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1. 
   jet | Mar 12, 2003 11:33pm | #1

   Think of your lifestyle.  If you use the whole house all the time then I would say no.  If the up stairs is only for sleeping and at that only half the rooms are used on a regular basis then consider it.

   I'm all here....... 'cause I'm not all there!
2. 
   VtMike | Mar 13, 2003 01:18am | #2

   You talking about HWBB or warm air?

   Yesterday I couldn't even spell plumber, today I are one.

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   BossHog | Mar 13, 2003 04:21pm | #3

   Doesn't seem like too much to me. It's certainly cheaper to do it now than to change it later on.

   You might be able to save a lot of the money back with auto setback thermostats - Keep the bedrooms warm at night, while the rest of the house is colder. And the other way around during the day.

   How would a beer feel, Mr. Peterson?
   Pretty nervous if I was in the room.

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   baseboardking | Mar 13, 2003 07:31pm | #4

   IF this is the house you are going to live in & IF air conditioning is included, 2 zones  are a nice feature at that price. If it's heat alone, I wouldn't bother.

   Baseboard been VERRRY good to me
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   Wet_Head | Mar 27, 2003 08:26am | #5

   zone it.  fuel savings can often pay for the extra up front costs

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   smijal | Mar 27, 2003 05:27pm | #6

   I zoned ours last year. (2 story colonial)  Previous to zoning, the upstairs would be very difficult to cool in summer---downstairs would be like an icebox while upstairs was on the slightly warm side of comfortable. In addition, at night when the cooling load lessened, the colder air would seettle to downstairs and hotter air moved upstairs, creating an undesirable situation.

   Heating was less of a problem, but the bedrooms upstairs were warm from rising heated air just when you wanted to get to sleep.

   Zoning with set back thermostats allows us to maintain the constant temp both up and down, within 2 degrees. Using the set back feature, we can let the bedrooms cool off early in the evening for sleeping in the winter, and turn down th etemp in the summer and keep the humidity down with the air in the summer.

   Best $2500 we spent--wish we did it 20 years ago when we built the house.

   Its also a selling feature when you plan to leave, so you can recoup a little of the cost.