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mountainwocky t1_j5lklgs wrote

I have a two story townhouse of about 1300 sqft. Two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs, kitchen, dining room, living room, and half bath downstairs.

About 10 years ago we had a 36000BTU Mitsubishi multi zone ductless unit installed with 4x 9000BTU interior wall units. One each in the dining room, living room, and the two bedrooms.

It keeps the place cool in the summer and warm in the winter unless we get below 20F, then I fire up the pellet stove.

It cost us about $11k. Our installation would have been less expensive, but I had to pay extra in labor to have them run the lines through an interior wall to the second floor instead of on the outside wall because our of our condo complex rules. Normally they’ll just run the lines on the outside wall and cover it with a line set covering that sorta resembles a gutter running on the side of the building. Faster and cheaper.

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[deleted] t1_j5ljqnb wrote

What brand? How many zones?

I spent $35K to put in a ductless system in the basement and first floor and ducted mini split upstairs in the bedrooms and upstairs washroom in my 1,050 square foot home.

Three total zones. But it was a Mitsubishi Hyper Heat system designed to work even in very cold temps, and those are pricey.

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_j5lipy6 wrote

We paid $22k last month. 1400sf house.

upgraded electrical, upgraded whole house back-up generator, tricky install of ductwork (1868 structure), used existing floor vents from our previous (oil) heat, and added more. all included.

Now our Heat (70 degrees) and electric (includes all appliances) is $300/mo. Should be significantly less in summer.

Loan payment is $300/mo but we figure we added equity by upgrading the heating system and feels good to drop the fossil fuel.

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