My household was constructed before centralized HVAC duct was a proper practice, but when my friend and I first moved into the home, there was a heating unit installed into the basement plus holes split into the floors! The idea was that the heat from the system would rise upward into the household plus keep it warm; Unfortunately, chilly frigid drafts also entered the residing space throughout the long winters! In the summer, my friend and I had complications with bugs plus moisture due to those floor vents.
- While I was hoping to have a conventional boiler, air conditioner plus HVAC duct installed, I was unwilling to tear down walls plus ceilings, but because of the age of the house, my friend and I have plaster plus lathe construction… Any disruption of the walls or ceilings creates a huge mess.
I honestly didn’t want to try plus get by with electric baseboard heaters plus window air conditioners. The expansive square footage of the household made a ductless system difficult plus costly. I eventually came across high-velocity systems! Designed certainally to retrofit into older homes, a high-velocity system features mini-ducts. The HVAC duct is only two-inches in diameter plus adjustable enough to snake through existing walls. The smaller ducts accommodate studs, electrical outlets plus plumbing plus are insulated to prevent energy waste. They connect to circular vents that can be installed just about anywhere in the room. The vents are available in a nearly endless selection of styles plus colors plus incorporate without detracting from aesthetics. The main heating plus cooling unit is compact enough to install in a closet. By delivering air into the numerous rooms at an seriously high rate of the speed, the system quickly raises or lowers temperature, and shorter run times means less energy consumption plus lower energy costs.
