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20 Places to Put an IWAE TruInverter Ductless Mini Split
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20 Places to Put an IWAE TruInverter Ductless Mini Split

Steven Sanders
Director of Digital Operations, Whole Home Expert

Key Points

  • The IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Heat Pump is a versatile, single-zone solution for year-round climate control that supports applications where central heating and cooling solutions fall flat or can’t be installed.
  • Single-room spaces like sheds, garages, converted containers or tiny homes, pool houses, and greenhouses are all ideal candidates for mini splits.
  • Individual rooms with or without ductwork that often benefit from extra assistance are lofts, attics, home theaters or offices, hotel rooms, mother-in-law suites, and more.
  • Areas that have unique temperature requirements that don’t line up with your preferred ambiance are a great fit for mini splits, such as server rooms, art or studio spaces, home gyms, and personal libraries.
  • Primary and secondary residences that don’t support ductwork or aren’t worth the investment of a central system may need multiple mini splits or a multi-zone solution, including Airbnbs, lake houses, hunting cabins, and mobile or prefab homes.

Do you have any rooms in your home that traditional heating and cooling systems struggle to reach? Think about loft rooms and basements. Sometimes, you need a little extra help to stay comfortable. That’s where single-zone units like the IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Heat Pump come in handy. This powerful yet affordable heating and cooling system comes in a variety of sizes ranging from 9K BTU to 24K BTU, making it a versatile, handy HVAC system. So let’s expand our thinking here: where else can we put an IWAE TruInverter Mini Split? Below, we’ve listed a few unique applications for the new IWAE mini splits. Read along and see if it would be a perfect fit for your spaces.

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1. She Shed/He Shed

IWAE mini splits are perfect for anyone who has ever had to move their hobbies into a backyard shed. This is for every he shed filled with billiards tables and fishing gear. It’s for the she sheds filled to the brim with sewing equipment and book nooks. Whether you’ve turned your diva den into a crafting haven, a personal movie viewing room, or a mini-greenhouse for your succulent collection, single-zone heating and cooling will keep all of your belongings (and you) comfortable. 

A  large brick garage with shelves and windowsA  large brick garage with shelves and windows

2. Garage

Garages are the perfect place for tinkering, but that’s nearly impossible during the seasons with the most extreme temperatures. No one wants to roast in their garage during the summer, nor do they want to bundle up in the winter. Even larger garages can benefit from a TruInverter mini split, especially if you utilize the 24K BTU option.

a small kitchen and dining room in a mother in law suite with french doorsa small kitchen and dining room in a mother in law suite with french doors

3. Mother-In-Law Suite

Accessory dwelling units, like mother-in-law suites, guest homes, and other secondary dwellings, are becoming more and more popular as real estate prices skyrocket. They’re also a favorite among middle-aged adults who want to keep their elderly family members close by. Heating and cooling such tiny dwellings can be a hassle, especially if you go with a pre-fabricated build that lacks ductwork. Luckily, the IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Heat Pump is the perfect ductless solution for small living spaces.

a log cabin style tiny home with an iwae mini split condenser on the outsidea log cabin style tiny home with an iwae mini split condenser on the outside

4. Tiny Home

Speaking of tiny homes, if you’ve downgraded your square footage so that you’ll have less to clean (I’m guilty!), why not let go of the bulky HVAC while you’re at it? Sure, you can run ductwork through tiny homes, but you risk overpowering the space with traditional HVAC. For many tiny homes, especially ones that have no division of rooms, a mini split is all you’ll need. And if your mini split is both powerful and efficient, like the IWAE TruInverter mini splits? You’ll never have to worry about temperature control.

a small, black lake house with a boat port to the watera small, black lake house with a boat port to the water

5. Lake House

No one wants to spend a fortune getting their home away from home comfortable, especially if you’re only spending a few weekends there a year. For vacation homes like that, ductless HVAC like the IWAE TruInverter Mini Split is a great option. Depending on the size of your lake house, you may need to use more than one unit (or invest in a multi-zone option).

