{"id":942,"date":"2024-03-25T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picturerockscooling.com\/blog\/?p=942"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:08:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:08:38","slug":"how-mini-splits-cut-out-ducts-from-central-heating-and-cooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.picturerockscooling.com\/blog\/hvac\/how-mini-splits-cut-out-ducts-from-central-heating-and-cooling\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mini Splits Cut Out Ducts From Central Heating and Cooling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A mini split HVAC system is also sometimes called a ductless system. Why? Because it does not require ducts in order to heat and cool your home. How does a mini split eliminate the need for ducts? What are the benefits of going ductless? Can it really provide both AC and heat? We\u2019ll explain everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

No Ducts Required<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just like any air conditioner or heat pump, this system has an outdoor unit with a compressor and coils that carry refrigerant through that unit and also through the home. The term mini split refers to the way that the refrigerant coils split when they enter the home, dividing the refrigerant to head in different directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a ducted system, all the refrigerant goes to the same single indoor unit, and all the cooled or heated air is created there before being piped throughout the home via ductwork. Ductless systems have multiple air handlers, each creating the cooled or heated air right where it\u2019s needed and blowing it directly out of the vent of that air handler.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duct Drawbacks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With this type of system, you can avoid all the many drawbacks of having to use ductwork. <\/p>\n\n\n\n