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Ducted Air Conditioning

Why Ducted?

Ducted Air Conditioning is the quietest and most versatile of all systems is often the most practical choice for large applications or where air distribution becomes beyond the reach of normal “split-type” units. The grilles can be placed virtually anywhere you wish and will blend unobtrusively with any interior decor.

What are the benefits of Ducted Air Conditioning in my home?

Because the grilles can be placed wherever you want and blend with any interior décor. The grilles allow uniform temperature distribution in large or heavily partitioned areas, catering for numerous rooms within a household from a solitary system. Not only are concealed ceiling units visually unobtrusive, they are also among the quietest types of air conditioning.

Is it more expensive than standard air conditioning?

If you were trying to cool/heat a solitary room, then the ducted unit would look considerably more expensive in comparison. However if we look at the example of a typical 4-bedroom house, then the single ducted option is quite affordable. This is because multi systems, such as the multi wall mount, have individual refrigerant pipe supply back to the external unit. Copper prices and the labour intensive nature of several wall units make ducted actually a cheaper option to consider!

So if I have a 4-bedroom house I can just buy one ducted unit?

Not necessarily. A ducted unit requires somewhere to locate the fan coil unit (the indoor unit) such as a loft or storage area. This must be within easy access of the rooms to be conditioned, as there will be several ducts of at least 100mm to travel to those rooms from the air handler. Also to be considered is the fact that ducted units need to be located ideally in a loft scenario, a standard domestic loft hatch may prove to small for a large ducted fan coil unit.

How do I work out what size of unit I need?

Well, each room is considered individually. Various aspects effect what size of unit is required to adequately cool/heat those rooms. Also the heat gain within those rooms needs to be considered, i.e. solar gain from large windows, or computer equipment within a home office. The correctly sized unit must be selected in order to make sure that the duty requirement is met, to avoid performance problems, or worse still, system malfunction. In fact the easiest way to do this calculation is to just ring or email us and let us take this headache away.

I’m not convinced it would be worth air conditioning in the U.K?

We can understand your concern; living in the U.K we hardly have flip-flops and shorts on all year!! But the fundamental point of air conditioning that many forget is that they provide cost efficient heating too! As homes are to be valued in the future based on their energy efficient merit, coupled with soaring gas prices nationwide, an energy efficient air conditioning heat pump could save you money in the winter, as well as prevent sleepless nights in summer!

Ok, so why Global Cooling Ltd? I live in London; I see you are in Lancashire!

True, our base is in Lancashire, however we have nationwide service and installation engineers. In fact 90% of our business is outside of Lancashire. We have carried out more than 10,000 installations nationwide for a variety of different customers! Our network of skilled and qualified engineers, provide efficient support nationwide, and our office is staffed with technical support every day of the week.

Right, I want a ducted unit installing during a refurbishment of my home, does this go in after or before work commences?

We are here to remove the headache normally associated with additional work. Our installations can be flexible, with work being done before, during and after refurbishment. This can be highly desirable during a large-scale refurbishment!

What manufacturers do you use for Ducted Air Conditioning?

We use all the top names for ducted air conditioning, the most popular ducted air conditioning manufacturers being Daikin and Fujitsu and Hitachi.
Hitachi Air Conditioning Fujitsu Air Conditioning Daikin Air Conditioning

What does a ducted system look like internally?

See for yourself, here are some images of recent installations of ducted air conditioning in residential applications: -

Ducted Modern Living Room Ducted Modern Home Ducted Modern Home

Ducted Modern Dining Room Ducted Entertainment Room Ducted Modern Bedroom Ducted Bathroom

Ok where do I start?

Well you may want to look at our testimonials page for recent ducted installations and photograph’s. Or you can use our enquiry form here. If you would like to speak to a technical sales person then you can contact us at the office on 01200 428888 or email us

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22 Comments

Sean Harrop said,

Comment • February 22, 2007 @ 10:33 am

Hi

I was wondering if you have a price list for a standard installation of a ducted Air Conditioning system for a 4 bedroom house, we are thinking of putting it in upstairs only.

Many Thanks
Sean Harrop

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • February 22, 2007 @ 10:57 am

Hi Sean,

I have just sent you an email, we would need a few details of the rooms you wish to condition, from this we can give you an estimate leading up to a site survey.

