Forced Air Heat and Installation of AC
Does anyone know of a company that can install a central air conditioning system easily since we have forced air heat? Someone once told us that it was an easy thing to do and I would like to check it out. Thanks in advance.
Does anyone know of a company that can install a central air conditioning system easily since we have forced air heat? Someone once told us that it was an easy thing to do and I would like to check it out. Thanks in advance.
I’ve seen people toss out the name AllHVAC. I haven’t used them for anything but some people said they have.
I think First Choice Mechanical are the guys that came out to service my a/c a couple weeks ago.
it is a brownstone and they are approximately 8 inches off of the floor. i guess that would cause a problem, correct? do any of you know who does this type of work? suggestions kindly.
Have you considered mini duct high velocity AC systems?
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This is on my hot list of things to do for our newly purchased house, since I came to the same conclusion as yours.
I’m considering the same thing. I know AC ducts are best up high but my parents have a 1923 house with floor hot air vents, installed central AC, and it works just fine.
Even assuming that it is a brownstone with floor vents, it can be done as long as the duct sizes can and the velocity of the air flow is high enough to accommodate the room sizes. The return vent must be placed up high though.
It’s optimal to have them on the ceiling but if the heat and ac are using the same duct work they’re most likely on the floor.
The OP said nothing about whether they live in a brownstone and where the registers are positioned.
We had relatives offer to pay the cost of installing central air in our house when we bought it back in the ’70s. We declined the offer for the reasons Kidbklyn wrote about. All of our 1899 hot air registers are located on the floor or on the wall, just above the baseboard–too low for AC, although they work fine for heat.
The original registers in a brownstone, I believe, aren’t positioned to distribute cold air efficiently throughout a room. Cooler heavier air coming out of the registers would pool lower to the ground, with the warmer air pooling above it. How would the system you mention evenly distribute the cooled air? If you find out there’s a practical solution to this problem, please let me know.