We finally overcame our hesitancy and sprang for whole-house A/C. This may not sound very impressive to many, but we live where the coastal fog comes in just about every morning!
It's unbelievable to us that the once-infrequent super-heat spells have started happening every month during the summer and fall seasons. When it gets hot all over the state, our (insulated) stucco house eventually heats up so much, it will be as hot in the kitchen as it is outside. And unfortunately I'm the kind who thinks 67 degrees is an absolutely ideal temp, LOL.
A/C is rare in the town we live in. Only newer hi-rises and big office bldgs have A/C systems. Older SFHs, apartments, and older commercial bldgs don't - for the first 25 yrs we lived here, we didn't need it either!
One or two heat spells a year we can deal with. But last year there were eight week-long spells of 90-100+ degrees, even coastside. Year before that, there were seven. Everybody was miserable.
So we 'bit the bullet' and had the A/C installed before summer hit. And wouldn't you know it - it was installed on what turned out to be the coldest day of the year up till then. Must be a Murphy's Law thing!
So we might as well go whole-hog. Looking into a PowerWall or similar for a house electrical systems back-up. Tired of worrying about whether a power outage will knock out the fridge and freezer.
That house battery will be a big expenditure. Our neighbor just spent $30K on theirs.
It's unbelievable to us that the once-infrequent super-heat spells have started happening every month during the summer and fall seasons. When it gets hot all over the state, our (insulated) stucco house eventually heats up so much, it will be as hot in the kitchen as it is outside. And unfortunately I'm the kind who thinks 67 degrees is an absolutely ideal temp, LOL.
A/C is rare in the town we live in. Only newer hi-rises and big office bldgs have A/C systems. Older SFHs, apartments, and older commercial bldgs don't - for the first 25 yrs we lived here, we didn't need it either!
One or two heat spells a year we can deal with. But last year there were eight week-long spells of 90-100+ degrees, even coastside. Year before that, there were seven. Everybody was miserable.
So we 'bit the bullet' and had the A/C installed before summer hit. And wouldn't you know it - it was installed on what turned out to be the coldest day of the year up till then. Must be a Murphy's Law thing!
So we might as well go whole-hog. Looking into a PowerWall or similar for a house electrical systems back-up. Tired of worrying about whether a power outage will knock out the fridge and freezer.
That house battery will be a big expenditure. Our neighbor just spent $30K on theirs.