Ducted Air Conditioning Haberfield

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Ducted in Haberfield homes

Ducted suits Haberfield better than most of the Inner West because the houses were built with steep hipped roofs and three-metre ceilings, so there is genuine height under the ridge for a fan coil and room above the cornice for vents that look like they belong. The main difficulty is the additions: return verandahs that have been closed in, skillion-roofed kitchens and 1990s family rooms across the back usually have almost no cavity, so those rooms are served by short runs from the main roof or a bulkhead where the ceiling allows. Original plaster ceilings, ceiling roses and picture rails are worked around, not through, and we plan the vent positions with you before anything is cut.

The outdoor unit is where the conservation area bites. It goes at the rear or down the side setback, screened from the street, on the boundary away from a neighbour's bedroom window, and we check the council's rules before quoting so the position is settled before work starts. Zoning follows the standard Haberfield plan: the bedrooms off the hall as one zone, the rear living extension as another, with the main bedroom on a separate zone if you want it. On the inland side toward Wattle St and Parramatta Rd we size for still, hot afternoons with no breeze and windows shut against the portal traffic, and running the whole house costs roughly $1–$2 per hour.