The edit-able house thread

[Jizaboz]

Job is almost completely replacing the 35+ year old Trane hvac system with modern shit. Heat pump going through the ceiling vents with all ancient baseboard heaters disabled. Whole house heated instead of just rooms occupied. No more need for constantly closing internal doors. Finally.

[AArdvark]

In my old house I would keep the first floor vents closed all summer so the A/C would go straight up to the bedrooms and work it's way down. Then in the fall I'd have to switch everything back. I even built a mini panel with a fan in it to help pull the cold air upstairs, which worked marginally. Moving to a single floor home made the biggest difference.

You installing the heat pump yourself?

[Jizaboz]

In my old house I would keep the first floor vents closed all summer so the A/C would go straight up to the bedrooms and work it's way down. Then in the fall I'd have to switch everything back. I even built a mini panel with a fan in it to help pull the cold air upstairs, which worked marginally. Moving to a single floor home made the biggest difference.

You installing the heat pump yourself?

That makes sense. I'm in a 1-story brick house.

Nah, so basically a good friend of mine who also has been our DnD DM for quite a while used to work in HVAC with his dad, and his dad has done it basically all his life. Other estimate I got was stupid high and this guy is working on my house on the weekends outside of his regular job for a few thousand less. His son did all the grunt work for him as he did the technical stuff. I just helped lug a few heavy pieces out the door and cleaned up behind them.