A minimalist bedroom with dark grey walls, a large bed with charcoal bedding, a sleeping cat, two warm-toned wall sconces, and a wall-mounted air conditioning unit.

Mini Split Installation in Troy, MO

A new system here will heat from October through April and cool from May through September every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Lincoln County will get in touch.

Tell us about the job

It takes about a minute.

Step 1 of 3: Equipment

What kind of equipment?*

A golden retriever sleeps on a neatly made bed in a minimalist bedroom equipped with a wall-mounted air conditioning unit.

What a mini-split in Troy has to handle

Your mini-split will run from October through April to heat the house, then May through September to cool it. That's all 12 months, with winter nights averaging 23°F and summer afternoons averaging 86°F.

A new unit installed today has to meet the federal minimum of 14.3 SEER2 for cooling and 7.5 HSPF2 for heating. In Troy that rating gets tested both ways, cold nights and hot afternoons, with no long stretch of mild weather in between.

7 months: October through April, your system heats
5 months: May through September, it cools
23°F: the average winter night it heats against
86°F: the average summer afternoon it cools against

Isometric cutaway illustration of a small house with a dark shingled roof, showing two wall-mounted indoor air conditioning units in separate rooms connected by lines to an outdoor condenser unit on the ground outside.

Your system heats October through April and cools May through September.

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals

Is a mini split worth it?: For most homes it comes down to what room you're trying to fix. If you have a bonus room, garage conversion, or addition that your furnace and central air don't reach well, a mini split solves that directly, with its own thermostat and no ductwork to run. Troy sees winter lows around 23°F, so check that whatever unit goes in is rated to handle real cold rather than just mild weather, since not all of them are. Given that homes here need heat or cooling all 12 months of the year, a system that covers both jobs in one unit tends to earn its keep.
How many rooms can a mini split cover?: A single-zone mini split heats and cools one room or open area. If you need more than one space covered, a multi-zone system lets one outdoor unit run several indoor heads, each with its own thermostat, so you can cover a handful of rooms without matching one outdoor unit to each. How many zones a single outdoor unit can support depends on its size, and a contractor can size that against the rooms you actually need covered.
Can a mini split heat a whole house?: It can, but it takes the right number of zones placed where the house actually loses heat, not just one unit dropped in the living room. Troy homes need heat from October through April, and winter nights average 23°F, so the system has to be sized for that cold, not just for a mild day. A contractor can work out how many indoor units your house needs and where they should go to actually reach every room.

Find a contractor