{"id":367,"date":"2013-07-27T22:28:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T22:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barrieheatingcooling.ca\/blog\/?p=367"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:35:38","slug":"an-easy-way-to-extend-air-conditioning-into-your-new-home-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barrieheatingcooling.ca\/blog\/an-easy-way-to-extend-air-conditioning-into-your-new-home-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"An Easy Way To Extend Air Conditioning Into Your New Home Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1RHFO3-rwY\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We all love our home, and sometimes, this love entails adding a completely new addition so we can love it a little bit more \u2013 whether it be a patio, guest room or a new rec room for you and your friends to watch the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>If the room is located on a warmer side of the house, you wouldn&#8217;t think twice of having to heat it, but it is easy to overlook the fact that it will probably need to be cooled. Now, if you haven\u2019t installed some form of <a title=\"Air Conditioning Collingwood\" href=\"https:\/\/barrieheatingcooling.ca\/hvac-services\/air-conditioning\">air conditioning<\/a>, you\u2019re in luck because you can go ahead and install one for your entire house, including the new room.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you have a pre-existing central air conditioning system, extending that system can become a real chore. Additional ductwork can lower your ceiling with a bulky duct system, which is not only not aesthetically pleasing but a completely unpleasant experience. When you install new ductwork, you have to work around the current system and conditions, and the materials used might not be accessible for additions.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide to go down this road, you\u2019ll need to not only locate and get into your current ductwork, but somehow access it in such a way as to extend it. Then, you\u2019ll have to find a way to make sure both cool and hot air (if your <a title=\"Furnaces Wasaga Beach\" href=\"https:\/\/barrieheatingcooling.ca\/hvac-services\/furnaces\">furnace<\/a> is incorporated into the duct system) does not pass by the new passage. A fan or boaster might need to be installed to force air flow through the new passage, and you\u2019ll have to check to make sure your current heating and cooling systems have the necessary power to cool or heat your home\u2019s addition.<\/p>\n<p>If your addition is something more of a guest house or indoor garden shelter, expanding your current system is virtually impossible. Unless you have the expenditures for a second air conditioning unit, another method that may work best for you \u2013 in terms of energy and cost efficiency \u2013 is known as a <a title=\"Wasaga Beach Ductless Air Conditioning\" href=\"https:\/\/barrieheatingcooling.ca\/hvac-services\/ductless-mini-splits\">ductless mini split<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A ductless mini split is made up of an outdoor unit, and usually one \u2013 but sometimes multiple indoor units. The indoor unit is placed high up in the room and is remote controlled. What\u2019s wonderful about them is if you have multiple units in separate rooms, you don\u2019t have to adjust one unit for multiple room comfort \u2013 rather you can adjust a single unit for that specific room. To put it simply: you can have comfort the way you want it. Some models even work backwards, so to speak, allowing a room to be heated on an otherwise cool night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We all love our home, and sometimes, this love entails adding a completely new addition so we can love it a little bit more \u2013 whether it be a patio, guest room or a new rec room for you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barrieheatingcooling.ca\/blog\/an-easy-way-to-extend-air-conditioning-into-your-new-home-addition\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[123,70,71,112,116,119,124,126,122,117,95,120,125,118,121,111],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning","category-videos","tag-addition","tag-air-conditioner","tag-air-conditioning-2","tag-collingwood","tag-ductless","tag-ductless-minisplit","tag-extension","tag-guest-house","tag-home-addition","tag-mini","tag-mini-split","tag-minisplit","tag-new-home-addition","tag-split","tag-wasaga","tag-wasaga-beach"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Extend Air Conditioning Into Your New Home Addition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Heating &amp; 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