Split System Air Conditioning Camden

Local knowledge

Splits that have to heat through a Macarthur winter

In most of Sydney a split is bought for summer. Around Camden it works just as hard from May to August, when frosty mornings make a reverse-cycle unit the most practical way to warm a bedroom or a family room. That changes how one is chosen. We compare the heating rating at low outdoor temperatures, not only the cooling figure, and we keep the outdoor unit out of the coldest, shadiest corner of the block, where it would spend longer defrosting. The defrost water also has to drain somewhere sensible, well clear of paths and steps that can ice over on a July morning.

Many homes in Oran Park, Gregory Hills and Gledswood Hills were handed over with a single split in the living area, or with none. Adding bedroom splits, or a multi-head system that runs three rooms from one outdoor unit, is often the step before ducted or the alternative to it. On compact blocks in Spring Farm and Currans Hill the outdoor unit ends up near the fence line, so its position is planned for airflow and for noise at the neighbour's window. In the townhouses and units around Narellan Town Centre, and the townhouse pockets near the Oran Park and Gregory Hills town centres, strata rules decide where the outdoor unit may go, so approval comes before the install.

On Cobbitty acreage and the rural lots toward Cawdor and Grasmere, splits often go into the buildings a ducted system cannot reach: a shed, a studio, a home office or a wing a long way from the main living area. Dust off paddocks and gravel drives is the placement issue there, so the outdoor unit goes on the sheltered side, away from the driveway. In the 1970s to 90s brick homes of Camden South and the older Elderslie streets, where a roof space can be tight, high-wall splits room by room are a sound alternative to ducted.

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Planning a split system in Camden

Camden’s period cottages need a split layout that respects the frontage as well as the room layout. Photos of the intended indoor wall and outdoor position help establish a discreet pipe route before a unit is selected. Any applicable heritage or property approvals need to be checked for that address.

For houses toward the Nepean flats, describe how the room is used on cold mornings as well as hot afternoons. Heating requirements belong in the sizing brief. A newer estate house on the fringe may have quite different glazing, insulation and mounting options from a cottage in the old town grid.