How many air conditioners are needed for two or more rooms

When purchasing climate control equipment for an apartment, many people think about which option is preferable: an apparatus for each room or one powerful air conditioner for two rooms.

What to choose?

Among the proposals there are quite a few air conditioners serving 40 - 50 square meters. This is the area of ​​a small two-room apartment. Moreover, in the apartments of the old layout, the rooms are adjacent, separated from each other only by doors. In pursuit of savings, owners often want to purchase one air conditioner for many rooms.

However, store consultants tend to be skeptical about such ideas.

Why? Do they just want to rip off more money? Maybe they will also offer to put two air conditioners in one room? Not at all.

The price of air conditioners for two rooms will be 30-50% higher than for one more powerful one. And also installation, delivery and launch. These are additional costs.

If the apartment is small, then one air conditioner can be enough for a room and for cooling the kitchen! Moreover, the height of the ceilings in old buildings does not reach 3 meters, the main thing is to install the system correctly!

But this is a very superficial look at the question.

The problem is that the room in which the air conditioner is installed will cool slightly more.

And only a small part of the coolness will reach the other. Some tenants of the apartment are freezing, as if there are two air conditioners in one room. Others may not even notice the effect of his work. This is especially true for apartments in which rooms are delimited by a corridor, even one meter wide. One standard split system absolutely cannot cope with cooling.

Such owners can be offered one multi split air conditioner. This is an air conditioner for 3 rooms and even 5 rooms. 3 indoor units are attached to one outdoor unit. Indoor units can be of different types: for example, cassette for the living room, and wall-mounted for the kitchen. It all depends on the design of the premises and the preferences of the owners.

It is more convenient to do the wiring when all rooms face one side.

But even with rooms opposite each other, installation is possible. The freon highway will have to be pulled through the entire apartment, so it is better to think about installing such an air conditioner before redecorating the apartment.

Expensive, but high quality

An even more convenient option for an air conditioner for 3 rooms or more is a duct system. It serves any number of premises. But it is necessary to conduct ventilation ducts around the apartment. Therefore, the presence of suspended ceilings is desirable. Although some owners skillfully mask the channels and even turn them into a design element, for example, a ceiling beam. The price of an air conditioner for two rooms will be slightly higher, but such systems also ventilate the premises.