.

Ducted air conditioning should be serviced at least once a year.
Customers are advised to keep checks on condition of return air grills throughout the year as large dirt build up can cause problem with the ducted air conditioner.

A service is more than just a clean of the return air filter. Our ducted air conditioner service includes the following:

• Clean or replacement of return air filter grill material.
• Refrigerant level checks & running pressure checks to confirm AC is operating correctly.
• De scale & clean.
• Temperature checks
• Air flow checks.
• Motor zone operational checks.

Servicing of ducted air conditioning is important for the optimal performance of your air conditioning unit and overall lifespan of your ducted air conditioning system.

There are now many brands of ducted air conditioning available to buy and at all different prices.
Here are a few of the brands we personally think lead the market when it comes to Ducted air conditioning.

Fujitsu, Daikin, Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba and Mitsubishi are 6 of the leading brands out there that back there products up with a 5 year manufactures warranty on all parts.

Here is a run down of each individual brand for you to compare.

Fujitsu: An air conditioner that will keep you home comfortable all year round, whilst looking stylish. A combination of design, technology and insight make Fujitsu reverse cycle air conditioners and efficient and effective way to cool or heat your home.

• Daikin: Australia first 7 star 'Super Efficiency' rated split system delivers ultimate comfort within your home.
• Panasonic: Panasonic is admired for its advanced technology. Econavi and nanoe technology makes Panasonic one of the most technologically advanced AC brands.
• Samsung: Samsung is a leader when it comes to smart phones and has a good brand value for air conditioners. It has come up with new innovative AC designs to satisfy there customers.
• Toshiba: With Toshiba's RAV-SM1403DT-A efficiency rating at 3.42 in cooling & 4.14 in heating there is a lot to like about Toshiba when it comes to air conditioning.
• Mitsubishi: With manufacturing starting in 1921 with there first electric fan. These guys have been putting out quality products on the market for many years.

Ducted air conditioning should last you a long time as long as the air conditioning unit is installed correctly and maintained correctly. We have previously seen reverse cycle ducted air conditioning lasting over 15 years.

Ducted air conditioning is a huge investment to any home and requires yearly maintenance for it to keep running at optimal performance.

Return air grills require to be cleaned every 6 to 12 months ( This is the part of the system that filters the air back up in to the fan coil in the roof space. )

Dirty return air grills can also cause un reliable temperature reading within the system which can make the system work harder than required which can lead to reduced lifetime of the system.

Fan coil requires sanitization on a yearly basis to stop grime build up within the system.

Cleaning of drain system to stop grime build up and future leaks on the system.

Also keeping the system running when cooling & heating at an achievable temperature allows the unit to function at its best and most economical and cost effective.

General yearly servicing of ducted reverse cycle air conditioning can save thousands of dollars in costly repairs due to lack of servicing.

The simple answer to this is no. But there are definitely factors to take into consideration.

Most leading ducted air conditioning brands come available in single phase or 3 phase.

If you are living in or building a single story home then there is a good chance that single phase power will be sufficient to run your new ducted air conditioner.

If building a large 2 storey home then this is when serious consideration is needed for 3 phase power to run you reverse cycle ducted air conditioner.

We have seen many times in the past where single phase power has been run to a large home and customer has had to install 2 x separate single phase air conditioners to cool or heat the home.

Another thing to take in to consideration when 3 phase power is available is that if a 3 phase unit is available in the size required then this would ideally be used over a single phase unit of the same size as this would lead to balanced phases within the electrical installation.