heat wave

[darkoshi]

Oh dear. The weather forecast is for a high of 103 today, and the lowest high thru next Thursday being 98. Yesterday it was 100, the day before 98.

I'm thinking of replacing my HVAC system. I'd rather do it under careful planning now, rather than waiting for it to break. A few years back when I tried to have it serviced, they refused to touch it. I was told that it might last some more years, but in the current condition it could stop working at any time and they didn't want me to think that it was because of something they did.

I want to replace the ducts too, as the air that blows into the house always smells sort of like basement dust.

I'd really like to get a zoned system so that we could set certain rooms to be warmer or cooler than the others. Simply having an on/off switch for each room would be good enough for me (I don't care that much about air leakage between the rooms; just don't want cold air blowing straight out at me when I'm already cold), but it sounds like they aren't made that way.

Comments

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Unless you have an unusual house, replacing ducting is going to be wickedly expensive.

I'd love a zone system. I'm interested in building one, actually.

[darkoshi]

Everything's in the crawlspace, and except for the ducts being in the way, there's enough space to get around pretty well down there. I'm sure it will be expensive, but hopefully not at the wicked level!

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

That does make it easier, yeah. Also potentially easier to install zone controls.