For years we have toyed with the idea of getting a wall-mounted a/c fitted to the bedroom and, if reasonable cost, the main living room and/or our home office. We have a portable unit with window exhaust kit but it struggles to get the room cool.
We are now about to move house so I'm thinking of installing a/c in our new property
Several questions. I'd be grateful if, when answering, you'd number your replies accordingly. Thanks!
1) I did not know that you needed planning permission to install a wall-mounted split a/c system - does it not come under permitted develpment (I am not in a conservation area and the building isn't listed)
2) Can any wall-mounted split system be DIY installed (I've heard that the units come without gas and are charged with refrigerant on-site - is this true?)
3) Does it depend on the refrigerant used as to whether you can self-install (if indeed you can)?
4) Do you require Building Regs approval - even if you don't need planning permission.
5) Who would I ask - I'm guessing my local planning department. Would they also advise on building regs?
6) There would need to be a separate electricity feed to the unit - so I'm assuming I'd need an NICEIC certificate?
7) Several internet sites recommend Daikin, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi and Panasonic units but suggest that domestic LG and Samsung units are not reliable. Would you agreee?
Finally,
8) If I can't install, is there a trade body for air conditioners that I can approach to get a "trusted" installer.
EDIT: Additional question(!)
9) If I went for wall-mounted a/c that didn't have an external unit (i.e. a self-contained monoblock unit with R290 refrigerant), could I self-install that (by running a fused spur off the ring main - something that I am allowed to do as a DIYer?). I know it would require the drilling of 3 holes hrough the wall - two large holes for the incoming and exhaust air using a core drill and a smaller hole for the condensate pipe.
Thank you.
XRD
We are now about to move house so I'm thinking of installing a/c in our new property
Several questions. I'd be grateful if, when answering, you'd number your replies accordingly. Thanks!
1) I did not know that you needed planning permission to install a wall-mounted split a/c system - does it not come under permitted develpment (I am not in a conservation area and the building isn't listed)
2) Can any wall-mounted split system be DIY installed (I've heard that the units come without gas and are charged with refrigerant on-site - is this true?)
3) Does it depend on the refrigerant used as to whether you can self-install (if indeed you can)?
4) Do you require Building Regs approval - even if you don't need planning permission.
5) Who would I ask - I'm guessing my local planning department. Would they also advise on building regs?
6) There would need to be a separate electricity feed to the unit - so I'm assuming I'd need an NICEIC certificate?
7) Several internet sites recommend Daikin, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi and Panasonic units but suggest that domestic LG and Samsung units are not reliable. Would you agreee?
Finally,
8) If I can't install, is there a trade body for air conditioners that I can approach to get a "trusted" installer.
EDIT: Additional question(!)
9) If I went for wall-mounted a/c that didn't have an external unit (i.e. a self-contained monoblock unit with R290 refrigerant), could I self-install that (by running a fused spur off the ring main - something that I am allowed to do as a DIYer?). I know it would require the drilling of 3 holes hrough the wall - two large holes for the incoming and exhaust air using a core drill and a smaller hole for the condensate pipe.
Thank you.
XRD
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