I am very pleased with Tropic Air Solutions, Bruce Edwards owner of small business. 352-321-6656 or Tropicairsolutions@gmail.com

I would recommend Kalos Services. We put in the Mitsubish mini split and love it. 352-243-7088

Munns
 

I used Munns. It cost about $4000 for a Carrier unit.
I like it cause it is out of site. You are welcome to ck
out ours and see it in the Lanai.

Jim Horton at Munns 352-689-0164

Does this Mitsubishi unit also heat? if not, what recommendation would you have?

Depends on how big your lanai is and how much sun does it get. Mine is large and gets lots of PM sun. Have Mitsubishi "Mr. Slim" model, provides A/C and heat, very reliable, very quiet, not intrusive as it mounts near ceiling on wall. $4800 install, may be cheaper depending on size required. Call Munn"s for free quote.

Far and away, the best unit is the Mitsubishi. It is very quite and efficient. The best contractor (and also the best price by some margin) is DANIELS HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. 352-726-5845

Daniels Heat & Air. 352-726-5845. Get a Mitsubishi (best unit). For a cheaper price than a “also ran” competitor. I’ve referred several Villagers to them. All were very happy

Our portable unit ( Haier from HD) works much better after insulating ceiling and adding solar roof vent, and installing solar shades outside on west windows. Our unit also heats via heat pump, but needs to be drained when heating.

We have this and I have added R50 insulation above the lanai. It is a compromise approach. The previous owners installed it.

It helps, although you should have no delusions that the lanai will be the same temp as the main structure. Unless you leave the slider to the lanai open.

If you have attic access to the lanai, you might want to try the less expensive idea of extending the existing vent from you central unit. Only cost me a few hundred bucks. Works great. That was in a home with a small 8x14ft lanai.

I also have a 9x20ft lanai that I do not think has attic access. I am going to try a 1200 btu portable, which should be overkill. It also has a dehumidifier and heat pump. It has a window vent adapter, but I am thinking of venting it via a dryer duct to the outside. While using it on A/C setting, it does not fill the small water tank, because it vents the water via the duct out the exhaust. Portable units are very inexpensive. Split units cost about as much as replacing your central unit, but work very well. In my opinion, split units are overpriced, even if they do work exceptional.

Check with your a/c contractor, it's possible they can run another trunk off the system itself if it has the capacity, we did. Very inexpensive in relation to the split.

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I have 5 Misuibishis Wall units in my away home and one Carrier wall unit in my Village lanai. All Air - no heat. The mitsuibishi cost $2500 and had the electrician install for approx 800 a piece saving about 1700. The carrier was $4000 installed. If I had to do it over, I would have done the air + heat in my main home as we have no heat and use heaters. Both units are great and do an excellent job of keeping the homes cold - which the dogs love. I like the ease of cleaning the filters.

Had the Split Mitsubishi unit installed in the lanai and the garage 4 years ago. Cost was about $7000. Works great. Love it.

Absolutely agree. Our Minisplit was installed by Daniels about 3 years ago. They did great work and the unit is just right (west facing lanai); no one else including Munn’s Included that factor when calculating the size of the unit we needed. Plus their pricing was better by thousands.

We used Sumter Air and Heat, for a new indoor unit and then 2 years later for a mini- split in our porch that we enclosed. This was last year and cost was $2100. Great service, fast and not a single problem. Stays cool all summer.

Eddie at Sumter Air 352-568-7400