Best Regards

Simon

Sue Eva said,

Comment • March 11, 2007 @ 7:16 pm

We have a four bedroom house and would like a quote for air-conditioning, we would like it in the bedrooms only.

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • March 12, 2007 @ 8:16 am

Dear Ms. Eva,

Thank you for your posting, we have emailed you regarding your enquiry, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards

Global Cooling Ltd.

Richard Toop said,

Comment • April 20, 2007 @ 9:14 am

Please send me an estimated cost to supply +fit 12000btu Wall unit ground floor room 24 sq.m. in N. London and any info which will help me decide on this works
Thank you R.Toop

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • April 20, 2007 @ 9:24 am

Dear Mr. Toop,

We have emailed you an estimate. Basically to supply and install a DC Inverter Millenniumair in London is around £ 1000-00 Inc. VAt at 5% rate. Please see the product here http://global-cooling.co.uk/airconditioning/professionally-fitted-millenniumair/airconditioning-installation/

If you have any queries or would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact our sales team.

Best Regards

Sales

Lou Coppellotti said,

Comment • April 20, 2007 @ 7:28 pm

Hi There

We are currently undertaking a large extension build, and renovation of the upstairs of our house. We want a ducted system to serve 2 upstairs bedrooms, 1 downstairs lounge, and also in the new family room which will be connected to the existing lounge.

Is it possible to give me a quote via e mail, or would it be best for you to visit site to survey? I have drawings / plans of the existing and proposed layouts and could send to you if this would assist you?

I look forward to your reply soonest.

Rgds

Lou

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • April 21, 2007 @ 9:46 am

Hi Lou,

If you could supply the drawings we would be happy to take a look and try to come up with a solution for your home. The main concern I have currently is that trying to get ducting of at least 100mm downstairs is tricky. 100mm depends on the room size etc. and the number of ducts and supply grills would also be dependant on room sizes. There is the new lofty system that allows DIY ducted installation, on our web site here http://global-cooling.co.uk/airconditioning/air-conditioning/air-conditioning-advice/lofty-air-conditioning/#more-139 . This is an 8kW ducted option, and would allow you time to run ducts at various stages of your project if a long build is anticipated. If you would like to discuss this ducted option in more depth after we have received the plans then please do not hesitate to contact us.

The plans can be posted to

Global Cooling Ltd.
Offices
Upbrooks Industrial Estate
Clitheroe
Lancashire
BB7 1PL

Att : Grahame or Simon.

Best Regards

Sales

Lou Coppellotti said,

Comment • April 21, 2007 @ 3:54 pm

Hi again thanks for the quick response!!

I have managed to scan in the drawings and save them as a JPEG. I have marked and made some comments on them. I will e mail to you now. When is the best time to contact you to discuss further?

Thanks

Lou

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • April 22, 2007 @ 10:48 am

Hi Lou,

Best time to contact us would be tomorrow when we are back in the main office. We are here from 9:00am to 5:30pm Mon - Fri on 01200 428888

Best Regards

Simon

Teresa Jennings said,

Comment • April 30, 2007 @ 10:03 am

I have a bungalow rooms approx
bed 1 12 x 7ft
bed 2 12×12ft
bed 3 14×14ft
living room 16×16
dining/kitchen 15×22ft

Teresa Jennings said,

Comment • April 30, 2007 @ 10:14 am

I have a Bungalow all room sizes are approx
bed 1 12×10ft
bed 2 12×12
bed 3 14×14
living room 16×16
kit/dining 15×22
conservatory 16×12

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • May 10, 2007 @ 7:45 am

Ducted Installation images and equipment can be seen on our forum http://air-conditioning-forum.global-cooling.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=14

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • May 10, 2007 @ 7:46 am

Daikin remote controller functions explained on our forum http://air-conditioning-forum.global-cooling.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=116

Lou Coppellotti said,

Comment • May 15, 2007 @ 9:02 am

I totally agree. albeit i have yet to have the ducted Dakin system installed, Simon has been a breath of fresh air (pardon the pun) throughout the recent weeks, and has always provided prompt, clear and friendly advice. Also the pricing is very competitive, and i wouldnt hesitate to recommend Global Cooling to any of my friends and business partners. In fact I already have given Simons details to my Architect, and builder!!

keep up the sterling work Simon!!

