Split aircon installation across Cape Town
    Advice from the installers

    Aircon Advice for Cape Town Homes

    What an install has to comply with, what size of unit a room needs and what it costs to run. Every figure comes from a named source: the regulations, manufacturers' own tables, the City's tariffs and official climate records.

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    20 m²: 9k or 12k BTU? Brands disagree. Headline over a sunny lounge with a split aircon high on the wall
    Guides

    What size aircon do you need, and what will it cost to run in Cape Town?

    A 20 m² room is 9 000 or 12 000 BTU, depending on whose table you read. Three brand tables side by side, and the kWh sum on the City's 2026/27 rates.

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    Aircon noise limit: 50 dBA at your boundary. Headline over a split aircon outdoor unit on the side wall of a semi-detached house
    Rules

    Aircon rules in Cape Town: what a home install has to meet

    50 dBA at your boundary, day or night. The gas and electrical certificates, trustee consent, heritage permits and refrigerant dates, each with its source.

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    Install examples

    Where a split unit can go

    These are illustrations made to show typical placements. They are not photographs of completed jobs.

    Bedrooms, kitchens, home offices and the outdoor unit outside. Tap a picture to open it larger.

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    White split aircon high on the wall of a child's bedroom above a desk and single bed
    White split aircon above a passage opening in an open-plan lounge and kitchen
    Two aircon outdoor units stacked on a steel frame against a face-brick wall, wheelie bins beside them
    White split aircon above a timber desk in a home office with a bookshelf
    Aircon outdoor unit on rubber feet on a flat concrete roof, pipe running into the wall
    White split aircon in a small treatment room with a massage bed by the window
    Outdoor unit high on a plastered wall with white trunking running down the wall
    White split aircon above a double bed in a pale blue bedroom with a ceiling fan