Mitsubishi Ductless Heat Pumps for Philadelphia and Bucks County Homes

Yes, a Mitsubishi ductless heat pump can heat a Philadelphia rowhome or a Bucks County split-level all winter. Mitsubishi’s Hyper-Heat models deliver 100% of their rated heating at 5°F and keep running down to -13°F, colder than most Philly winter nights ever get. R&R Mechanical installs, maintains and upgrades Mitsubishi systems as a Mitsubishi Diamond Contractor, working out of Frankford and serving Northeast Philly, Bensalem, Levittown, Southampton and the rest of Lower Bucks. We size every system room by room, so the back bedroom, the addition and the finished basement finally hold the same temperature as the living room.

Yes, when it is the right model and it is sized for your rooms. A standard heat pump starts losing heating capacity as it gets cold out. Mitsubishi’s Hyper-Heat (H2i) line is built for cold climates: full rated heating at 5°F and guaranteed operation to -13°F.

Sizing is where most installs go wrong. An undersized head runs flat out and still leaves the room cold. An oversized one short-cycles, wastes power and never pulls the damp out of the air. That’s why R&R measures the room, the windows and the exposure before quoting anything.

Got a boiler or furnace you trust? Keep it. Plenty of our customers run ductless in the problem rooms and leave the old system as backup for the coldest stretches.

Which room is giving you trouble?

• The rowhome back bedroom or third floor. Radiators down the basement end, and the room over the kitchen stays an icebox. Common in Frankford, Kensington, Tacony, Mayfair and the Far Northeast.
• The Levittown room that never caught up. Many original Levitt houses had heat in the slab, and plenty have been converted since. When one room lags, a single ductless head usually fixes what the conversion missed.
• Additions, sunrooms and finished basements. The central system was never designed for them. Common in Bensalem, Southampton, Feasterville-Trevose, Huntingdon Valley and Holland.
• Older stone and historic homes. Running new ductwork through plaster and stone is expensive and invasive. Ductless needs a small opening for the line set. Common in Newtown, Yardley, New Hope, Doylestown, Jenkintown and Abington.
• Space heaters and window units doing a full-time job. They were built to help a room, not to heat it all winter. A heat pump heats in winter and cools in summer from the same unit.

Mitsubishi heat pump installation

Every install starts with an in-home assessment and ends with a system registered for its warranty.

1. Room-by-room assessment. Heat loss, window area, sun exposure and how you actually use each room.
2. System design. Single-zone or multi-zone, and the right indoor style for each room: wall-mounted, ceiling cassette or floor-mounted.
3. Outdoor unit placement. Rear wall, side yard or a stand that keeps it clear of drifting snow, planned for rowhome lots and suburban yards alike.
4. Clean installation. Line sets routed and covered, drain lines planned, the work area left clean. We tell you up front if your electrical panel needs attention.
5. Commissioning and walkthrough. We test heating and cooling, set up your controls and show you how to run each zone.
6. Warranty registration. We register the system with Mitsubishi so qualifying installs get the 12-year parts and compressor coverage.

R&R also installs Daikin and other leading brands when they are the better fit for the home or the budget. Mitsubishi is our specialty.

Heat pump upgrades

Upgrading is the right call when the system you have can’t keep up, costs too much to run or keeps breaking. Common upgrades we handle:

• An older mini split that struggles below freezing, replaced with a Hyper-Heat model
• Window units and space heaters replaced with one system that heats and cools
• Electric baseboard swapped for heat pump zones
• Ductless zones added to a boiler or radiator home, with the boiler kept as backup
• Homes with ductwork: ducted Mitsubishi heat pumps and hybrid setups that work alongside a gas furnace

Not sure whether to repair or replace? We’ll show you the diagnosis, the repair cost and the replacement cost side by side. Age alone doesn’t decide it.

Heat pump maintenance

Your heat pump is about to work every day until spring. Clean filters help, but they are only the beginning. A professional maintenance visit covers:

• Indoor coils, blower wheels and filters cleaned and inspected
• Condensate drains and pumps cleared and tested
• Outdoor coil and base checked so the unit defrosts and drains properly
• System operation and refrigerant performance checked against specs
• Electrical connections and controls inspected

We maintain Mitsubishi systems no matter who installed them, along with all other major brands. Ask about our annual maintenance plans.

A heat pump is only as good as its install, and Mitsubishi backs its Diamond Contractors with its longest warranty.

• 12-year parts and 12-year compressor warranty when a Diamond Contractor installs the system in a single-family home and it is registered within 90 days. Systems installed without Diamond Contractor registration get shorter coverage.
• Factory training on Mitsubishi equipment, system design and installation practices.
• One local team for the install and every service call after it.

The Mitsubishi warranty covers parts and the compressor, not labor.

It depends on how many rooms you’re treating, the indoor unit styles, line set length and whether your electrical needs work. A single problem room and a whole-house multi-zone system are very different projects.

The costly mistake isn’t the equipment. It’s the wrong size, a bad layout or a rushed install that never heats right. You’ll get a written price for each option before any work starts, plus any rebates you qualify for and financing with approved credit.

How it works

1. Start your quote. Take the 60-Second HVAC Quote, call (215) 744-3217 or text 844-822-6111.
2. In-home assessment. We look at the rooms, the exterior wall space and your electrical.
3. Written options. Equipment, zones, price, rebates and financing on paper.
4. Install and walkthrough. Clean install, tested system, controls set up.
5. Registered and protected. Warranty registration handled, maintenance available every season after.

Neighbors who already made the switch

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• On a rowhome mini split install, one customer said R&R was “comfortable with the layout of our row home.” (Ian W., Google review)
• “The multi-split system works well.” (Beatrice M., Google review)

Where we install Mitsubishi heat pumps

From our shop on Factory Street in Frankford, R&R serves:

• Philadelphia and the Northeast: Frankford, Kensington, Tacony, Wissinoming and ZIPs 19111, 19114, 19115, 19116, 19124, 19134, 19135, 19136, 19149, 19152
• Lower Bucks: Bensalem, Levittown, Bristol, Bristol Township, Croydon, Tullytown, Fairless Hills, Langhorne, Morrisville
• Central and Upper Bucks: Southampton, Churchville, Holland, Richboro, Huntingdon Valley, Feasterville-Trevose, Newtown, Yardley, Washington Crossing, New Hope, Doylestown
• Eastern Montgomery County: Jenkintown, Abington, Willow Grove, Horsham