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How much wall heat is this house carrying?
Count the heaters room by room. The total in kilowatts is the heat the house leans on every winter — and the starting point for talking about a ductless system that also cools.
What that means
A system with 4 indoor headsOne outdoor unit can usually serve several rooms. The count above is a starting point — open-plan rooms often share a head, and a closed bedroom usually needs its own.
- Heat pumps deliver several units of heat per unit of electricity; resistance heaters deliver one.
- The same heads cool in summer, which wall heaters never will.
- Your panel and circuits get checked before anything is ordered.
- Old heaters can stay as backup, or be removed and patched.
Honest comparison
What changes and what doesn't
- ComfortWall heaters heat the room they're in, loudly and unevenly. A head moves air around the room and holds a steadier temperature.
- CoolingThis is the big one in a Tacoma summer: the same equipment cools, so a week of 95°F stops being an ordeal.
- Running costA heat pump moves heat instead of making it, so it does more with the same electricity. How much you save depends on your rates and your habits, so we won't put a number on it.
- The wallsHeads need a spot on an outside-facing wall, a small pipe route and a condensate drain. We plan those before install day, not during it.
Where heads actually go
A ductless head belongs where the air can reach the whole room — high on a wall with a clear path, not tucked behind a door or above a bookcase. In a house with a hallway of closed bedrooms, one head in the hall will not heat them; each room that closes needs its own, or a small ducted unit in the attic serving three.
We walk the house, mark the positions and show you the pipe routes before you decide.
