Put On Your Big-Boy Rants

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

1 hour ago, NikLR said:

So it looks okay.  He actually cleaned up (i helped.)  Id still personally want to move to our actual bedroom once he gets gym equipment in there though.  The issue is that our upper floor doesnt get cool in summer and my husband cant deal with fans or moving air really in a room. 

 

Its a constant pet peeve of mine that the guy we paid to install the new furnace and a/c didnt get a big enough a/c for the whole house.  They tend to minus the basement in their calculations.  😕

 

Can't you just block the basement registers?  Our basement, even without registers open, stays at around 60-65 year round.  

 

About half of ours in the house are closed in winter and a couple in the summer.

 

 

Edited November 30, 2018 by N-o-l-a

[NikLR 13,228]

7 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

Can't you just block the basement registers?  Our basement, even without registers open, stays at around 60-65 year round.  

 

About half of ours in the house are closed in winter and a couple in the summer.

 

 

Theres one basement register.  Its currently blocked.  

Since this house is 4 levels with the basement and the cold air return is on the bottom floor (one step above the basement) vs the top, the difficult part is keeping the upper floor cool in summer.  So we sleep in the basement. The creepy unfinished spider basement. 

The upper floor has the registers closed unless we have guests or the kiddo is here. 

[NikLR 13,228]

To add to that the basement gets about 70+ in the summer.  Our summers are a bit warmer than yours Nola.  Lol. I cant expect a basement to stay 65 when its 105 outside.  

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

1 hour ago, NikLR said:

Theres one basement register.  Its currently blocked.  

Since this house is 4 levels with the basement and the cold air return is on the bottom floor (one step above the basement) vs the top, the difficult part is keeping the upper floor cool in summer.  So we sleep in the basement. The creepy unfinished spider basement. 

The upper floor has the registers closed unless we have guests or the kiddo is here. 

The Dane was installing a humidifier at his friend's house last week and said the hvac guy had installed an extra blower fan in their ducts because they were having trouble with the air reaching the top floor.  I wonder if that might be an option.

 

I could never sleep in our basement, mainly because of spiders.  But, also because of radon.

 

44 minutes ago, NikLR said:

To add to that the basement gets about 70+ in the summer.  Our summers are a bit warmer than yours Nola.  Lol. I cant expect a basement to stay 65 when its 105 outside.  

 

I remember.  I used to have a window air conditioner when I lived there.  We only use our AC to keep the house at 68 vs 74 here.  

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1 hour ago, NikLR said:

To add to that the basement gets about 70+ in the summer.  Our summers are a bit warmer than yours Nola.  Lol. I cant expect a basement to stay 65 when its 105 outside.  

 

Add a split system to the house.

Like I did. 

Adding 2 splits to my house cut the cooling bill by half. 

[SAT 9,609]

I have to go get some of those cloud/ snow thingys for under the Christmas tree....

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

1 hour ago, SAT said:

 

 

Add a split system to the house.

Like I did. 

Adding 2 splits to my house cut the cooling bill by half. 

 

Or just get a smaller house

 

The most our AC adds to our summer bill is around $40 and the most added to the winter bill is $110.  #horsehair_insulation

 

That is a fairly good amount for the range between -20 and 95 we get. 

Edited November 30, 2018 by N-o-l-a

[SAT 9,609]

51 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

Or just get a smaller house

 

 

 

Man I want a bigger house...

 

[SAT 9,609]

 

My Christmas tree/ decorations is like a major undertaking this year...

 

I just bought this here clock tower

 

Wait there's a better pic...

Edited November 30, 2018 by SAT

[SAT 9,609]

 

It keeps playing "joy to the world", it's annoying, and you can't turn it off...

 

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Ok time to get started. 

But first...a nap...

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

11 minutes ago, SAT said:

 

It keeps playing "joy to the world", it's annoying, and you can't turn it off...

 

easy to turn off ... use more firepower ...

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

 

25 minutes ago, SAT said:

 

Man I want a bigger house...

 

 

So there is room for all of the leeches?

[cdneh 3,112]

Warm here today. Going to be under a tornado watch later on this afternoon.  Seems a little ridiculous it is as warm as this when it was freezing only a few days ago. 

 

Not decking the halls yet, small though they be. I usually wait until the middle of December as everything stays up until twelfth night.  I have a train station decoration that used to play jingle bells, over and over, right up until I cut the wire. Now it tortures me less.

[SAT 9,609]

44 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

 

So there is room for all of the leeches?

 

So I can stay in another part of the house to avoid the leeches...

53 minutes ago, Randyandyuni said:

use more firepower ...

 

But I'm not in Arkansas...