Renovation Adventures just took a turn. So just had a visit with the HVAC guy. Was having trouble with airflow and cooling of the upstairs of the house. It turned out to be one of those moments when I knew I should have tried harder to get someone out when I had the basement ceiling open. Recall, I just officially called the basement project complete the other day. To fix things right, I will need to open the ceiling up in the basement from one end of the house to the other. Turns out whoever put the main supply duct in, cheaped out and used a single supply size for one room to feed the whole house. This would explain why I thought the heat was a bitch during my first winter here as well. Then, the actual heater and A/C are quite old. It would be prudent at this point to rip it all out and put new in. In the long run, it’ll be more efficient and probably save a tank of LP over the winter. I’m just frustrated because I should have listened to that voice in my head when I had the basement open. Now I have a setback in the project, with extra cost. The good side of this is, I’m starting to get things ready for the upstairs renovation and that will help with some of the ducting replacements where needed.

Updating the heat and A/C will be the last major upgrade overall to this house. I think I’ve done all the other important systems.

It’s all in a day, right? Sigh.