Central Air Part 1: Inside the walls
The contractors spent today working on our new HVAC system. They removed the old boiler and excess ductwork from the basement. Brian can stand up without bumping his head in several new areas of the basement. I’ve been told this is only temporary, as they contractors will be installing a more efficient branching scheme tomorrow. Note the dryer lint on the one duct; the dryer still vents to the basement and I don’t think there is much we can do about it until we move the washer and dryer.
The A/C unit was delivered. It is large. It’s 3×3 in footprint, as advertised, but it is also 4.5 feet tall. Luckily it still fits within our property line on the church side of the house (we measured).
For the most part today’s exploration of vent and return placement went well. I had no idea there was so much dead space in the house. That shot is behind the built-in china cabinet. Evidently there were a set of shelves (that picture is looking down at the shelves from a hole about ceiling level). Why someone would enclose the shelves and then put in new ones is a bit of a mystery. I chalk it up to the weird contractor who lived here a dozen years ago.
I did suspect that we lacked insulation. This photo – my favorite of the bunch – proves it. Brian took this shot reaching behind the cubby in the guest room (above the kitchen, behind our bedroom). This crawlspace goes behind the back chimney, across the width of the house. I was told that the guy who crawled in there was between Brian’s size and my size, but very skinny. I believe it!
The final interesting point of the day was the cat. He was very chill when I got home, which was a surprise given that strange men had been tromping around the house, drilling holes in walls and making lots of noise. Brian mentioned that the cat spent most of the day in the attic. The thing is, the ladder to the attic was removed. That means the cat jumped a good 5 feet up to the landing of the “good morning” steps in the attic. Good kitty!
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Home.
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