… at last I’ve found you.
My house now has central air conditioning. It’s wonderful.
Just thought I’d share.
I take it you don’t live in North America if you got central a/c in March. Central a/c is no longer an option for any housing for me. It’s a necessity. I have it, and wish I could have a window unit in my bedroom set to “meat locker” for hot summer nights.
I can’t wait until I can put central heat and air in my house. In the next two years I hope to upgrade the electrical (presently have 100 amp service, with an old-fashioned fuse box), then in the two years or so after that, I hope to put in central heat and air.
StG
Apart from public buildings, I don’t know anywhere that has central air conditioning. Certainly not private homes. Heat pumps for the living areas yes, but not a whole house.
Our house had the usual forced-air heating when we bought it. One of the first projects we had done was the installation of a heat pump, even though people told us: oh, you don’t really need AC in Portland. Yeah, bullshit. It cuts our heating bill significantly, and cools down the place nicely during those 90+ days in summer.
I certainly do live in North America. March is the perfect time to have it installed, before the summer season hits and the HVAC guys are booked solid!
Nothing wrong with being prepared early. It’s already hitting 85° F. here in Tucson. It’s only a matter of weeks before I’m seriously thinking of running my AC.
By the way, the thread title reminded me of this joke.
Shortly after the Korean War, the son of then South Korean President Syngman Rhee was hired as a Life Magazine correspondent. The younger Rhee was a remarkably kind, gentle and considerate man, but he had one problem: He loved to drink and sometimes was gone on a bender for days. On one occasion, Rhee was missing for three days before someone at the magazine’s office finally suggested they look for him. Other correspondents and even the police were involved in the search. Finally, about two weeks later, a policeman walked into a tavern, looked at the man slumped over the bar and cried, “Ah, Sweet Mr. Rhee of Life, at last I’ve found you.”
Ask some Texans about this.
My old house has only window units for AC, and the furnace only heats about half the house. The other half gets heated with space heaters.