Ducted Air Conditioning Woollahra

Local knowledge

Ducted in Woollahra homes

Ducted suits Woollahra's grand homes better than almost anywhere in the east. The Victorian villas and Federation houses on the ridge streets have tall, steep roofs with cavities deep enough for a full-size fan coil and properly insulated ducts, and their high ceilings put the outlets well above eye level. Zoning follows the floor plans these houses actually have: formal rooms at the front as one zone, the rear kitchen and family extension as another, upstairs bedrooms as a third. The outdoor unit goes at the rear or side, out of street view, which keeps both the heritage rules and the neighbours happy.

The climate driver in Woollahra is humidity more than peak heat. The shaded ridge streets and the Cooper Park gully rarely see the afternoon extremes of the inland suburbs, but the nights stay sticky through January and February, and a ducted system running steadily at low speed handles that better than a split cycling on and off. Toward Oxford St and the Centennial Park edge the afternoons are hotter and stiller, so those homes get a little more capacity in the west-facing zones. In Double Bay the harbour breeze does some of the work, and a foreshore system is sized to supplement it, with the outdoor unit kept off the salt-facing side.