A few years ago, the heating elements on ductless mini-splits were not strong enough to handle the northern cold, but now they are more powerful
Dad has had his shop, aka man cave for years and Ma finally agreed with the family that she deserved her own she-shed. The planning of this became a family project between my mother, my sister, and myself. This wasn’t as simple as we first thought. First we had to choose the perfect building, and we finally found one, but once it was set up, we needed to have electricity run to it. After that was finally done, we needed to decide the source of air conditioning and heat for the she-shed. The windows were too small for a window air conditioner and the portable air conditioner Dad had was really high maintenance. Mom not only needed air conditioning; we needed to figure out heat. I suggested a ductless mini-split air conditioning and heating system like I had seen in the south. All of my family agreed that it would be insufficient to combat the cold of our northern winters, but, I was still pretty sure a ductless mini-split would work. My husband’s buddy is an HVAC technician and he had mentioned over the weekend that he had installed one recently. So, I did my research. My Dad, Ma, and my sister were partially right. A few years ago, the heating elements on ductless mini-splits were not strong enough to handle the northern cold, but now they are more powerful. I showed my research results to the family and they decided to go with the ductless mini-split air conditioning and heating system. It turned out to be a good choice.