The bonus room over the garage that's always 10 degrees off. The converted attic that overheats in July. The ADU that needs its own thermostat. The older Portland bungalow that never had ducts in the first place. Ductless mini-splits solve all of these, head by head, with quiet wall-mounted units that heat in winter and cool in summer on one electric platform. Tru72 sizes each room to its actual load, files the Energy Trust rebate at install, and stands behind every line set.
Many older Portland-area homes were built without forced-air ductwork: radiator-heated, baseboard-heated, or wood-stove-heated bungalows. Cutting in ducts after the fact is invasive and expensive. Ductless heads condition the rooms without touching the walls of the rest of the house.
Cool only the rooms you're using. Set the bedroom cooler than the living room overnight. Run the ADU on a separate schedule from the main house. Quiet inverter operation so you can sleep with the unit on. The system matches how your household actually lives.
A ductless mini-split is a heat pump. Inverter-driven variable-speed compressors run at 30 to 60% capacity most of the time, not full-on/full-off cycling. That means meaningfully lower operating costs than older equipment, and cold-climate models keep heating capacity strong well into Oregon's coldest winter nights.
Bungalows, four-squares, mid-century homes built with radiators or baseboards. Cutting in ducts is invasive; ductless conditions the rooms with minimal disruption.
Portland leads the country in ADU permits. Rental units, in-law suites, home offices, and detached studios all need their own thermostat, their own schedule, and ideally their own utility tracking. Ductless heads with a small outdoor condenser handle all three without touching the main house. Tenants control their comfort; you control your costs.
The room over the garage. The new sunroom. The space the central system was never designed to reach. One ductless head, sized to the zone, solves it.
Finished spaces that share an HVAC system with the original house often suffer from the wrong temperature for the floor they're on. A ductless head decouples the comfort.
The bedroom the central system never quite reaches. A small head over the door brings the room into balance with the rest of the house.
Older homes can skip the duct retrofit entirely by going multi-zone (3 to 5 heads). One outdoor unit, individual heads in living spaces, full whole-home conditioning without cutting drywall.
Most HVAC companies refuse to service a ductless system they didn't install. Warranty paperwork, brand familiarity, liability. Tru72 doesn't operate that way. If you have a mini-split that needs a refrigerant check, a head replacement, a control board diagnosis, or a seasonal cleaning, the door is open. We service any mini-split, any brand, any installer.
The diagnostic-first method applies the same way it does on our own installs: real instruments, refrigerant weighed, line set pressure tested, written report before any recommendation. Whether we installed it or not, your system gets the same standard.
A Tru72 technician walks each zone, calculates the load, and hands you a written quote with head placement options and the Energy Trust rebate netted out.
Walk every room that needs conditioning. Discuss head placement, condenser location, line-set routing options.
BTU load calculated for each zone separately. Diversity factor applied to size the outdoor unit honestly.
Head selections, condenser model, line-set scope, electrical work. ETO rebate netted out before you sign.
Heads mounted to spec. Line sets routed correctly. Condenser placed for service access. Electrical sub-panel as needed.
Triple evacuation. Charge verified. Each zone tested heat and cool. Numbers documented on the invoice.
Each indoor head matches its zone. The outdoor unit matches the combined load. The system you live in matches the home you have.
Between Oregon rebates, federal tax credits, and Tru72 filing the paperwork at install, the out-of-pocket cost of a ductless system is meaningfully smaller than the sticker. Most Oregon homeowners qualify for around $1,500 on a ductless heat pump, and income-qualified households can stack to $3,000 in Energy Trust plus up to $8,000 in federal HEAR funds.
Tru72 Portland is an active Energy Trust of Oregon Trade Ally. The qualifying rebate is netted out on the invoice before you sign, so the number you see at quote is the number you actually pay. Federal IRA tax credits stack on top, claimed on your tax return.
Washington homeowners get the same install methodology and equipment options. ETO rebates apply on the Oregon side of the Columbia only; Washington-specific incentives are evaluated at the assessment.
The room that's always wrong. The space that should have been usable years ago. The ADU that's about to pay for itself. Schedule a free in-home walkthrough and a senior Tru72 technician runs the Manual J on each zone, walks placement with you, and hands you a written quote with the Energy Trust rebate already deducted. The room either gets fixed, or you find out honestly that ductless isn't the right path. Either way, you leave with a real answer.
Clean. Quality. Comfort.
