Well, it is what is becoming an annual occurrence with our upstairs A/C unit.
It is not working.
Shortly after we moved in to the house in 2007, it started out not cooling as well as we wanted partially due to the fact that the upstairs hallway is open to the stairs and the entry way below. Therefore the heat rises from the downstairs. The second problem is the intake vent is at the wrong end of the hallway. It is at the end where there isn't as much hot air that it needs to recirculate. According to the A/C guys, this was probably done for aesthetic reasons as the intake vents are not as attractive on the ceiling. Last but not least, the unit really isn't big enough to support the square footage it is responsible for cooling.
So, each summer, it all starts. The last two years we have done things to take care of the problem temporarily.
However, after going up to the playroom yesterday to get Cate down for her nap and find the A/C thermostat registering 87 degrees (it got to 101 on my exterior car thermostat) and supposedly going full blast, we need to do something and something more permanent! By the time we were ready to put the kids to bed (whose rooms are upstairs), it was 92 upstairs. It was cooler outside!!!! So, the kids slept together in the guestroom. We rigged a makeshift bedrail for Cate on one side with the backs of dining chairs. They actually slept quite well together.
We are on the list for the A/C guys to come out once again. No telling what they are going to say. I would like to just bite the bullet and get a new unit, but that could cost upwards of $5K. The other solution could be rerouting the duct work and putting the "unattractive" intake vent somewhere in the playroom. Who knows what that will cost, but hopefully cheaper.
I just want it fixed....the kids' rooms are up there, the playroom and their TV is up there, and I can't go up there one more time to fetch something only to be blasted with the hot air as I reach the next to last step to the top! Thank goodness for camp to keep Max occupied and Cate and I plan to have lunch with friends and head to the pool again!
It is not working.
Shortly after we moved in to the house in 2007, it started out not cooling as well as we wanted partially due to the fact that the upstairs hallway is open to the stairs and the entry way below. Therefore the heat rises from the downstairs. The second problem is the intake vent is at the wrong end of the hallway. It is at the end where there isn't as much hot air that it needs to recirculate. According to the A/C guys, this was probably done for aesthetic reasons as the intake vents are not as attractive on the ceiling. Last but not least, the unit really isn't big enough to support the square footage it is responsible for cooling.
So, each summer, it all starts. The last two years we have done things to take care of the problem temporarily.
However, after going up to the playroom yesterday to get Cate down for her nap and find the A/C thermostat registering 87 degrees (it got to 101 on my exterior car thermostat) and supposedly going full blast, we need to do something and something more permanent! By the time we were ready to put the kids to bed (whose rooms are upstairs), it was 92 upstairs. It was cooler outside!!!! So, the kids slept together in the guestroom. We rigged a makeshift bedrail for Cate on one side with the backs of dining chairs. They actually slept quite well together.
We are on the list for the A/C guys to come out once again. No telling what they are going to say. I would like to just bite the bullet and get a new unit, but that could cost upwards of $5K. The other solution could be rerouting the duct work and putting the "unattractive" intake vent somewhere in the playroom. Who knows what that will cost, but hopefully cheaper.
I just want it fixed....the kids' rooms are up there, the playroom and their TV is up there, and I can't go up there one more time to fetch something only to be blasted with the hot air as I reach the next to last step to the top! Thank goodness for camp to keep Max occupied and Cate and I plan to have lunch with friends and head to the pool again!
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hi allison,
stopping by from roll call, love to meet fellow sista's.. and i love to meet sista's w/similar likes, i just started a weekly post on disney too, we have been there over 25 times and that is in week forms over the past 24 years.. we have stayed at just about every hotel, eaten at every restaurant on and off the grounds lol been there for holiday etc etc etc.. bwe the airconditioning is a huge problem i total understand, we just renovated our house last year and until then only had 1 unit and it NEVER cooled our upstairs it was ALWAYS like a sauna! $5k is a great price for a unit ours was like triple that! uhhh it was a huge pill to swallow but NO air was just toooooo horrible! good luck with that, stop by and holla anytime!
hugs,
shelley
http://iamstillstandingafterallthistime.blogspot.com
http://theplaygroundprincess.blogspot.com
Sorry to hear that esp in the TX heat. Maybe that's why Max slept in the foyer the other night? Hope the pool is fun today!
Bless your heart! Lots of my friends are having AC problems right now!
I can't live without my AC, though it freezes me into sweats in the summers it saves me from allergy hell.
Me + Hot House = Danger.
Hope you get it fixed soon!
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