Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3443Sep 22, 2015 9:38 am Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3448Sep 22, 2015 10:03 am Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3449Sep 22, 2015 10:12 am PEARZ Definitely good advice! Trouble is, if not decided beforehand, like mirz pointed out.. split system may end up with conducts running over your bricks all around the house, and refrigerated system won't even be possible to be installed later on if ducts and controllers are not upgraded? Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3450Sep 22, 2015 10:14 am nestaxu PEARZ Definitely good advice! Trouble is, if not decided beforehand, like mirz pointed out.. split system may end up with conducts running over your bricks all around the house, and refrigerated system won't even be possible to be installed later on if ducts and controllers are not upgraded? The only option I can think of that can be easily done post handover is the evap cooling... if we want to experience a summer before deciding... Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3451Sep 22, 2015 10:16 am nestaxu snyde Refrigerated I think is overkill based on the price. I'd shop around, and play people with quotes and see how cheap people can go with split systems. The more people you talk to, the more opportunities and offers will open up. Even give Tom a call from ColdFlow - 9549 6100. We met him at one of the home shows and was really helpful and may be able to offer you a better cheap solution for evap or split systems. I'm sure you could get splits for less than 10k Thanks snyde, any experience if evap is runnnig only upstairs, will it help to cool the whole house? How good really does evap cooling work? I've heard many say it doesn't work so well especially on the first floor when it is 40 degrees outside.. I'm not too sure in regards to two story houses. Though my understanding from people I've spoken to is evap cooling works well IF it's set up correctly. There's a lot of cases where it's not, so it's not running as efficient as it should, or the wrong ducts / system is used. A well set up system will keep the place around 24 - 25 degrees, even on a really hot day. (It may start struggling on a multiple day heatwave though). Though choosing the system also depends on your lifestyle and how you prefer to live. Evap you'll need windows open.. so if you're normally one to entertain, have the slider doors open and constantly go in and out - evap's good to think about. If you prefer staying in doors and like to have the house like a freezer, then split's are def the way to go. We tossed this up for a while too, but will be getting split systems in the living and master for our place. We're doing it after handover too, not too worried about having a conduit running up the sideway. Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3452Sep 22, 2015 11:45 am There are different choices available for different life style and budgets. we already have two conduits running over our bricks (one for solar setup and other for split aircon in garage). i cant envisage anymore, they look ugly TBH. On single story house, you wont need to run conduit outside. Sparky can run cabling through the walls. this issue only plagues double story houses. As Tudu said Henley must be adding cost to get you three phase electricity in total cost. but your (2 x zoning motors and 2 x network controllers) with upgraded heating unit would remain same. Henley is not going to install 2 new zoning motors (total in 4) for cooling setup. We wont be doing cooling this summer, need more money to save first. but i would be going with icebox 15 amp model on single phase. 15 amp unit is not good for the whole house, you can only use it in one zone at a time. Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3453Sep 22, 2015 12:57 pm We had evap cooling in our double storey weatherboard. It was great. We had it both upstairs & downstairs in the back section of the house. You could feel the cool air come down the stairs at the front. We are going to build two storey with evap installed upstairs after handover, and then split systems in living/dining & possibly theatre room. If you don't want to live in a fridge evap is fine. If you put it on early in the day it works to keep the temp comfortable. It doesn't work well if you start it when it's already hot. KDR Under the Flight Path - Dennis Family Homes (Hawkesdale) Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3454Sep 22, 2015 1:07 pm rondy We had evap cooling in our double storey weatherboard. It was great. We had it both upstairs & downstairs in the back section of the house. You could feel the cool air come down the stairs at the front. We are going to build two storey with evap installed upstairs after handover, and then split systems in living/dining & possibly theatre room. If you don't want to live in a fridge evap is fine. If you put it on early in the day it works to keep the temp comfortable. It doesn't work well if you start it when it's already hot. Thank you Rondy for sharing your experience. We were also thinking the option of having evap cooling upstairs and split systems downstairs. Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3455Sep 22, 2015 4:22 pm Henley also suggested if going for evap cooling post handover, it would be good to add provisions for future connection which is a cold water point and power point in roof space and the cost is $234.00 If we want Henley to provide evap cooling, it is $5149.00, 6 outlets only for upstairs I haven't got any quote from a third party how much it is to install evap cooling, but would you think $5149 is ok? If we do it post handover, we still can't have evap cooling downstairs, can we? and will the cost end up about the same as Henley quoted? Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3456Sep 22, 2015 4:29 pm I was quoted $5809 for evaporative through carlisle (5 ducts), slightly less with metricon and $5189 with Henley (5 ducts). Don't know anything about air-cond etc but they're roughly around the same estimate. I am still deciding to put split system upstairs instead! Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3457Sep 22, 2015 4:51 pm PEARZ I was quoted $5809 for evaporative through carlisle (5 ducts), slightly less with metricon and $5189 with Henley (5 ducts). Don't know anything about air-cond etc but they're roughly around the same estimate. I am still deciding to put split system upstairs instead! Yeah, just wondering if having 4 split systems upstairs (one per bedroom?) instead of 5 outlets of evap cooling, would it cost a lot more..? Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3458Sep 22, 2015 5:01 pm are you still building the palace? Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Sahara Q1 - Post handover journey 3460Sep 22, 2015 6:31 pm nestaxu Henley also suggested if going for evap cooling post handover, it would be good to add provisions for future connection which is a cold water point and power point in roof space and the cost is $234.00 If we want Henley to provide evap cooling, it is $5149.00, 6 outlets only for upstairs I haven't got any quote from a third party how much it is to install evap cooling, but would you think $5149 is ok? If we do it post handover, we still can't have evap cooling downstairs, can we? and will the cost end up about the same as Henley quoted? The evap can still only be installed for upstairs. $5149 is expensive & includes the Henley markup. I'd suggest getting a quote from another supplier. We purchased our last evap from Coldflow. You should be able to get a quote over the phone. Also you can ensure that the vents are put in the right places. 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