What is a generic name for those heating and cooling units in hotels/motels?
I am considering some options for winter. I kinda like the idea of heat and cool in the same thru the wall unit, in two rooms of the house.
Any thoughts? BTW, Ele. here is real cheep, and I don’t look forward to space heaters and 20 cords of wood.
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PTACs are packaged terminal air conditioners that heats and cools. We had a 300 or so room motel liquidated here and those went cheap. Gonna put up a car dealership there now.
I swapped out about 100 a few yrs ago in NC, I wish I'da kept a few.
I'll start looking for some, thanks for the name PTAC Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
grainger sell them new.
Hey I met up with Pete Draganic last night for an hour over coffee. What a great guy. We talked about a lot of the breaktimers here, government, life in general, and what all. I hope the best for his campaign. He has his stuff together for sure. I wish I could be at the fest, but I'm not really a contractor, and my dad gets operated on the 11 th of Aug. Plus I have to look after mom, who is getting to be pretty difficult sometimes with the Alzheimers or whatever is ailing her.
Thats a shame, I was hoping to meeet up with ya.
Best wishes for a safe one for Dad.
Pete is a helluva guy, we met last yr. Lovely wife and kids too.
I just got word MY mom may need to be put up here, I am thinking a trailer out back somewhere, the house is still too dangerous for ME..LOL Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Thanks Duane
Yeah, I hope to see you sometime and the other guys. Well maybe not #### and ####, I don't know maybe they are OK too. Just ask and sometime I'll come down and help you out on the house. Aint no heater gonna do anything for you with walls like that!
Careful now, I just might take ya up on that threat to help out.
I got experiance now, them walls willbe tighter than a frogs azz ( water tite) in no time at all. funny thing is I have logs left over...whoops? LOL Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
You got gaps big enough for a dog to walk through now. What are you going to side it with? Don't you hate it when someone uses vinyl on a log house? I've seen it in Eastern Kentucky and sometimes it's right comical looking. I think board and batten or rough cut horizontal planking looks good on a house like that. But I'm thinking you might have copper in mind.
The PLAN is hardie plank for every thing that is OSB right now, the logs I could save ( east wall, and 2/3rds of the south) will stay logs. The north side is the addition, so those are now interior walls, and are visible from both sides inside.
The new framing on the old walls will be either drywall inside or a full blown raised panel and stiles and rails, floor to cieling.
I still have a LOT of wires to rout and more insul in those areas.
Winter will be here b4 I know it. Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I'm planning for hardie on my old shack if I can ever get a few bucks together. It has deteorating masonite 12" lap now. Have you seen the hardie screws for hanging? I was thinking of using them since I don't have a nailer.
Nope, never saw them. I got the MAX nailer just for that and cedar shingles, so I have not been looking at another way.
I guess ya could use deck screws and an impact driver,,,I'd not want to predrill anything. If the heads would go flush with out drilling a divot, I bet that would be an option.
I'd just as soon hand nail it.
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Edited 7/31/2005 7:34 pm ET by SPHERAMID
On the P-tac units the GE line are considered the quietest and the most efficient. Amanas are cheaper but the heat pump kicks out at a warmer tempature and once they go into heat strip mode the meter burns. They might have gone up but they used to run $450-650 each plus sleave and cord set which you can make I am sure. DanT
Oh, and watch the voltages on used units. A lot of them are 277 volt and won't work on household power.
Edited 7/31/2005 8:07 pm ET by DanT
Thanks for the 411. Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Glad to help. Enjoyed the lake by the way. Really big! DanT