...when did it get so blasted hot?
The main floor of The House In Indiana (THII) stays beautifully cool even on the hottest days. The upstairs, though, is a different story. Even at that, when night falls and it cools off a little the whole thing becomes comfortable very quickly. We didn't turn the air conditioning on at all until the third day, and that only because it was very humid and we were running in and out so the humidity worked its way in.
Right now, the A/C doesn't cool the upstairs very well at all - there is a distinct thermocline as we climb the main stairs. We're likely to have to actually put in a unit in the attic so that the cold air can flow down instead of successfully resisting futile efforts at pushing it up from the basement.
Don't ask me about knob and tube wiring and the effect it has on insurance companies. Don't ask me about crawling through old roof space access hatches to try to trace said knob and tube wiring. And, most of all, don't ask about discovering that one set of wiring is about twice the length one thought is was, half of that very well hidden and inaccessible.
We had a good time and worked very hard (
ladyat has much more to show for it than I do, as I am still missing the function of 4 of the 36 circuit breakers).
The main floor of The House In Indiana (THII) stays beautifully cool even on the hottest days. The upstairs, though, is a different story. Even at that, when night falls and it cools off a little the whole thing becomes comfortable very quickly. We didn't turn the air conditioning on at all until the third day, and that only because it was very humid and we were running in and out so the humidity worked its way in.
Right now, the A/C doesn't cool the upstairs very well at all - there is a distinct thermocline as we climb the main stairs. We're likely to have to actually put in a unit in the attic so that the cold air can flow down instead of successfully resisting futile efforts at pushing it up from the basement.
Don't ask me about knob and tube wiring and the effect it has on insurance companies. Don't ask me about crawling through old roof space access hatches to try to trace said knob and tube wiring. And, most of all, don't ask about discovering that one set of wiring is about twice the length one thought is was, half of that very well hidden and inaccessible.
We had a good time and worked very hard (
ladyat has much more to show for it than I do, as I am still missing the function of 4 of the 36 circuit breakers).10 comments | Leave a comment
