With dual zone in a 2 story, in the summer, we leave the air on upstairs, and it falls down, letting us keep the downstairs temp set higher, but keeping the whole house cool. In the winter, we reverse that. I have the upstairs temp set to 62 degrees and the downstairs set to 66. The heat hardly ever comes on upstairs, and it's regularly 68 - which for me is too hot!!
I don't think I can replicate that in a ranch :) But that is beside the point - I just don't like ranches. :) As for footprint - I'm a country girl too - but the house sits on 1/2 an acre. Hardly comparable to your 5 acres. I like a big yard and lots of space between us and neighbors. Therefore small foot print good! :) Cheers, Erika -------------------------------------------------- >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: Nick McClure >>| >>| You can have dual zone air handling with a ranch house, its >>| not hard, just many people don't do it. >>| >>| I used to live on 5 acres land, so the foot print of the >>| house wasn't an issue, but I'm a country boy, so maybe that's just me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143697 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
