Sunnyvale Eichler Home HVAC Installation – Ventwerx HVAC

There is perhaps no other city in the US that has as much of Joseph Eichler’s architectural vision embedded into it as Sunnyvale. The very first Eichler home was built in Sunnyvale, and some of the veery last, too, so it’s natural that the city reflects the distinctive mid-century aesthetic as this city. Even the fire stations have the mid-century architecture ingrained in their DNA. There are about 1100 Eichler homes in Sunnyvale, spread among sixteen tracts. These include homes in:

• Midtown
• Parmer Place
• Rancho Verde
• Fairbrae
• Primewood
• Fairorchard
• Rancho Sans Souci
• Fairwood
• Fairwood Addition
• Fairpark Addition
• Sunnyvale Manor
• Sunnyvale Manor Addition

The Eichler homes in Sunnyvale were built from 1949 to 1973, featuring designs by Anshen + Allen, Jones & Emmons, and Claude Oakland. The first Joseph Eichler homes were built in 1949 in the Sunnyvale Manor I neighborhood, but these were more an experiment, as they did not have the distinct characteristics associated with mid-century Eichler design. The first home that bore those hallmark Eichler characteristics was designed by architect Robert Anshen and built in 1950 in Sunnyvale Manor II / Sunnyvale Manor Addition – thus beginning the modern mid-century architectural design embodied in Eichler homes.

Why Eichler Homes Require Ductless HVAC

The homes designed by Joseph in the 1950s-1970s are known to this day for their distinctive design, using open-room space, floor to ceiling floor windows, glass transoms, outside courtyards, atria, and walk-out patios. This modern style is completely different from ranch homes which are often built in neighborhoods. The Eichler style is often referred to as mid-century modern or post-WWII modern architecture. Many of the 11,000 Eichler homes built in Northern and Southern California from 1949 to 1972 were built in the Bay Area, an the very first one was built in Sunnyvale.

One characteristic of Eichler homes is a lack of ductwork to move heated or cooled air. The homes don’t have this ductwork built into the walls, so central air conditioning is not possible. Adding the ductwork would make the home lose it’s beauty and aesthetic appeal.

This is why Ventwerx HVAC relies on ductless heating and cooling, which uses mounted air handlers to redistribute heated or cooled air. These “mini-split” systems heat and cool different “zones” in the home, redistributing heat energy using a heat pump. Ductless systems use thin insulated refrigerant lines to move the thermal energy, instead of bulky, space-consuming ductwork. This makes ductless HVAC the ideal choice for your San Jose Eichler home.

Why Choose Ventwerx HVAC to Work on Your Eichler Home?

Why should you choose Ventwerx HVAC to install ductless heating and colling in your Eichler home? To put it bluntly, our team has more experience installing ductless mini-splits in Eichler homes than any other Sunnyvale HVAC company.

Our key team members have been together for well over ten years. We’ve established great working relationships with roofing and electrical companies here in Sunnyvale and the South Bay. We work well together and know what needs to be done. And most importantly, our HVAC team has an established process for installing your mini-split AC system, without damaging your roof, your electrical, or any other aspect of your Eichler home.

We’ve been a member of the Eichler network for many years, and we’re a preferred HVAC contractor for Eichler homes. These are compelling reasons why Ventwerx HVAC is the premier choice for ductless mini-split installation in San Jose Eichler homes.

We Install Ductless HVAC for Eichler Homes in Sunnyvale

For Eichler homeowners in Sunnyvale, Ventwerx is the leading ductless HVAC company, because we’ve worked specifically on Eichler homes more than anyone else in the Bay Area. We do ductless HVAC for Eichler homes, because this method preserves the original beauty, architecture, and structure of Jospeh Eichler’s original home designs. If you would like more information on our Eichler home HVAC process, contact us or call (408) 422-2987.