Mini Split Installation in New Iberia, 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 Iberia Parish will get in touch.
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A mini-split in New Iberia works nearly year round
Your mini-split will run most months here. Summer afternoons average 90°F from April through October, seven months of cooling, and winter nights average 46°F from November through March, five more months of heating. Between the two, the system has almost no season off.
A new unit installed here has to meet the federal minimum for a split-system heat pump, 14.3 SEER2 for cooling and 7.5 HSPF2 for heating. That standard applies whether the unit runs a few weeks a year or, as it will here, close to twelve months.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 7 months
- April through October, it cools
- 46°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 90°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Louisiana requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors tests contractors before issuing this license, and the license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job. So the license on file tells you the person doing your install passed the state's test. It does not tell you that this particular mini-split job was checked by anyone.
That check comes from somewhere else. In most cities and counties, an installation like this needs a permit from the local building office, and an inspection once the work is done. That inspection looks at the actual job in your house, separate from whatever license the contractor carries.
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 5 months of heat from the same system, and a mini split handles both without ductwork. It runs on electricity, and with most homes here already heating that way, a heat pump mini split does the job a furnace and a separate air conditioner would otherwise split between them. A contractor can look at your house and tell you what size and how many heads it needs.
- How many rooms can a mini split cover?
- A single outdoor unit can run one indoor head or several, depending on the system. Single-zone systems cover one room or open area. Multi-zone systems split the output across several indoor heads, each with its own thermostat, so bedrooms, a living room, and other spaces can run off one outdoor condenser. How many zones make sense for your house depends on its layout, which a contractor needs to see in person to size correctly.
- Can a mini split heat a whole house?
- It can, if it's sized and placed for that. A heat pump mini split makes heat as well as cooling, and with winter lows here averaging 46°F, that's well within what these systems are built to handle. Whether one outdoor unit with multiple indoor heads covers your whole house, or you need a larger multi-zone setup, comes down to square footage and how the rooms are laid out. A contractor can size the system to your house rather than guess at it.