Adding Air Conditioning to My Home was Easy.

I purchased a small home for a very reasonable sum of money last year. My wife and I were happy to find a house that we could afford in a tight market. The house was run down and in need of many repairs, but the bones of the structure were in good condition and the foundation was solid.

Of the issues we needed to take care of before we could move in, there were many. Both the exterior and the interior of the house needed to be stripped and repainted.

At some point, someone had started to either demolish or remodel the house, but it was obvious that they had not gotten very far. Quite a bit of the plumbing had been removed, either for replacement or salvage.

Luckily the house was old enough that there was no asbestos installed, so we didn’t have to worry about that. This also meant that there was no air conditioning.

It took a lot of work to fix up the house, but we got it done with some hard weekend and evening work, and the help of some good friends.

We remodeled the kitchen since we had to add plumbing, but after all of that was done, we were ready to move into the house (and our rental lease was up). However, once we did move in, it quickly became apparent that we needed air conditioning. It gets too hot where we live to comfortably do without.

So I went out and bought two multizone ductless air conditioning units. Our home is small, so I only needed two to cover both floors of the house. I only had to drill small holes in the walls as part of installation, so it was relatively simple to do myself since I didn’t have to worry about ducting. Our bedrooms as well as the kitchen and living room were now comfortably cool on the hottest days. It was less expensive to install than a traditional central air unit would have been, and it continues to save me money because it runs more efficiently than a traditional unit would as well. Even better, it provides heating, so we didn’t have to rely on wood stoves all winter! I’m glad everything worked out and I hope this story will help you fixing up your own home.