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Many places in heating-dominated climates do not have central air. I’ve lived 35 years in New England and only one of those places (a modern high-rise) had cen
by sokoloff 4y ago
Many places in heating-dominated climates do not have central air.
I’ve lived 35 years in New England and only one of those places (a modern high-rise) had central air.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoAre we talking window unit plus radiator or just no cooling? For window + radiator heat pumps make less sense, but window unit heat pumps work well and are worth considering as a radiator replacement when the window unit is replaced.
- sokoloff 4y agoMany have no cooling at all. Others have window shaker ACs only in bedrooms (which aren’t practical to use window heat pumps as a replacement for radiators since the heating balance would be terrible with the rest of the house and the air leakage around a window unit is really bad when the inside/outside delta-T is 60+°F in winter [versus ~15°F in summer])
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoWindow units in practice are "no cooling until there's a heat wave half way through July that prompts you to actually install them".
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoUhm. The entire midwest is almost as cold as New England (or colder) and yet has widely installed A/C to deal with hot humid summers. Modern (i.e. non-adobe, non-stone) construction in the higher-altitude mountain west has similar issues (without the humidity). New England is really the exception to the rule, not the rule (it's a lovely, lovely exception though).
- tstrimple 4y agoIt was a bit weird when I lived in SoCal. It was the only housing I've lived in without AC. It only got uncomfortable for about a week out of the year, most of the time the ocean winds cooled the air off enough. I can't imagine going without AC living in the midwest and the winters can be absolutely brutal on top of it.