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Mini Split Installation in Houma, LA

A new system here will heat from November through February and cool from April through October every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Terrebonne Parish will get in touch.

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Eleven months of work for your new mini-split

Terrebonne Parish only gives a mini-split about a month of rest a year. Cooling runs April through October, seven months, with afternoons averaging 90°F. Heat takes over November through February, and on winter nights averaging 48°F a heat pump can still carry the load without a backup coil.

Any new unit installed now has to meet the federal minimum of 14.3 SEER2 for cooling and 7.5 HSPF2 for heating. That is the floor, and running nearly year round in this heat and humidity is exactly the kind of load that shows whether a system was sized and installed to meet it.

4 months
November through February, your system heats
7 months
April through October, it cools
48°F
the average winter night it heats against
90°F
the average summer afternoon it cools against
Cutaway isometric illustration of a small building interior showing two wall-mounted indoor air conditioning units connected by line sets running down to a single outdoor condenser unit on the ground outside.
Your system heats November through February and cools April through October.

NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals

Louisiana requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.

The license is issued once, to the contractor, and it covers them as a business rather than being applied for on each job. It is not a record of this particular installation, it is a record that the contractor was tested and licensed to do this kind of work.

For a mini-split installation, that license is what stands behind the person doing the work. Most cities and counties in Louisiana also require a permit from the local building office before the installation, with an inspection once it is done, so someone besides the contractor checks how the unit was set up and wired in.

Source: Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors

Is a mini split worth it?
For most homes here, yes. You get 7 months of cooling and 4 months of heat from one system, and a mini split handles both without ductwork. A contractor can look at your house and tell you what size and how many zones make sense.
How many rooms can a mini split cover?
A single outdoor unit can run one indoor head or several. Each indoor head heats and cools the room it's mounted in, so the count depends on how many rooms you want covered and how the house is laid out. A contractor sizes the system to the square footage and the number of zones you need, not the other way around.
Can a mini split heat a whole house?
It can, if there's a head in every room that needs heat. A mini split is a heat pump, so it moves heat instead of burning fuel for it, and it keeps working through the winters here where nights average 48°F. Whether one outdoor unit covers the whole house or you need two depends on the layout, so a contractor will work that out from the home itself.
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