How the Air Conditioner Made Modern America

Re:How the Air Conditioner Made Modern America by chopsueyar on Sunday July 17, 2011 @10:50AM (#2773383)

Its a dry heat. I live in the Tampa, Florida area, and once it gets past 84 degrees, I feel quite miserable.

My current dwelling is a 50s ranchette with concrete block walls. The orginal Jalousie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalousie_window) windows have been replaced, but the house has no insulation in the attic.

The house had several window A/Cs, one was from the early 80s. I replaced them with a 3-zone minisplit.

I cannot recommend the minisplit enough. Of course, this house is less than 1,000 sqft of A/C'ed space.

You're lucky, you can just use swampcoolers. We have to use electricity to keep cool.

I've been to Arizona in the summer and prefer that kind of heat.

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Re:How the Air Conditioner Made Modern America by ams6110 on Sunday July 17, 2011 @01:30PM (#2773706)

So why don't you insulate the attic?

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Re:How the Air Conditioner Made Modern America by chopsueyar on Monday July 18, 2011 @09:45AM (#2776248)

I am waiting to have spray-foam insulation installed. If I use traditional fiberglass and a radiant heat barrier, I will then have to pay to have it removed and disposed of, prior to the spray foam insulation.

There is a soy-based spray foam insulation I plan on having installed.

http://soythane.mybigcommerce.com/

http://www.biobased.net/

A bit more expensive, but I believe it is worth it.

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