Need Extra Heat!
We have forced air heat in our brownstone. Unfortunately, the parlor floor hallway is not ducted, nor is the kitchen on the 2nd floor tenant’s unit. Since the bathroom is accessed by traversing the hall, it has become a cold journey! The HVAC folks we use suggested not venting these areas, due to the added…
We have forced air heat in our brownstone. Unfortunately, the parlor floor hallway is not ducted, nor is the kitchen on the 2nd floor tenant’s unit. Since the bathroom is accessed by traversing the hall, it has become a cold journey! The HVAC folks we use suggested not venting these areas, due to the added duct work being prohibitively expensive. Rather, they suggest a wall-mounted unit of some kind for the kitchen, and a baseboard-like unit for the hallway, or perhaps a floor-mounted electric unit. All with separate thermostats. Thoughts? Recommendations for a place to get this equipment, or should I have our electrician handle it – if he does?
Many thanks!
isn’t this what those little cadet heaters are good for? the make little wall units and baseboard types.
I agree with cmu.
Don’t know how much heat you need, but you’d be nuts to put in an electric resistance heater, you’ll really learn about ‘prohibitively expensive’! Running a 220v line ain’t cheap or easy either.
Add ducting. It’s a one-time cost instead of for ever.
And use a different HVAC contractor, yours obviously don’t know what they’re doing.