Air Conditioning- What are my options?

Air quality has a direct correlation to what you have in place for Air Conditioning.  Most people think of AC as something you use to cool down your home if it gets too hot.  Air Conditioners do cool down the space it encompasses but it does so much more.  It also dehumidifies the space.  Humidity is the leading cause of Mildew in the home.  Many times just keeping your windows open can be great to change out your air but too much of it without removing the moisture will cause worse allergies.  So conditioning the air involves removing the moisture but also it involves taking the heat from the inside and moving it outside.  The combination of the two gives us conditioned air.

There are so many different variables involved with the equipment itself.  There is a calculation called a load calculation that involves measuring each room of the home and then taking away infiltration rates away based on what the home is built with, each window and even the window treatments are taken in to the count.  After all this is put together and then based on home many people are in the home at any one time, we are able to determine the right size unit that is needed for the home.  This is the only way to know for sure what is needed.  Then based on those numbers and measurements we utilize what we call a duculator to determine what size duct and entry point of each room so as to keep each room comfortable.

Simply just replacing what was there with the same size, can be devastating and incorrect.  Don't let someone replace your equipment without doing this calculation.  A licensed HVAC contractor needs understand and know how to do this to have their license so ask them to do it.  This is not an area to cut corners.  Many of the homes built in the boom were not sized correctly and so if it's time to replace the unit let's get it right now.  It will save you so much in the long run and will lend to having a more comfortable place to live.

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