I have some questions for you heating and cooling experts. I am looking at buying a foreclosed house. It was left in the rough stage, the outside was finished, but the inside has only rough electrical and some of the rough plumbing completed but all the plumbing needs to be replaced due to many code issues. My question is this house is on a crawl the crawl is about 18″ to 24″ deep from bottom the floor joists to the ground. There is no rough heating or cooling begun. I really don’t see where a furnace will go in the crawl space due to limitations of the height of the crawl. I do see where it could be mounted on the second floor in the rafters, and run the heat down to the first floor, I know this is not very efficient way to heat, but what is any ones opinion on that idea? The furnace could be mounted on the first floor in the laundry room but there is not really any place to run the trunk up to the first floor except to run it down to the crawl space and then up the walls to the second story. I hope you guys have some ideas I know I would put it in the crawl to begin with and left the enough room to mount the furnace and duct work.
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forum
Up Next
Video Shorts
Featured Story
Few people understand it. Nobody agrees what it is, how to learn about it, or who's responsible for it. It has never been more important
Featured Video
How to Install Cable Rail Around Wood-Post CornersHighlights
"I have learned so much thanks to the searchable articles on the FHB website. I can confidently say that I expect to be a life-long subscriber." - M.K.
Replies
Can you get away with hollowing out a little larger space, width and depth, in the crawl space and installing a horizontal unit? You may have just enough space to get by for the ducts.
Remove any thing you dig out of the crawlspace. It WILL get in the way latter
Don't put it in the crawl.. The filter will never get changed, any service on it will be half-baked because of the crummy and difficult work environment, and it won't last vey long.
_______________________
10 .... I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful.
11 For no one can lay any other foundation than the one we already have--Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:10-11
You must have some low level, can't see it from my house, techs and lazy HOs in your area.
Is the voice of experience, or how you do things?
That's the voice of a home inspector who sees 'em in crawl spaces every now and again, and has only seen one that could be said to be well maintained, and I might have been halucinating that day {G}._______________________
10 .... I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful.
11 For no one can lay any other foundation than the one we already have--Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:10-11
You probably don't see much in the was of attic mounted units in your area, but won't they suffer the same fate as those in the crawspace.
About the same, but the attic location is a newer trend around here, esp in condos, so they haven't had time to be neglected.
Most crawl spaces around here have higher levels of humidity (not necessarily outrageous levels) and that seems to take its toll._______________________
10 .... I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful.
11 For no one can lay any other foundation than the one we already have--Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:10-11
Dana, my 1st choice would be to put it in/ by the laundry rm. Or create a space as close to central location as possible. Last New house I worked on , furnace was forced air, 16" wide x 26" deep, Note; need to maintain 30" clear space in front of unit to be able to service. I'am with Bob, as far keeping the furnace somewhere it is more easily accessable. Note: It cannot go in the bed rms, and ??. When looking for location, be thinking of "chase" s, 14" x 14" square encloser for duct runs, either up the wall or along the ceiling/wall intersection. Choose carefully on your HVAC sub, and I wouldn't go with "low" bid on this one. Congrats on your "find", Enjoy Jim J