subject: Choose the Right Type of Air Conditioner for Your Garage [print this page] Choose the Right Type of Air Conditioner for Your Garage
Fred Peterson is the president of All Seasons Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. in Champaign, Illinois, and an HVAC expert with years of experience working in the industry. According to Peterson, a new air conditioning unit can almost always be added to a garage, but the type of system that can be installed would have to be dependent on what the homeowner plans on doing with the space.
When clients come to me looking for AC installation in their garages, I always ask what their motivation is for adding air conditioning there in the first place. Are you going to be using it as a bonus room, or as a hobby room? The way you plan to use your newly renovated garage will in large part determine the type of system that I would recommend putting in.
Depending on what the room would be used for, the two most common air conditioning systems for a homeowner to have put in would be a ductless system or a split air system. Whether you would choose a ductless system or not for the garage depends on what is going to be done to the garage.
Ductless System
If the renovated garage is going to remain one large, boxy room, then I will typically recommend a ductless system. The ductless system does not require any expensive ductwork to be put in as part of the installation process, so it is a better option for people whose renovated garages will essentially be one big room.
My Champaign-based HVAC installation company regularly installs ductless systems into garages and homes for our clients. Homeowners with ductless air conditioners will have a unit or console that hangs on a wall. Some manufacturers even make console-type units that sit on a blower. In either case, the unit typically has a coil where cool air is circulated. All of this is then connected to an outside unit, called a condenser, which works similar to a refrigerator. Just like what is done with refrigeration and copper lines, that's how the condenser works.
Split Air System
A ductless system is just fantastic if the garage is a big open room. On the other hand, if the homeowner was planning to split up the garage and create smaller, divided rooms, then I would recommend a split air system. If a garage is divided up into rooms similar to a house, and you were to have two, three, or even four rooms being added within the garage, then many times you would be better off to use a central-type of system.
In addition, size is also an important factor. In fact, the size of the garage in proportion to the HVAC system that a homeowner wants to choose is just as important as the size of that person's home to his main AC unit. The same procedure needs to be done for a garage as for anything elseit needs to be properly sized.
My company can handle all types of jobs, whether you choose to go with a ductless air conditioning system or a central or split air conditioning system. For homeowners in Champaign, Illinois, who need to have their HVAC systems repaired or installed, All Seasons Heating and Air Conditioning is a full-service company that can most likely help with whatever the job may be.
