I spent a decade or more sort of planning our move to the south.
- I moved to part time work about ten years ago.
This gave me plenty of time to scheme while the gas furnace was blasting away. Our entire adult life had been spent with the gas furnace blasting away for at least six months or more. Sure, that region has a pretty spring and a fairly comfortable summer. But as the fall colors are starting to be a part of our focus, the gas furnace is kicking on again. My plan was to ditch the HVAC heating and head south to the sunshine. Yet, it took some work to get my husband on board as he’s sort of loathe to change. However, I kept chipping away and we finally found the spot where we would trade our gas furnace for a whole bunch of HVAC cooling. It was only a few years later that we bought a place. I even coordinated getting the HVAC equipment and the kitchen on our old house upgraded so we got a fabulous price for our family home. With some of those profits, I had a sunroom added to back of the house. This was the crowning jewel of my decade worth of planning, cajoling and executing a plan. But what I didn’t realize that first year was the summer heat and humidity made the sunroom virtually unusable. However, a quick call to the HVAC company changed all of that. They installed a ductless heat pump inside the sunroom. That was all it took. The ductless heat pump makes for such wonderful HVAC cooling that I can get air conditioning and sun at once.