shampoop
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Here's the situation.
-1150 square foot single story condo
-Only shared wall is a single wall on the double car garage.
-Built in the early 70's so i'm sure the insulation isn't that great.
-2 bedrooms
-It has ceiling heat which doesn't work for the most part.
It's a starter house that I plan on renting out 3-8 years down the road. I was originally planning on just installing 3 nice cadet heaters, these nice ones hold a much tighter temp range, and have a variable fan speed and wattage so they are basically on low,slow, and quiet all of the time rather than the obtrusive not so quiet wide temp swing cheap ones. Because of the ceiling heat I already have power in the perfect locations at the thermostats that I could just place the cadets directly under.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0093GQLTG/?tag=atomicindus08-20
And then I would just not have any air conditioning. But now that summers here that plan sounds much less appealing. I live in the NW, and we only get consistent 80's and 90's during 3 months of the summer.
Now I'm thinking more about not installing the cadets at all and just getting a ductless heat pump. It would be located centrally in the house and the compressor would be right on the other side of the wall from where the head would be on the concrete patio.
Now assuming install and electrical are basically free and taken care of, around how much would a good quality single head system cost? And do you guys think it would be worth it? I would save $600 by not buying the cadets and could always add one or two later if i decided them to be necessary due to uneven heat. It would definitely increase the value of the place and what I could ask for rent.
My parents have a 2400 square foot 2 story house of similar age with a 10k btu and 8kbtu window shaker at either end of the upstairs that keep the house plenty cool in my opinion, the downstairs isn't quite as cool, but still a vast improvement over not having a/c. That's kind of the effect I'm looking for. Doesn't have to be able to keep the whole house at 60*F on a 100* day. What kind of size unit might be able to accomplish that?
Or should I ditch the heat pump Idea and just go with cadet heaters and a air conditioning only unit?
-1150 square foot single story condo
-Only shared wall is a single wall on the double car garage.
-Built in the early 70's so i'm sure the insulation isn't that great.
-2 bedrooms
-It has ceiling heat which doesn't work for the most part.
It's a starter house that I plan on renting out 3-8 years down the road. I was originally planning on just installing 3 nice cadet heaters, these nice ones hold a much tighter temp range, and have a variable fan speed and wattage so they are basically on low,slow, and quiet all of the time rather than the obtrusive not so quiet wide temp swing cheap ones. Because of the ceiling heat I already have power in the perfect locations at the thermostats that I could just place the cadets directly under.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0093GQLTG/?tag=atomicindus08-20
And then I would just not have any air conditioning. But now that summers here that plan sounds much less appealing. I live in the NW, and we only get consistent 80's and 90's during 3 months of the summer.
Now I'm thinking more about not installing the cadets at all and just getting a ductless heat pump. It would be located centrally in the house and the compressor would be right on the other side of the wall from where the head would be on the concrete patio.
Now assuming install and electrical are basically free and taken care of, around how much would a good quality single head system cost? And do you guys think it would be worth it? I would save $600 by not buying the cadets and could always add one or two later if i decided them to be necessary due to uneven heat. It would definitely increase the value of the place and what I could ask for rent.
My parents have a 2400 square foot 2 story house of similar age with a 10k btu and 8kbtu window shaker at either end of the upstairs that keep the house plenty cool in my opinion, the downstairs isn't quite as cool, but still a vast improvement over not having a/c. That's kind of the effect I'm looking for. Doesn't have to be able to keep the whole house at 60*F on a 100* day. What kind of size unit might be able to accomplish that?
Or should I ditch the heat pump Idea and just go with cadet heaters and a air conditioning only unit?
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