I was surprised when my cousin told me that he could help me install a nice HVAC system in my home.
He said I would save thousands of dollars by not having to go for a professional installation. He showed me the DIY ductless mini splits which had up to 5 zones. I asked him what made them DIY as opposed to any other ductless mini split. He explained to me that it was the line sets with pre compressed refrigerant and the simple connections that made it DIY. The lines were already prepared and color coded making it easy for the average homeowner to take care of the installation. He said that even the electric connections were all labeled making it easy to connect everything. Then I asked what was the difference between these ductless mini splits and the multi split systems. He said there wasn’t much of a difference other than the fact that a multi split system was designed to provide heating and cooling for the entire household with up to 8 zones connected to a single condenser unit. That seemed impressive to me, but he said those systems had to be installed by the professionals since they didn’t DIY systems like that. They had much larger condensers and only the experts were qualified to charge refrigerant to systems like that apparently. So we ended up getting two DIY ductless mini splits and we installed those. It wasn’t as challenging as I thought it would be, it was just a matter of figuring out the best locations to install the indoor units and drilling through the walls to the outside to get the line sets through.