What we see in Los Gatos homes
Climate. Climate zone 4 with hillside microclimate variation. Design cooling 88–94°F depending on elevation and orientation. Heating design 35°F.
Housing stock. Wildly varied: 1880s Victorians and Craftsman bungalows downtown, mid-century redwood-clad hillside customs, and 2000+ luxury infill. Older stock often has zero ductwork (gravity furnaces, original radiators); hillside customs are usually full HVAC with multiple zones.
Typical systems. Multi-zone heat pump installations, ductless mini-splits for downtown Victorian retrofits, Mitsubishi M-Series ductless installations and Daikin Atmosphera service, hybrid systems combining central + ductless for problem rooms.
Hillside microclimate challenge
Los Gatos hillside homes face the toughest sizing problem in our service area. A 4,000 sqft home with the master suite facing west on an upper level can have one room calling for cooling at 4 PM while the lower-level family room is still in cool morning shade. Single-zone systems chase this load all afternoon and lose. We default to dual-zone or three-zone setups for any hillside home above 2,500 sqft, separate equipment per floor, sometimes with a supplemental ductless head for the worst west-facing rooms.
Victorian and Craftsman retrofits
Downtown Los Gatos Victorians and Craftsmans usually have zero forced-air HVAC, gravity gas furnaces in basements, original cast-iron radiators, or wall heaters in each room. Adding central HVAC requires major architectural surgery (where to put returns? where to put ducts?). Our standard recommendation is multi-head ductless mini-split: one outdoor condenser, one head per primary room. No floor or wall destruction, full climate control, period-appropriate visible architecture preserved.
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Selected HVAC projects
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C&H OLMO Mini-Split Installation at The Athenian School in Danville
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Goodman Heat Pump Installation in Union City
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Goodman 18,000 BTU Heat Pump Installation in San Ramon
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Carrier 19 SEER Heat Pump Installation in San Ramon
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