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  • Taleya
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    1 year ago

    still have the issue of the old vents, and also heating. The house is actually an older build (60’s) and amazingly done to accommodate the environs. Not only proper insulation, but oriented correctly for the sun, window placement also factors in summer baking + blast shield shutters for radiant heat, so I think we might be ok.

    We had a splitty in the old place, and ran it at a minimum of ~24c during summer anyway so we’re not looking for arctic conditions. Guess it’s gonna come down to quote prices - if too outrageous we might put a split in the bedroom and then kick the can down the road a bit.

    EDIT: should add, rooms already have reversible fans for pushing air about

    • MeanElevator
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      1 year ago

      Our house has evap upstairs, which does the job in general (plus a fan function) for bedrooms. Got a split in the living room which cools pretty much all of downstairs.

      I’d love to have heating through the floor (or hydronic) but we make do.

      • Taleya
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        1 year ago

        single level here (albeit elevated) probs with the living room is that it has no easy access to an out door area for the other half (it’s kinda centralised to a wraparound hallway with the bedrooms / dining off the hall). Nearest wall is north facing so noooooooooooooooope, definitely want the outside unit on the southern wall in the dank dark alleyway