Post by gracielagata on Feb 3, 2016 17:22:28 GMT
We live in rural Spokane, WA. Our weather is very dry.... i.e. summer temps can be 90s hot for just a few weeks, but with maybe 20% humidity, and usually lower.
Our house is a 1400 sq ft 2002 manufactured home, with central heat, no AC. There are 10 vents in the floor, if that is relevant, and it is a doublewide, roughly 32 x 68 ft.
We had t-111 siding that was in good shape when we bought it and 2 years ago we had the higher quality vinyl siding put on over top of the t-111 (the one with the foam insulation of up to 1+ inch or so). Oh, and there is not a bit of trees or shade to be had for our house lol. It sits NW I think is what it would be called. Like this: [\], but angle the house to almost a 45 degree, going top left corner to bottom right corner.
Our paperwork for the house says it should/can take an AC 'of up to 42,000 btu'.. that ton-converts to 3.51 tons.
I did read about something called a 'manual J' done to get true AC sizing, but didn't know if that was needed with having paperwork that says 'of up to 42,000 btu.'
My husband is able to bring a 2 ton AC home for us for free, and we can get knowledgeable friends to install it.
He says the guys at work are saying that the 2 ton AC unit should be fine. (They are all maintenance, so definitely knowledgeable on the subject, I suppose lol).
Does anyone think that it would be overworked and not worth the effort?
We have lived here for 4 summers and didn't have any form of AC until this past one, when we bought 2 portable units just to take the heat-bite out of the air for a couple of hours in the late afternoon, bringing the house down to 78-80ish, but nicely cooled to the skin.
We are originally from the east coast, so not having the humidity from there makes a huge difference in what we can tolerate, as far as higher temps with a glass of water being tolerable lol. (If any of this is relevant).
Thank you very much for any input anyone has!
Our house is a 1400 sq ft 2002 manufactured home, with central heat, no AC. There are 10 vents in the floor, if that is relevant, and it is a doublewide, roughly 32 x 68 ft.
We had t-111 siding that was in good shape when we bought it and 2 years ago we had the higher quality vinyl siding put on over top of the t-111 (the one with the foam insulation of up to 1+ inch or so). Oh, and there is not a bit of trees or shade to be had for our house lol. It sits NW I think is what it would be called. Like this: [\], but angle the house to almost a 45 degree, going top left corner to bottom right corner.
Our paperwork for the house says it should/can take an AC 'of up to 42,000 btu'.. that ton-converts to 3.51 tons.
I did read about something called a 'manual J' done to get true AC sizing, but didn't know if that was needed with having paperwork that says 'of up to 42,000 btu.'
My husband is able to bring a 2 ton AC home for us for free, and we can get knowledgeable friends to install it.
He says the guys at work are saying that the 2 ton AC unit should be fine. (They are all maintenance, so definitely knowledgeable on the subject, I suppose lol).
Does anyone think that it would be overworked and not worth the effort?
We have lived here for 4 summers and didn't have any form of AC until this past one, when we bought 2 portable units just to take the heat-bite out of the air for a couple of hours in the late afternoon, bringing the house down to 78-80ish, but nicely cooled to the skin.
We are originally from the east coast, so not having the humidity from there makes a huge difference in what we can tolerate, as far as higher temps with a glass of water being tolerable lol. (If any of this is relevant).
Thank you very much for any input anyone has!
