barry581 (04-06-2019), Jen5200 (04-06-2019), Jollymolly (04-07-2019), POPTOP (04-08-2019)
Our house (actually the living room) has been heated by a wall furnace since long before Faye bought it. The heat hasn’t made it into the kitchen or bathroom, or been able to turn the corner into the bedroom or man cave. While having the bedroom cool is fine the man cave is also my office and it’s been a bit cool in there. A Dyson Heat/Cool has done a good job of heating it when I’m in there - at a steep cost in hydro. We’ve kept the bedroom cool in summer with a window a/c and last year bought a second one for the living room. Even with them we spent a lot of time out on the deck because it’s well shaded and can get a good breeze. We really only used the a/c on the really beastly hot humid days, and when Faye was on afternoons or midnights and needed to sleep on warm days.
This winter, after a -20C (-4F) morning when the kitchen was at 52F (11C) we decided, it’s time, let’s get quotes on central air and heat. Let’s see what we have to do to make the house more comfortable, since we plan to stay here until we can’t. So we did, selected a contractor, and had it installed last week.
Whoa dude. It sure is nice to have a house, the whole house, that’s not cold.
Andrew, Faye, Fitzi, and Lucy
Not gone, only gone on ahead - Bruno, Rex, BoJo, Kendal, Kingsley, Moonpie, Avis, Corndog, Stella, and now Achilles
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barry581 (04-06-2019), Jen5200 (04-06-2019), Jollymolly (04-07-2019), POPTOP (04-08-2019)
Congratulations! Sounds like the way we felt when we finally got the living room insulated. That was miserable. It was like being in a plywood box.
Mr Kleb (04-06-2019)
Even with the wall furnaces' blast of heat, the living room would be cool only a few minutes after it kicked off.
Andrew, Faye, Fitzi, and Lucy
Not gone, only gone on ahead - Bruno, Rex, BoJo, Kendal, Kingsley, Moonpie, Avis, Corndog, Stella, and now Achilles
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Welcome to the 20th century!
SunDance (04-06-2019)
Andrew, Faye, Fitzi, and Lucy
Not gone, only gone on ahead - Bruno, Rex, BoJo, Kendal, Kingsley, Moonpie, Avis, Corndog, Stella, and now Achilles
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I hear ya.
Before Bob and I got married, neither one of us used air conditioning in our respective abodes (me = apartment, Bob = row house but he did have a window a/c unit in his bedroom) and we weren't planning on using the a/c in our house.
We moved in Memorial Day weekend of the year we got married. I left upstairs windows open during the day when we were at work, to keep the air flowing. One day in June/July there was a sudden violent thunderstorm that hit our street before I could race home to close windows. The upstairs was soaked from the air blowing in all directions with downpour amounts of rain. OK. Close the windows and crank up the air to dry out the carpets and furniture.
Ahhhh…….
And we haven't been without a/c in Summertime since (35 years).
I didn't have a/c in my first two cars (Toyotas) and that was fine....had good air flow. Third car was a Blazer and I kicked myself for not getting it installed. Good air flow and UV tinted windows just weren't quite enough on hot days for that big vehicle. You'd better believe the next cars got a/c. Bob's always had a/c in his.
There was a central oil furnace in the house I grew up in. The furnace was in the cellar (no basement) and had a big, about 2' x 3', grate above it in the dining room floor with a small door Mum opened to drop a lighted tissue paper down to light the oil. The dining, living and kitchen areas got warm but the bedrooms and bathroom were blocked by walls and it was nippy in them, to put it mildly. But one special thing I will never forget is coming in from playing outside in winter and standing right on top of that grate to get warm. The warm air flow was constant, always blowing up. We did get gas and conduit to all the rooms and forced air heat eventually.
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SunDance I had an '89 Buick Skylark which was a decent $500 car. No AC so I said it had 2 x 55 AC - crank down both windows and drive 55 miles per hour.
Snowshoe, we will miss the wall furnaces blast of heat. So will Fitzi; he would lay with his noes inches away from it.
Andrew, Faye, Fitzi, and Lucy
Not gone, only gone on ahead - Bruno, Rex, BoJo, Kendal, Kingsley, Moonpie, Avis, Corndog, Stella, and now Achilles
I invite you to visit my blog, Hidden Content .
SunDance (04-07-2019)
Well now that winter is over congrats. Jokes aside Im sure you will enjoy it and yes to using and being warm or cool in the whole house
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