Adding ac to older house
roarah
5 years ago
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Comments (9)I agree that 3 and 4, especially 4 should not be considered, since hot water heating is vastly superior and more efficient than hot air heating. However, since you are talking only about 10 days and assuming you spend most days and evenings downstairs, it would make the most sense to do that first with the basement ducting and consider a few window units upstairs, if needed.Or opt later for the second unit if you are still not satisfied.Dropping cold air down using #2 in my view is problematical and if it doesn't do a good job, you are stuck with an oversized unit for the upstairs. which will make the total job more costly and will not be very good. BTW,I had a similar house in Connecticut where it is a lot warmer than Buffalo and used an attic fan at night ( most nights are cool)to comfortably cool the sleeping area.2 large sleeve units (which we inherited) noisily cooled our downstairs area. I was thinking of changing to central air for the downstairs, when my wife decided it was time to move....See MoreHow many people have added porches/sunrooms to older home?
Comments (3)We installed a functional, commercial lean-to greenhouse with plexiglass panels against one ell of our house. Put in a gas fireplace and it is heated in winter and used year round. It is 12 x24 and multifunctional now. We keep it heated in winter, at one time it was used as an office for my business, and forced into use as a place to overwinter nursery stock for propagating. Since my business has been phasing down and is now phased out we simply use it now as a great buffer zone against the elements. My back door and two other household doors remain open to it year round. I have a fountain in there and hang ferns in winter. It has brick floors and is a great transition room from our outdoor activities to inside activities.......home for coat racks, boots and animals who shoot out our back door without leashes, lol. Gets a good amount of solar gain and helps our heat bills too. We have a ventilator fan at its apex to pull out heat, have a shade cloth we can use in summer, and a storm door for the outside entrance, so we can screen in summer. I can't imagine not having it now and it's a lot handier than the creaky old back porch we pulled off. It's like having both functional outdoor and indoor space added....See MoreMysterious HVAC part and help selling an older AC condenser unit
Comments (13)Thanks Jim and Mat for weighing in on the mystery item. We never had an elctrostatic air cleaner in the home, so that adds to the puzzle. The mystery item may have been left on our site from a contractor, but no one claimed it. Would it be something that a contractor would bring into our home to do some sort of project? The original HVAC contractor did want us to sell the AC condenser. We just did not get around to it at the time it was removed, and instead in went into our storage bunker. So, the HVAC contractor did not say anything about it being wrong to sell it. He was the contractor who initially installed it, and then uninstalled it when we did the home addition. Can either of you let me know what the tonnage of the unit is based on the sticker? Carol...See Moreolder home ... no A/C just a two wire stat can I put a 3 wire stat in
Comments (6)Check out this info and video here. https://www.honeywellhome.com/us/en/support/everything-you-need-to-know-about-a-c-wire/ We replaced our traditional digital thermostat with a moderately smart learning thermostat (not wifi) for our hot water radiators boiler. One thing we didn't know is it defaulted to a setting where it 'learns' how long it takes for your room to come to temperature and then when it runs the programs, it takes that into consideration. This resulted in our boiler being on A LOT because it takes some time to come up from the nighttime tempearature. So we had to change that setting at some point - be aware. I think smart/learning thermostats are great but you lose a lot of the functionality with a boiler system just because you generally shouldn't have as big of a swing in temp. I can see the advantage of monitoring your temp via wi-fi, especially if you leave regularly/have pets/etc... But if you leave during the day, it's probably more efficient to keep your overnight temp something moderate and just leave it there, than it is to drop low overnight, and have it run for an hour while you get ready in the morning....See Moreroarah
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