Air Conditioning Glenfield

In New Zealand, most home air conditioners are heat pumps. A reverse-cycle split system cools your Glenfield home in summer and heats it in winter with the same indoor and outdoor units. When we quote air conditioning, we size and place the unit for cooling first, so it handles hot afternoons and humid nights as well as winter.

Air conditioning for Glenfield's 1960s and 1970s homes: one unit for summer and winter

Most Glenfield homes are suburban houses from the 1960s and early 1970s, when the suburb was one of the fastest growing areas in New Zealand. In these homes, air conditioning is rarely a separate purchase. The same reverse-cycle unit that heats the living area in winter cools it in summer, so the choice of model has to work in both seasons. We check the cooling capacity alongside the heating figure, and the cooling stars on the energy label.

Summer heat in these homes usually comes through the roof and the windows. Houses built before 1978 started without ceiling insulation unless it has been added, and many now have aluminium joinery and open-plan living, so a sunny lounge can heat up quickly. Topping up ceiling insulation and closing curtains on hot days reduce the cooling load before the unit is even switched on. Where an open-plan area is long or L-shaped, two smaller units cool and heat more evenly than one large one.

Glenfield sits back from the open Gulf, so outdoor units see less salt than in the bays. Homes on the higher ground, which rises to about 83 metres, catch more wind than those near Kaipātiki Creek, so the outdoor unit is not faced straight into the weather. Sections are compact, and noise limits are measured at the boundary, so we place the unit with neighbours' bedrooms in mind.

Local tip: Check your ceiling insulation before summer, because a poorly insulated roof adds more heat to the lounge than most people expect.

Air Conditioning in Glenfield: Local Conditions

Albany homes with large north and west-facing glass gain a lot of heat on summer afternoons, so we size those rooms on cooling capacity. Near the bays, the outdoor unit needs a spot out of direct salt spray.

1970s and 1980s homes with large ranch sliders and west-facing glass can heat up fast in the afternoon, so we size those rooms on cooling capacity and suggest closing curtains on sunny days.

Homes in Glenfield

Most Glenfield homes are suburban houses from the 1960s and early 1970s, with western Glenfield filled in later and some state housing in the mix. Homes built before 1978 started without insulation unless it was added later, and many have aluminium joinery and open-plan living knocked through. A single small high wall unit often struggles in a large open-plan space, and EECA's installer guide notes that two smaller units or a multi-split can distribute heat better. Rentals also need heating that meets the Healthy Homes capacity for the main living room.

Glenfield Mall opened in December 1971 to stop shops sprawling down the length of Glenfield Road.

You will often see our vans near Marlborough Park and Glenfield Mall on the way to a job in Glenfield. For everything else, see heat pumps in Glenfield.

How We Handle Air Conditioning in Glenfield

Before we leave Glenfield, we run the unit on cool and dry mode and check the drain is clear. We show you the timer and filter cleaning, and EECA's advice to close curtains on sunny days and use a through-breeze first.

Pricing: every job starts with a free in-home assessment and a written quote, with a fixed price agreed before any work starts.

Air Conditioning Jobs We Do in Glenfield

Townhouse unit placed away from the neighbours
Bedrooms cooled from one multi-split outdoor unit
Condensate drain run with a good fall
Apartment unit with body corporate drawings
Ceiling cassette for an open-plan living area