diff --git a/projects/angular-split/src/lib/split/split.component.ts b/projects/angular-split/src/lib/split/split.component.ts
index dae82e4..5e639a9 100644
--- a/projects/angular-split/src/lib/split/split.component.ts
+++ b/projects/angular-split/src/lib/split/split.component.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DOCUMENT, NgStyle, NgTemplateOutlet } from '@angular/common'
 import {
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
   Component,
@@ -5,12 +6,11 @@ import {
   HostBinding,
   InjectionToken,
   NgZone,
-  Renderer2,
+  afterRenderEffect,
   booleanAttribute,
   computed,
   contentChild,
   contentChildren,
-  effect,
   inject,
   input,
   isDevMode,
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   signal,
 } from '@angular/core'
 import { takeUntilDestroyed } from '@angular/core/rxjs-interop'
-import type { SplitAreaComponent } from '../split-area/split-area.component'
 import {
   Subject,
   filter,
@@ -33,26 +32,26 @@ import {
   takeUntil,
   tap,
 } from 'rxjs'
+import { ANGULAR_SPLIT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS } from '../angular-split-config.token'
+import { SplitGutterDynamicInjectorDirective } from '../gutter/split-gutter-dynamic-injector.directive'
+import { SplitGutterDirective } from '../gutter/split-gutter.directive'
+import { SplitAreaSize, SplitGutterInteractionEvent } from '../models'
+import type { SplitAreaComponent } from '../split-area/split-area.component'
+import { SplitCustomEventsBehaviorDirective } from '../split-custom-events-behavior.directive'
 import {
   ClientPoint,
+  assertUnreachable,
   createClassesString,
-  gutterEventsEqualWithDelta,
   fromMouseMoveEvent,
   fromMouseUpEvent,
   getPointFromEvent,
+  gutterEventsEqualWithDelta,
   leaveNgZone,
   numberAttributeWithFallback,
   sum,
   toRecord,
-  assertUnreachable,
 } from '../utils'
-import { DOCUMENT, NgStyle, NgTemplateOutlet } from '@angular/common'
-import { SplitGutterInteractionEvent, SplitAreaSize } from '../models'
-import { SplitCustomEventsBehaviorDirective } from '../split-custom-events-behavior.directive'
 import { areAreasValid } from '../validations'
-import { SplitGutterDirective } from '../gutter/split-gutter.directive'
-import { SplitGutterDynamicInjectorDirective } from '../gutter/split-gutter-dynamic-injector.directive'
-import { ANGULAR_SPLIT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS } from '../angular-split-config.token'
 
 interface MouseDownContext {
   mouseDownEvent: MouseEvent | TouchEvent
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ export const SPLIT_AREA_CONTRACT = new InjectionToken<SplitAreaComponent>('Split
 })
 export class SplitComponent {
   private readonly document = inject(DOCUMENT)
-  private readonly renderer = inject(Renderer2)
   private readonly elementRef = inject<ElementRef<HTMLElement>>(ElementRef)
   private readonly ngZone = inject(NgZone)
   private readonly defaultOptions = inject(ANGULAR_SPLIT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS)
@@ -164,22 +162,28 @@ export class SplitComponent {
   constructor() {
     if (isDevMode()) {
       // Logs warnings to console when the provided areas sizes are invalid
-      effect(() => {
-        // Special mode when no size input was declared which is a valid mode
-        if (this.unit() === 'percent' && this._visibleAreas().every((area) => area.size() === 'auto')) {
-          return
-        }
+      afterRenderEffect({
+        // we use the afterRender read phase here,
+        //  because we want to run this after all processing is done.
+        //  and we are not updating anything in the DOM
+        read: () => {
+          // Special mode when no size input was declared which is a valid mode
+          if (this.unit() === 'percent' && this._visibleAreas().every((area) => area.size() === 'auto')) {
+            return
+          }
 
-        areAreasValid(this._visibleAreas(), this.unit(), true)
+          areAreasValid(this._visibleAreas(), this.unit(), true)
+        },
       })
     }
 
-    // Responsible for updating grid template style. Must be this way and not based on HostBinding
-    // as change detection for host binding is bound to the parent component and this style
-    // is updated on every mouse move. Doing it this way will prevent change detection cycles in parent.
-    effect(() => {
-      const gridTemplateColumnsStyle = this.gridTemplateColumnsStyle()
-      this.renderer.setStyle(this.elementRef.nativeElement, 'grid-template', gridTemplateColumnsStyle)
+    // we are running this after Angular has completed its CD loop
+    // as we are updating the style of the host, and we don't want to re-trigger the CD loop
+    // doing this in the host of the component would retrigger the CD too many times
+    afterRenderEffect({
+      write: () => {
+        this.elementRef.nativeElement.style.gridTemplate = this.gridTemplateColumnsStyle()
+      },
     })
 
     this.gutterMouseDownSubject
diff --git a/src/app/examples/split-transitions/split-transitions.component.ts b/src/app/examples/split-transitions/split-transitions.component.ts
index b71c4c8..763bc25 100644
--- a/src/app/examples/split-transitions/split-transitions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/examples/split-transitions/split-transitions.component.ts
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ export class SplitTransitionsComponent extends AComponent {
     setTimeout(() => {
       const logsEl = this.logsEl()
       if (logsEl.nativeElement.scroll) {
-        ;(<HTMLElement>logsEl.nativeElement).scroll({ top: this.logMessages.length * 30 })
+        (<HTMLElement>logsEl.nativeElement).scroll({ top: this.logMessages.length * 30 })
       }
     })
   }