Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Rawson - Daikin from 14kw upgrade to 20kw cost 9Mar 05, 2021 8:32 pm Home2021 robw17 We were quoted... 1. Provide Daikin 14kw Premium Inverter A/C in lieu of Daikin 14kw Standard Inverter A/C $2,000 2. Provide Daikin 16kw Premium Inverter A/C in lieu of Daikin 14kw Standard Inverter A/C $2,485 We went for option 2. What size is your house? Rawson used to include the cost of a 20kW system in the base price if the house was greater than 35 squares. my home is around 38 which is over 35 squares. Is Premium any good, since the one they quote is standard. Our house is about 38 squares too, but we had to pay for the AC upgrade (from the standard 14kW) as it started out as a 34 and grew to about 38 due to our floorplan mods. The price for making rooms bigger doesn't include a bigger AC system. If your house is a standard floorplan 38 then check what's included in your tender, it wouldn't be the first time they made a mistake like that in the admin process. The premium inverter model is a little more efficient... 2% less power input for cooling & 5% less for heating, and has a greater capacity 17kW vs 16.3kW for cooling and 20kW vs 18.2kW for heating. Also, upgrading from the standard 14kW unit to the 16kW (whether standard or premium) gives you an additional 10% airflow capacity. The AC unit listed in our tender/contract used R410A refrigerant which looks to be superceded by Daikin now. Our indoor unit has been installed recently and I noticed they fitted one of the new R32 refrigerant models which are also more efficient than the superceded R410A units. Re: Rawson - Daikin from 14kw upgrade to 20kw cost 11Apr 13, 2021 8:45 pm [quote="robw17"]We were quoted... 1. Provide Daikin 14kw Premium Inverter A/C in lieu of Daikin 14kw Standard Inverter A/C $2,000 2. Provide Daikin 16kw Premium Inverter A/C in lieu of Daikin 14kw Standard Inverter A/C $2,485 We went for option 2. What size is your house? Rawson used to include the cost of a 20kW system in the base price if the house was greater than 35 squares.[/quoteh Hi Rob, Just getting ready for the plan presentation. We are building in Orange NSW. As we are building with 30 square house, with Rawson, 14Kw aircon was the option. I asked a local aircon guy to do a quotation as an option and they came up between 16-18 kw size aircon. Please correct my understanding, rawson offers aircon sizes other than 14kw or 20kw? Thanks Re: Rawson - Daikin from 14kw upgrade to 20kw cost 12Apr 13, 2021 9:12 pm Home2021 Anyone try to install the ducted air cond from their supplier and not going through Rawson. The upgrade cost to 20kw is quite pricey Depends on whether you're building a single storey or a double storey house. If single storey, then it's quite practical to install the AC after handover. Just get some quotes from your own supplier, compare against what Rawson are offering and if it makes financial sense then just do it. If double storey, then you would really need to get the ducts from the roof space to the ground floor areas installed by Rawson during the build.... I doubt they'll do that, but it doesn't cost anything to ask. It would be a lot of work to get the ducts to the ground floor installed after handover... as an example see the photo below from our build, these two AC ducts run half the length of the house within the roof space, then down from the roof space via voids built into the walls to the floor space, then through holes cut in the webs of the manufactured floor beams... all whilst avoiding other services (plumbing, electrical, etc). Much, much easier to do that during the build when all the other services are being roughed in. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Rawson - Daikin from 14kw upgrade to 20kw cost 13Apr 13, 2021 9:21 pm Leona33 robw17 We were quoted... 1. Provide Daikin 14kw Premium Inverter A/C in lieu of Daikin 14kw Standard Inverter A/C $2,000 2. Provide Daikin 16kw Premium Inverter A/C in lieu of Daikin 14kw Standard Inverter A/C $2,485 We went for option 2. What size is your house? Rawson used to include the cost of a 20kW system in the base price if the house was greater than 35 squares.[/quoteh Hi Rob, Just getting ready for the plan presentation. We are building in Orange NSW. As we are building with 30 square house, with Rawson, 14Kw aircon was the option. I asked a local aircon guy to do a quotation as an option and they came up between 16-18 kw size aircon. Please correct my understanding, rawson offers aircon sizes other than 14kw or 20kw? Thanks Reports from other Rawson customers here on the forum have indicated they usually offer 14kW or 20kW standard inverter Daikin systems depending on house size, with 35 squares being the tipping point. However they didn't hesitate to quote the 14kW and 16kW premium Daikin systems when we requested it at our internal colour selection appointment. I got the impression they would quote anything as long as it was from Daikin. Re: Rawson - Daikin from 14kw upgrade to 20kw cost 14Aug 01, 2021 8:16 pm Guys, I am building with Hudson homes and they are providing 16.7KWh ducted system. They are offering an upgrade to 20 KWh in 4400/- . Since my house is double story with 34 size , what capacity of Ac would be better? because an upgrade cost is too much for me. Thx Ali Re: Rawson - Daikin from 14kw upgrade to 20kw cost 15Aug 02, 2021 7:33 pm Ali Akber Guys, I am building with Hudson homes and they are providing 16.7KWh ducted system. They are offering an upgrade to 20 KWh in 4400/- . Since my house is double story with 34 size , what capacity of Ac would be better? because an upgrade cost is too much for me. Thx Ali Ali, In our case, we asked a local aircon supplier for a quotation. His calculation was based on areas of the house that is being used for daytime activity. He presented to us different option sizes. We are keen to get 16kw instead of 18kw as it is cheaper but we have already upgraded our insulation level. Insulation is cheaper option but will save money on running cost. Moreover, Also consider the window sizes and window orientation. If you read the thread above Robw has only 16kw though his house is a bit bigger than 34 squares. Also, on our case, our climate is zone 7 which is cold temperate. 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