Hvac Attic Or Basement

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Hvac attic or basement.

Not sure where to install your hvac system. The house is older built 1950 and had a gas boiler in the basement and hot water baseboard heat no air conditioning. In many cases the attic is an ideal location to have your hvac system installed. Whether you are installing a new system or simply upgrading to a new one you need to carefully consider where you want to put it your basement isn t the only practical location either.

Choosing attic hvac systems is not. Good luck getting better cooling in the upstairs in an old home using a basement hvac system than one in an attic. Quit writing papers and go try a seat of your pants experiment. Let s take a look at the reasons why it is a good idea to have your system installed in the highest room in the house.

Attic hvac units can be inefficient. Installing your hvac unit in the attic can free up space for these uses. There are plenty of other reasons not to put it up there. Sure if you can find enough space and afford the large cost to have someone poorly carve up the inside of your house to get the proper sized ductwork through the house.

Air conditioner furnace in attic installations cost less. The access issue alone kills the attic installation as far as i am concerned. When designing a floorplan for your finished basement you ll want to develop a way to enclose your appliances for aesthetic and functional reasons without closing them off entirely. Especially since most people don t make use of their attic space it makes sense to move the hvac system to the attic to free up basement space.

In summer months the ac airflow temperatures will be considerably lower cooler for systems located in a basement or crawlspace when compared with hvac systems located in vented attics. Hvac units in attics have undetected problems. And i m talking as much or more than 10 degrees. Attic hvac system saves space.

In my view the suggestion to put the air handler in the attic when you have basement space available is insane especially if it is a conventional vented attic.