a wooden shiplap style two story hunting cabina wooden shiplap style two story hunting cabin

6. Hunting Cabin

Ask an experienced hunter when hunting season is, and they might say it’s year-long. Whether you’re hunting wild hogs in the dead of summer or tracking a deer through the snow, you want your hunting space to be comfortable. Any wilderness retreat can benefit from the IWAE TruInverter Mini Split with its stellar heating and cooling capacity, able to cool in temperatures as high as 127 degrees Fahrenheit and to heat in temperatures as low as -13 degrees Celcius. It’s perfect for every season and hunting lodge!

an a frame loft space with a wooden ladder leading to it and a small windowan a frame loft space with a wooden ladder leading to it and a small window

7. Loft/Attic

Have you got a two-story home with at least a 10-degree difference between the upstairs and downstairs areas? Even with traditional ducted HVAC, you’ll struggle to keep both floors comfortable. That’s where a ductless mini split can come in handy. With an IWAE mini split, upstairs bedrooms, loft spaces, and attic rooms can be just as comfortable as your downstairs spaces.

a personal library with floor to ceiling book shelves and comfortable seatinga personal library with floor to ceiling book shelves and comfortable seating

8. Personal Libraries

Books are fickle creatures who need precise environments to thrive. The ideal temperature for a personal library is between 68 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which might not be the temperature you want to keep the rest of your home at. Higher temperatures may cause books to yellow, while lower temperatures may cause cracking on book jackets and photographic pages. Take away the risk and the guesswork by installing an IWAE TruInverter Mini Split in your personal library.

a large greenhousea large greenhouse

9. Greenhouse

Anyone who has ever grown a flower understands the importance of maintaining precise growing conditions. You need to ensure that temperatures stay within a specific range, not letting the growing zone get too hot or too cold. In a controlled environment like a greenhouse or a grow house, that’s even more important. A ductless mini split, like those in IWAE’s TruInverter series, is a budget-friendly, energy-efficient way to ensure your plants have the perfect growing temperature.

a mobile home with a front awning and cottage style yard decorationsa mobile home with a front awning and cottage style yard decorations

10. Mobile Home

Most mobile homes come with ductwork for traditional HVAC, but due to static pressure constraints, buying a mobile home HVAC system can be tricky. You can avoid the static pressure headache by skipping ducted heating and cooling altogether and going with a ductless option.

a prefabricated home with a built on front porch and wooden stepsa prefabricated home with a built on front porch and wooden steps

11. Prefabricated Homes

Like mobile homes, you might need to be careful with prefabricated homes. Depending on how they’re built (i.e., whether you’ve got a modular home, manufactured home, mobile home, panelized home, or package home), you may or may not have available ductwork to work with. Also, depending on how well insulated they are, you may need extra heating and cooling in certain areas. This is where a ductless mini split comes in handy. Simply install one in whichever room needs help, and you’re good to go!

A family playing on the wooden porch of their container home.A family playing on the wooden porch of their container home.

12. Container Homes

Container homes are another type of prefabricated home, but these are built using old shipping containers. Some people stack several together so that they function like a modular home, and some use a single container similar to how a modern mobile home is laid out. You can build ductwork into these homes, but you risk losing ceiling space. If you want to preserve the industrial aesthetic these homes are known for, ductless HVAC is the way to go.

dumbbells stacked under a window in a home gymdumbbells stacked under a window in a home gym

13. Home Gym

A lot of folks build home gyms in extra rooms, garages, or backyard sheds. Often, these spaces don’t come with the greatest heating and cooling features. Sure, you hit the gym to work up a sweat, but without proper cooling, that can easily turn into heat exhaustion or worse. Home gyms need to maintain a healthy temperature so that you can achieve optimal performance. With an IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Heat Pump, you can!

a pottery and ceramics art studioa pottery and ceramics art studio

14. Art Studio/Studio Space

Every artist needs an atelier. You might be a woodworker looking to improve the air conditions in your workshop, or maybe you’re a designer who wants to stop sweating all over your workroom fabric. Whatever your art is, you understand the need to keep your studio space comfortable for the sake of your art. A single-zone IWAE mini split would be perfect for this, whether your art studio is in a bonus room or in a separate building from your home.

a laptop and coffee cup on a table. home office.a laptop and coffee cup on a table. home office.

