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[Deleted User 89]

Hey TDub, you melted yet?

Bout to.

Been in Nevada the last few days. Life at 7,000 ft is cooler.

Got back tonight. Its 100 still, inside my house is 94.

Tomorrow its 116, Tuesday its 118, 10 day forecast is all 103+. Yuck.

Inside your house is 94? No A/C? I could never sleep if my house was that warm inside.

i could be wrong, but i don’t think many in the PacNW have a/c

[Cascadia]

Less people have AC if the live west of the Cascade range, much more likely to have AC if you live on the east side

[TDub]

Hey TDub, you melted yet?

Bout to.

Been in Nevada the last few days. Life at 7,000 ft is cooler.

Got back tonight. Its 100 still, inside my house is 94.

Tomorrow its 116, Tuesday its 118, 10 day forecast is all 103+. Yuck.

Inside your house is 94? No A/C? I could never sleep if my house was that warm inside.

No, i need to re-duct the whole house. It has a weird ass system called a "space pack" which are these 3" flex pipes that look like octopus arms in the attic and they dont have the priper wize to push enough air to heat/cool really anything. Its always a 40 year old heat pump that barely runs anyway. I need a whole system replace. So its wood heat only in the winter abd and i have 2 portable A/Cs that we use in the summer. Bur, i was out of town for a few days and i refuse to pay to run those portable ACs if no ones here. Typically when its this damn hot our house will run at 78 to 82. Still too damn hot, but is what it is for now.

[TDub]

Yea i never had AC when i was west of Cascades.

[japhy]

Bout to.

Been in Nevada the last few days. Life at 7,000 ft is cooler.

Got back tonight. Its 100 still, inside my house is 94.

Tomorrow its 116, Tuesday its 118, 10 day forecast is all 103+. Yuck.

Inside your house is 94? No A/C? I could never sleep if my house was that warm inside.

No, i need to re-duct the whole house. It has a weird ass system called a "space pack" which are these 3" flex pipes that look like octopus arms in the attic and they dont have the priper wize to push enough air to heat/cool really anything. Its always a 40 year old heat pump that barely runs anyway. I need a whole system replace. So its wood heat only in the winter abd and i have 2 portable A/Cs that we use in the summer. Bur, i was out of town for a few days and i refuse to pay to run those portable ACs if no ones here. Typically when its this damn hot our house will run at 78 to 82. Still too damn hot, but is what it is for now.

If you aren't familiar with ductless or mini split systems you should look into them. They are great for older home remodels. No need for ducts and ceiling drops and all of the expenses associated with a central forced air unit. I see more and more of these on historic buildings these days because of the issues with fittings ducts into existing spaces.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/g ... ditioners/

[TDub]

Inside your house is 94? No A/C? I could never sleep if my house was that warm inside.

No, i need to re-duct the whole house. It has a weird ass system called a "space pack" which are these 3" flex pipes that look like octopus arms in the attic and they dont have the priper wize to push enough air to heat/cool really anything. Its always a 40 year old heat pump that barely runs anyway. I need a whole system replace. So its wood heat only in the winter abd and i have 2 portable A/Cs that we use in the summer. Bur, i was out of town for a few days and i refuse to pay to run those portable ACs if no ones here. Typically when its this damn hot our house will run at 78 to 82. Still too damn hot, but is what it is for now.

If you aren't familiar with ductless or mini split systems you should look into them. They are great for older home remodels. No need for ducts and ceiling drops and all of the expenses associated with a central forced air unit. I see more and more of these on historic buildings these days because of the issues with fittings ducts into existing spaces.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/g ... ditioners/

Yea, its an option. Ive used those a lot in remodels. Now that they have receased models they are less ugly. Theyre still not my favorite, ans you still have a lot of lineset work...which, i havent learned how to do myself yet. Im trying to gwt away from electric as much as i can but its a matter of which is more cost effective really. Last summer it was about a toss up....i havent checked prices this year. No one will work ib my attic until fall now Anyway....nor do i really want to either ha

[Deleted User 89]

https://www.axios.com/pacific-northwest ... 60578.html

[zsn]

Only a fraction of the homes in Northern California, especially within 50 miles from the coastline have a/c.

But many newer homes have a/c. We plumbed our house but no a/c unit installed. Hopefully I can put off the decision one more year and get by with the room unit

[TDub]

117 right now. I think my jeans and my legs have melded. Sweated together like copper.

[Cascadia]

Cool, crisp 113 here!

[Deleted User 89]

hydration is your friend

[TDub]

Cool, crisp 113 here!

I also assumed you were in the valley...is it that hot there too? At least this side of the mountains is slightly better prepared for it

[Cascadia]

Cool, crisp 113 here!

I also assumed you were in the valley...is it that hot there too? At least this side of the mountains is slightly better prepared for it

Said the high was 115.

I’m lucky in that my house is shaded by 7 doug fir’s and it has AC.

[TDub]

Cool, crisp 113 here!

I also assumed you were in the valley...is it that hot there too? At least this side of the mountains is slightly better prepared for it

Said the high was 115.

I’m lucky in that my house is shaded by 7 doug fir’s and it has AC.

Doug firs, so yea probably west of the cascades. Thats about the only thing i miss about the west side. I like dougs. We have Reds, which is essentially the same tree but not down off the mountains and everywhere like they are on that side.

[TDub]

I do have a huge Silver Maple which shades the house. But silver maples are more of a curse than a blessing most of the time.

[jhawks99]

We had a big silver maple when I was a kid. We lost a little (or not so little) piece of it in every storm.

[TDub]

Yea theyre brittle, and notorious for rotting from the inside and goin hollow.
The box elder bugs love them, so i have a million of those bastards, their root system runs shallow and long reaching and it drops a billion leaves every year.

[jfish26]

Speaking from experience, we got microbursted here on Friday. Just a part of my neighborhood had big trees down, gutters blown down, etc. It looked like a damn bomb went off, and it was limited to an area about the size of eight city blocks.

[zsn]

If you aren't familiar with ductless or mini split systems you should look into them. They are great for older home remodels. No need for ducts and ceiling drops and all of the expenses associated with a central forced air unit. I see more and more of these on historic buildings these days because of the issues with fittings ducts into existing spaces.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/g ... ditioners/

This is the most common way to cool spaces all over South Asia (India, Singapore, Malaysia). It’s very hot, electricity is expensive and it’s inefficient to cool the entire house. Maybe I should look into this for my house!

[TDub]

If you aren't familiar with ductless or mini split systems you should look into them. They are great for older home remodels. No need for ducts and ceiling drops and all of the expenses associated with a central forced air unit. I see more and more of these on historic buildings these days because of the issues with fittings ducts into existing spaces.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/g ... ditioners/

This is the most common way to cool spaces all over South Asia (India, Singapore, Malaysia). It’s very hot, electricity is expensive and it’s inefficient to cool the entire house. Maybe I should look into this for my house!

It still uses electricity (albeit more efficiently), you still have a head end unit outside, and youve got a bunch of linesets that still have to run in your attic or wall space etc. Theyre not bad, tho the in room units can be ugly. They have gotten more aesthetically pleasing, but the recessed units are more expensive and require more space above ceiling/behind wall. If you have a failure in your lineset it does some damage and can be tough to track down because it could anywhere as opposed to at the unit like on a typical, ducted, system.