August 1, 2007
It has been toasty here lately and it is guaranteed to get toastier. And, as I have complained in the past, our house is an oven. It is always hotter inside in the summer than outside and we can’t seem to get a breeze. We have a million fans and do our best to stay cool, but it is just hot. We have no insulation in the walls or in the ceiling and we are situated in a hole on our street-every house is up higher than us. Last year, we tried a portable air conditioner and it didn’t help. Our last ditch effort was a hole house fan. We have thought a lot about it and yesterday, a guy came out to check it out. His opinion-it wouldn’t be worth it for various reasons. Not enough attic space, not enough installation space, etc. it wouldn’t work, it wouldn’t help. Bummer. August and September are ahead of us and we are just going to have to hang out in our diapers clinging to ice cubes while standing in front of fans. My opinion, as much as I like our little house and it’s personality and the backyard, is to fix it up a little bit more and put it on the market in the fall when it is not so hot. I have mentioned, things are tight here and we could use some more space. We’ll see. We are making less money than we were when we bought this place, so it is hard to imagine being able to buy anything bigger. And we do need a little bigger. All I can do is hope and pray (in front of a fan) and we will see what happens.
Comments
Matt:
How much would it cost to have central air installed? I have a friend here in Pasadena who just bought an old house and did that.
August 2, 2007 8:41 AM
Tisra:
Becky and Aaron (of Sherlock Heating and Air, if you need them ;-) ) converted the garage into Aaron’s office space. What about using part of/ all of the garage for Shane’s workspace?
August 2, 2007 10:55 AM
erika:
We actually had Aaron install a heater last year. Central air would be like, $5000 and we are pretty convinced it wouldn’t help considering our insulation issues. We have thought about a garage conversion/adding on, but we aren’t too excited about our neighborhood and moving just seems like a better option at this point. We’ll see.
August 2, 2007 12:54 PM
Georgia:
I’m sure you thought of this but you could always rent out your house and rent someplace else…
August 2, 2007 1:21 PM
erika:
We couldn’t rent it for as much as we would need to pay our monthly mortgage, so it wouldn’t really work out. We would end up paying just as much I think, if not more. And then you have to deal with people living in your house….
August 2, 2007 4:03 PM
Matt:
Hmmm…yeah, I could see how the poor insulation could negate the effect of central air…the laws of thermodynamics being what they are.
August 2, 2007 10:06 PM