Mini Split Installation in Crowley, LA
A new system here will heat from November through March and cool from April through October every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Acadia Parish will get in touch.
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Crowley asks for both heat and cooling from the same unit
There's no season off here. Homes in Acadia Parish need heat from November through March, then cooling from April through October, seven months of it. That's the whole year, back to back, which means a mini-split installed here runs almost constantly in one mode or the other.
Winter nights average 44°F, mild compared to a lot of the country, but summer afternoons average 91°F, and that heat sits for months. A mini-split heat pump manufactured after January 1, 2023 has to meet 14.3 SEER2 for cooling and 7.5 HSPF2 for heating under the federal minimum. Given how many months it spends cooling this house, that cooling rating matters as much as the heating one, maybe more.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 7 months
- April through October, it cools
- 44°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 91°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Louisiana requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The board tested the contractor before issuing that license, and it keeps a record of who holds one. The license covers the contractor as a business, not the mini-split going into your home. That is what a state license does. It is a check on the person taking the job, not a sign-off on any one installation.
For this job, in most cities and parishes here, installing a mini-split needs a permit from the local building office, with an inspection once the work is done. The license is what tells you the contractor was tested and is on record with the state. The permit and inspection are what tell you this particular job was checked.
Source: Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors
- Is a mini split worth it?
- For most homes it comes down to what you're heating or cooling and how you're doing it now. A mini split runs on electricity and handles both heating and cooling from the same system, so it can replace window units or electric baseboard with one setup that covers both jobs. Crowley homes need heat or cooling all twelve months, five months of heat and seven of cooling, so a system built to do both is working most of the year here, not sitting idle. A contractor can look at the space you're trying to condition and tell you what makes sense for it.
- How many rooms can a mini split cover?
- A single outdoor unit can run more than one indoor head, so it can cover several rooms at once. Each indoor head is sized for the room it's mounted in, so the number of rooms you can cover comes down to matching the right size head to each space and keeping the total load within what the outdoor unit can handle. A contractor sizes this by measuring the rooms and the heat gain or loss in each one, not by a fixed rule of thumb.
- Can a mini split heat a whole house?
- It can, if it's sized and laid out for the whole house rather than one or two rooms. A system with an indoor head in each room can heat the entire house the same way a central furnace does, just without ducts. Winter nights in Crowley average 44°F, which a properly sized heat pump handles without trouble. What matters is whether enough heads are placed to reach every room, and that's a layout question a contractor needs to walk the house to answer.