Ductless mini splits are one of the most expensive HVAC systems you can install in the states, although they're pretty ubiquitous in EweRope. (Since the systems are so desirable and still relatively rare, installers totally rip people off around here. You can install them yourself and save a boatload of money, but you still have to pay a licensed installer for final connections and system filling/bleeding.) Anyway, they're the most efficient heating/cooling system on the planet, with some of them having SEER ratings above 30. Fujitsus are the best for heating (read: Seattle), and Mitsubishi are the best for cooling. There are some cheaper options, but not as efficient, reliable, and not worth it in the long run.
The good news is that not only would you be adding AC for those few weeks a year we need it, but it would cut your heating bill in the heating months considerably, so it's like getting a huge discount over time.
If you're handy you could buy a three-headed system that would cover most of your house (unless you have a modern gigantic mcmansion, which it sounds like you don't) for about $4K through wholesalers, spend $500 in installation parts, and pay another $300 to be ripped off by an installer for filling/bleeding. You'd be out about $5K, but your heating bills would drop in half in the winter, and you'd be cutting your AC bill in half for a month or two per year when it's hot enough for AC.
Ductless mini splits are one of the most expensive HVAC systems you can install in the states, although they're pretty ubiquitous in EweRope. (Since the systems are so desirable and still relatively rare, installers totally rip people off around here. You can install them yourself and save a boatload of money, but you still have to pay a licensed installer for final connections and system filling/bleeding.) Anyway, they're the most efficient heating/cooling system on the planet, with some of them having SEER ratings above 30. Fujitsus are the best for heating (read: Seattle), and Mitsubishi are the best for cooling. There are some cheaper options, but not as efficient, reliable, and not worth it in the long run.
The good news is that not only would you be adding AC for those few weeks a year we need it, but it would cut your heating bill in the heating months considerably, so it's like getting a huge discount over time.
If you're handy you could buy a three-headed system that would cover most of your house (unless you have a modern gigantic mcmansion, which it sounds like you don't) for about $4K through wholesalers, spend $500 in installation parts, and pay another $300 to be ripped off by an installer for filling/bleeding. You'd be out about $5K, but your heating bills would drop in half in the winter, and you'd be cutting your AC bill in half for a month or two per year when it's hot enough for AC.
Just an option.
I think it’s time for the Hardcore Home Improvement board. Al on tool time was a Dawg after all.
Morgan Hill! Gilroy! Salinas! King City! Fuck, might was well live in Temecula
I live between PCH and the ocean, why would I want to go inland and drive on the fucking 101?
Point being you live in unique micro climate and the pours of CA for the most part live where it’s hot AF and electricity is crazy expensive.
Poont being that life's too short to live someplace shitty
Unless you're Race, then it's miserably long and you can afford to waste a few decades surrounded by scrub hills and dust
The weather is pretty glorious 5-6 months out of the year here 2 miles north of the Greatest Setting in College Football. But even we get 80 degree days where AC is nice.
But i do appreciate the joys of coastal California rich people living. Remember that Grandma Yella lived in a private community in Laguna Beach that makes Aptos look like the projects.
Morgan Hill! Gilroy! Salinas! King City! Fuck, might was well live in Temecula
I live between PCH and the ocean, why would I want to go inland and drive on the fucking 101?
Point being you live in unique micro climate and the pours of CA for the most part live where it’s hot AF and electricity is crazy expensive.
Poont being that life's too short to live someplace shitty
Unless you're Race, then it's miserably long and you can afford to waste a few decades surrounded by scrub hills and dust
The weather is pretty glorious 5-6 months out of the year here 2 miles north of the Greatest Setting in College Football. But even we get 80 degree days where AC is nice.
But i do appreciate the joys of coastal California rich people living. Remember that Grandma Yella lived in a private community in Laguna Beach that makes Aptos look like the projects.
I didn't realize that you live near Eugene
Laguna Hills is Aptos with a need for A/C. SoCal, lol
Morgan Hill! Gilroy! Salinas! King City! Fuck, might was well live in Temecula
I live between PCH and the ocean, why would I want to go inland and drive on the fucking 101?
Point being you live in unique micro climate and the pours of CA for the most part live where it’s hot AF and electricity is crazy expensive.
Poont being that life's too short to live someplace shitty
Unless you're Race, then it's miserably long and you can afford to waste a few decades surrounded by scrub hills and dust
The weather is pretty glorious 5-6 months out of the year here 2 miles north of the Greatest Setting in College Football. But even we get 80 degree days where AC is nice.
But i do appreciate the joys of coastal California rich people living. Remember that Grandma Yella lived in a private community in Laguna Beach that makes Aptos look like the projects.
I didn't realize that you live near Eugene
Laguna Hills is Aptos with a need for A/C. SoCal, lol
Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach. Google it. No AC bruh. $6 million for a tear down.
Morgan Hill! Gilroy! Salinas! King City! Fuck, might was well live in Temecula
I live between PCH and the ocean, why would I want to go inland and drive on the fucking 101?
Point being you live in unique micro climate and the pours of CA for the most part live where it’s hot AF and electricity is crazy expensive.
Poont being that life's too short to live someplace shitty
Unless you're Race, then it's miserably long and you can afford to waste a few decades surrounded by scrub hills and dust
The weather is pretty glorious 5-6 months out of the year here 2 miles north of the Greatest Setting in College Football. But even we get 80 degree days where AC is nice.
But i do appreciate the joys of coastal California rich people living. Remember that Grandma Yella lived in a private community in Laguna Beach that makes Aptos look like the projects.
I didn't realize that you live near Eugene
Laguna Hills is Aptos with a need for A/C. SoCal, lol
Have a little pride. The 3 greatest settings in college football in the West are Husky Stadium, Rose Bowl and Cal. Autzen is meh.
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The good news is that not only would you be adding AC for those few weeks a year we need it, but it would cut your heating bill in the heating months considerably, so it's like getting a huge discount over time.
If you're handy you could buy a three-headed system that would cover most of your house (unless you have a modern gigantic mcmansion, which it sounds like you don't) for about $4K through wholesalers, spend $500 in installation parts, and pay another $300 to be ripped off by an installer for filling/bleeding. You'd be out about $5K, but your heating bills would drop in half in the winter, and you'd be cutting your AC bill in half for a month or two per year when it's hot enough for AC.
Just an option.
In 2019
*Christ*
Morgan Hill! Gilroy! Salinas! King City! Fuck, might was well live in Temecula
I live between PCH and the ocean, why would I want to go inland and drive on the fucking 101?
Unless you're Race, then it's miserably long and you can afford to waste a few decades surrounded by scrub hills and dust
I'll tell my wife to get a better job
But i do appreciate the joys of coastal California rich people living. Remember that Grandma Yella lived in a private community in Laguna Beach that makes Aptos look like the projects.
Laguna Hills is Aptos with a need for A/C. SoCal, lol
AC bruh. $6 million for a tear down.
Lived in Westwood for seven years, moved away in 2002. Don't miss the place at all, and that's nice compared to most of So Cal
FWIW I woodn't live in the Bay Area either unless I was in spitting distance from the coast