The guys have been working over the past two weeks to get the ducts and HVAC unit installed. They are nearly finished with the rough-in. The HVAC unit is in the mechanical room in the center of this picture. It's being installed with two zones.
One zone will heat and cool the attic. The other will cool the second floor directly (and the first floor indirectly - no duct-work needs to be installed down to the first floor). You can see the dual supply ducts running diagonally from upper-right to lower-left in the mechanical room and then off the left side of the photo.
Looks like only a day or two is left.
We are thinking about taking the same approach. (Putting a unit in the attic with zones to heat the attic and second floor. ) Curious how much this set you back...
ReplyDeleteWay too much. two years ago we got some bids ranging from $25K to $35K. The current bids were higher... Keep in mind that we're heating 2k sqft and directly cooling ~4k sqft. And it's looking like the spray foam insulation in the attic is going to save us several K in heating cost each winter (even though there's no heat at all in there now, it's noticeably warmer).
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