LIV-02
Air-conditioning
Whole home- Best for
- The pragmatic default — simplest to install, service and replace.
- Watch out
- The wall unit is visible and dictates where furniture can sit; it dates the room faster than the joinery.
- Relative cost
- The least expensive of the three.
- Consequential work
- Fixes wall position, drainage fall and the pipe route to the condenser — decide before the wall finish.
- Best for
- Even distribution across a square room from a single central point.
- Watch out
- Needs real ceiling void; it commits the ceiling design and is disruptive to retrofit.
- Relative cost
- Higher than a split.
- Consequential work
- Ceiling height, void depth and drainage fall must be settled before the ceiling is closed.
- Best for
- Concealing the system entirely across several rooms from one plant location.
- Watch out
- The most demanding of the three: duct routing, void depth and return-air paths all have to work, and service access must be planned.
- Relative cost
- The highest.
- Consequential work
- Drives the ceiling design across multiple rooms and must be coordinated with lighting and any structural downstand.
Also part of this decision, not pictured: Fans only / no AC
Cost lines are relative and typical for the illustrated specification. Relative cost names the direct cost drivers, consequential work names what else changes, and watch out names the checks required. Exceptions and site conditions can change any of them. A relative direction, not an amount. Nothing here is a price; the figure belongs to whoever supplies the item and is set after measurement.Supply and installation confirmed with your specification.
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