Cheers

Lou

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • May 15, 2007 @ 9:05 am

Thanks Lou,

We really appreciate your comments.

If you need any help or advice, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Best Regards

Simon

Phil said,

Comment • May 30, 2007 @ 4:09 pm

Hi there,

I’ve been looking at the lofty air conditioning system and have three questions:

1. I want to cool 3 bedrooms and a living room which would mean ducting down approx 10ft through a bedroom for the living room. Does this sound feasible? I think the duct for this room would be about 14ft in length.

2. The loft space gets damn hot in summer dispite my efforts to improve its ventilation. Could this cause problems for the operation of the cooler unit?

3. I notice that the system needs two pipes to be connected to the outside. Is there a limit to the lengths of the vents?

If it helps I can knock up a drawing of the house layout and mail it to you.

Kind regards,

Phil

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • May 31, 2007 @ 7:58 am

Hopefully you will find the answers to your questions below.

1. I want to cool 3 bedrooms and a living room which would mean ducting down approx 10ft through a bedroom for the living room. Does this sound feasible?I think the duct for this room would be about 14ft in length.

This really depends on the room sizes, if the bedrooms and lounge only require around 2kw of cooling duty each then this would be fine, along with the run of approx. 14ft, as 10m is the maximum length of the run allowed. If you calculate the cooling requirement for your rooms, you can get a rough guide from our cooling calculator http://global-cooling.co.uk/airconditioning/uk/calculators-forms/calculator.htm then if you imagine each duct of the 4-way plenum being 2kW in duty each then you can calculate the best layout for your installation.

2. The loft space gets damn hot in summer despite my efforts to improve its ventilation. Could this cause problems for the operation of the cooler unit?

That is the purpose for the ambient air intake for the ducted air conditioning unit. To allow fresh air to the system, this also adds slight humidity back into the room to stop the air drying up, this increases the units performance.

3. I notice that the system needs two pipes to be connected to the outside. Is there a limit to the lengths of the vents?

Best Rule of thumb is short as possible, but they say between 5-7m is acceptable. However if the fan coil can be positioned close to the exhaust vent it will help it keep cool and be more efficient.

Hope this helps. I am awaiting the operation/instruction manual from lofty ltd. then I can hopefully scan and upload to this page on our web site.

Mark Blooman said,

Comment • July 17, 2007 @ 10:57 pm

I want to install cooling but I have two flats - one with limited loft space (conservation area - no big shiney flues or grilles) and another but no outside space. Are there any options available?

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • July 18, 2007 @ 8:31 am

Hi Mark,

For the first flat I would suggest a split or multi split system. This would probably need to be professionally installed to hide the external unit where it does not interfere with the conservation laws governing that area.

Plans submitted or email submitted to our sales team (email below on Site Footer) would be useful for us to prepare an estimate for this service. We would be able to provide a close estimate for the services and with provisional acceptance of the estimate a F.O.C site survey can be arranged to suit.

As for the other flat, if time is your main consideration and if you want the ducted type of system, then I would suggest looking at the lofty DIY ducted air conditioning unit here http://global-cooling.co.uk/airconditioning/air-conditioning/air-conditioning-advice/lofty-air-conditioning/#more-139

This is an 8kW ducted unit, and the link above is to specification and other commonly asked questions.

If you need any information please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best Regards

Sales

parminder said,

Comment • September 10, 2007 @ 10:14 am

how i can read a buleprint of air condition plant in house . give me tips to read blue print of house

Global Cooling Air Conditioning UK said,

Comment • September 10, 2007 @ 10:22 am

Hi,

I don’t know what you mean with regards to reading blueprint for air conditioning plant.

Houses have there own plans, and specifying air conditioning for that project depends on varying factors. These must be determined via the client and yourself.

I would suggest a site survey, heat calculation, pipe run quantifying and routes, and thermal load calculations. Then specify equipment that provides for these factors plus a sizable margin of duty to allow forenvironment changes.

You could use an A/C consultant, but for a house contacting a company for a quote they would work out the requirements anyway, and highlight the reason for equipment chosen for specific rooms etc.

If you are looking for a quotation please kindly email our sales team.

Best Regards

Simon

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