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Originally Posted by Deschodt

Talking about minisplits: How good are they at heating, really ?

I got them in the new-old house... alongside old style radiators with a fuel burner! In summer, the minisplits were A-OK to cool down the house so I guess they were sized and distributed properly.

Emboldened by that discovery and not loving the smell of the old fuel heater, we decided to get rid of the old fuel burner, the ecopper pipes all over, the radiators, and get more room and less smell.. Figured we could use the mini splits for heat...

Then when the few colder winter days arrived we found we needed extra electric heaters here and there, because the mini splits struggled to heat the place "properly".. To be clear, not temperature wise but distribution wise... not sure it's "not enough of them" more like they are placed high up, when they shoot AC no issue, that goes down, but when they shoot warm air, it rises, and while I was not "cold" walking around the house, I could feel a significant temp difference from my ankles to my face and more chill sitting down, as if the high up mini split air was not reaching down low before it rose.. Gonna have to figure out a solution.