John, > Yes, we agree on this one. I built my house myself, and even > designed it. I > have 5 hvac units with different sections/zones. I put an > airlock on every > access point so there is a buffer zone. My house is about > 6,000 square feet > and the average utility bill is under 300.00 per month. We > also have about > 30 lights in the yard, but they are all solar. If I build > another house, I'm > thinking about using the cooling pit like GWB has in his. I > had actually > read about that in a home design mag years ago, but just > didn't do it this > time. Maybe next time.
We stuck with two zones and a damper control. I sprung for the highest efficiency units and bought just one of each. Our house is 3700 square feet but is stacked with 1500/1500/700 square feet in three stories so it was well suited to using just one unit with a damper. There is full insulation between the floors and separating the two zones. The top two stories are one zone and the basement is another zone. The basement is so cool in the heat that it won't need much A/C and the top two floors are so well insulated they won't need much heating. The zones are the natural divisions anyhow. We also have 10 ceiling fans in the house to keep the air circulating. The A/C contractor was trying to sell me on two units but backed off when he saw the calculations. They're just not needed. I don't know what our energy bills will be but I expect them to be less than half the size of a standard house. Kristyne McDaniel Whether you think you can, or you think you can't.... you are right. -- Henry Ford _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
