Zone Control Systems

Zone Control systems are designed to provide independent temperature settings over the different areas of your home. It allows one HVAC system to accomplish this same thing as two or more complete and independent HVAC systems. The Zone Control system makes it possible to customize your comfort level for different rooms or areas in your home. In effect, automatically turning off or turning on the heating or cooling to a part of the house that isn't being used, and more importantly, to help eliminate the "hot" or "cold" areas in your home.

What if, when you walked in the door to your home, you flicked on the light switch and every light in the house came on? You want light - you got light. Zone Control systems were created for the same reason that there are light switches all over your home & in some places you want light, in some you don't.

It also simplifies seasonal changes, for example, every fall or spring you may make a journey throughout your home. Opening this vent - closing that vent. During the summer, you open the upper floors so the cooled air enters the upstairs and drifts downward. During the winter, you open the lower floors so heated air heats the lower levels as it rises upstairs. A Zone Control system is a crucial step in making your home heated and cooled correctly.

For another example, if no one is using your bedroom during the day, why bother heating it during the winter? With a Zone Control system you can temporarily "close off" the bedroom during the day and have it heat back up again at night. If you tried to do this by using two separate HVAC systems, the cost could be outrageous. A damper system might be just what you need.

The most common application for Zone Control systems is making one level of the home different from another. The upstairs has its thermostat, the downstairs has its own. Another common one is to separate sides of the home.

It is critically important that a Zone Control system be designed installed properly. It's a very complicated electrical system and unless it's installed by someone that knows what they're doing, it could be a disaster. The installer has to be sure that your existing duct system is designed properly and that the furnace will function with a Zone Control system. If it's not, the Zone Control system won't be as effective, may not work at all, and may overheat your furnace and overcool your condenser.

Contact or Email us to explain the benefits of a Zone Control system in more detail and determine if installing one in your home would be a good idea.

Note: Zone Control systems usually function best with a Two-Stage or Two-Stage Variable furnace.