Keep winter chills away

The race is on to get heating systems installed before winter frosts start biting. You just need to choose the option that works best in your home.

STORY: THOM MONAGHAN

With winter fast approaching, now is the time to look at the best ways to keep your house warm on those icy cold days and nights. With many short- and long-term solutions, Dickson’s Refrigeration and Air Conditioning business and development administration assistant Josh Mei said ducted gas and reversecycle systems were the best and most reliable. “The main branches of heating that we do are the ducted gas heating and the reverse-cycle split-system and reversecycle duct system,” he said. “Each of them operates differently and warm the house differently, and so they all definitely have pros and cons about them.” Ducted gas is a type of heating powered through an external heat exchanger that pumps warm air into the house and its rooms via a series of ducts and vents. A reverse-cycle system both heats and cools the house by taking air from outside and either heating or cooling it, depending on the season, and blowing it into the home. The difference between a reverse-cycle split-system and reverse-cycle ducted system is the split-system is wallmounted and only warms or cools the room it is in, whereas the ducted system can be installed throughout the house, warming or cooling the entire house at the same time. “The reverse-cycle split-system is by far the cheapest of the options and the quickest to install, however, you aren’t getting the same amount of coverage as the other options,” Josh said.

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“The most energy efficient is the reverse-cycle split-system as well, because the reverse-cycle duct system has a larger unit that uses a bit more power, although it is energy efficient.” Josh said homeowners would go for reverse-cycle duct system over the ducted gas system as it was more energy efficient and because it heats and cools the home. “Nowadays you can actually zone different parts of the house so you can turn on separate zones, or the entire house when using the reverse-

John Dickson and Josh Mei from Dickson’s Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.

cycle system. “You don’t have to waste energy heating or cooling rooms that you didn’t want any more.” For those looking to find a lastminute solution to prepare them for the upcoming winter, Josh said the reverse-cycle split-system was the fastest and easiest to install due to it not being used throughout the house, but just one room. Dickson’s Refrigeration and Air Conditioning is at 55–57 Longstaff St, Shepparton.

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