Every year when the dog days of summer come around we struggle with the idea of whether we want to invest in whole-house air conditioning. This being Vermont and all it's not something that our house was built with. We use an oil-burning furnace to heat water for radiant baseboard heat in the winter, so there is no duct work in our house to even support installing central air conditioning.
Today it reached 91 degrees inside the house during the day. We do have a couple window units that we have accumulated over the couple years we have been here, but they really have done nothing to cool the entire house. We even bought one of those air conditioning units that looks like R2-D2 and is supposed to cool the entire house... no luck.
So at this point we have two options: we can install a split-ductless system (like this one) in the main part of the house, or we can finish out the rest of the basement and live like mole-people in the nice cool underground for the summer. The only reason that I am not running out and getting the air conditioner as we speak is because the actual number of days we need it is so few. One of the things that I have really come to appreciate about living in Vermont is that we have our windows open all summer. There is something about being able to hear nature while you are sleeping, and being able to breathe in the warm summer air. There is enough time to have the windows sealed up all winter, summer is a time to let the house breathe.
So what do you think? Make more living space in the basement or install air conditioning? Let us discuss
2 comments:
I vote for Mole People. Mainly cause I remember them as villans against the Fantastic 4 in old Comic Books. I think it would be really cool (or at least cooler than 91F) if you put on the Mole Man Costume while you were down there.
I vote for the Mole People. That would be really cool (even in summer), especially if you all dressed up in the Mole Man costume from the Fantastic 4 comic book!
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