15. Home Office

Working from home is nice, isn’t it? You can work from your living room, the den, your kitchen, or if you’re really serious about it, a home office. The downside is that you usually put your home offices in rooms that you don’t use often, and you probably don’t use them because they’re uncomfortable to be in. If your home office needs a little extra help staying cool or warming up, put a mini split in there! A 9K BTU IWAE TruInverter should be more than enough.

a modest home theater with two rows of seating.a modest home theater with two rows of seating.

16. Home Theater

Imagine that you finally build onto your home and put a home theater in the new space. Here’s something people forget when they make additions to their homes: Your existing ductwork cannot be easily extended into this additional space. That’s why mini splits are such great options for additional rooms—you don’t need to worry about ductwork at all. Plus, the IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Heat Pumps are quiet as a whisper when on their lower settings, and hardly louder than a refrigerator’s hum when set to turbo. That makes them perfect for spaces that require quiet, like a home theater, music room, or media room.

a woman checking out cables in a server rooma woman checking out cables in a server room

17. Server Room

You’ll never know the feeling of a stuffy, hot room until you’ve walked into a server room, IT room, or communications room. These rooms, full of high-powered computers and other heat-producing devices, get hot QUICK. If you’ve got a computer room that your current HVAC can’t keep cool, grab a mini split. The IWAE mini splits are specially designed to function in high-heat environments, making them the perfect choice for server rooms.

a family lounging on the grass by their pool and pool housea family lounging on the grass by their pool and pool house

18. Pool House

Summer pool parties aren’t half as fun when you can’t escape the sun for a few moments. Pool houses are great for keeping the hangs going, even after the time for swimming is done. We know you probably don’t want to splurge on the ductwork and technician fees that would be required to install traditional HVAC in your pool house, though. So grab an IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Heat Pump. Not only does it provide enough power to cover a pool house, but you can also cut installation fees by installing it yourself. It’s compatible with the MrCoolDIY®  Quick Connect Pre-Charged Line Set, enabling a do-it-yourself installation.

a chic hotel rooms with two bedsa chic hotel rooms with two beds

19. Hotel

What better place to install powerful, consistent single-zone HVAC than a hotel? Think about it. Every room needs to perfectly cater to the customer’s preferences, or else the front desk will be hearing about it all night. Plus, with the IWAE TruInverter Mini Split’s quiet operation, no one will have to worry about noisy HVAC disrupting their sleep.

a backpacker standing in front of a wide window in an airbnba backpacker standing in front of a wide window in an airbnb

20. Airbnb

Airbnb, VRBO, and other short-term rental homes are a strong competitor for hotels, but they can also stand to benefit from reliable single-zone heating and cooling. The IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Heat Pumps are both Energy Star and NEEP certified, meaning they maintain high efficiency standards. When you’re leaving the thermostat in someone else’s hands (who might be a bit more liberal with it since they’re on vacation), you’ll want to ensure that you can reduce energy waste and energy bills.

Get Your IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Now

Whether you’ve got a woman cave to make comfy cozy or you’re trying to keep a guest house warm, the IWAE TruInverter Mini Split Heat Pump has all the power and features you need. With incredible energy efficiency ratings and do-it-yourself capabilities, the IWAE mini split is a simple and budget-friendly heating and cooling option. Call one of our whole home experts now to start your order, or shop our energy-efficient mini splits online now.

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