The weather in my local area makes the heating system a necessity and a priority.
When the temperature drops down to twenty below zero, we can’t be without a powerful heater.
Because the cold conditions last for more than half the year, we need an energy efficient system. By the time the snow melts and the temperature warms up, I’m always anxious to open the windows. It feels wonderful to bring in a fresh breeze and air out the house. I never felt the urge to invest in central air conditioning and seal the house back up again. My family always managed just fine with window air conditioners in the bedrooms and a few box fans operating in the living room. Two years ago, the county started a project to widen the road in front of my house. The work was expected to last for an entire year, with the road being closed to everyone other than local traffic. I knew that it was going to be inconvenient and disruptive. I didn’t realize what an aggravation and mess we’d deal with. The road crew arrived extremely early every morning and fired up their equipment, waking up my whole family. We’d hear the beeping up the big machinery and the workers yelling to one another. As they dug out of the old road, they created a huge amount of dust. It coated our cars, the siding on the house and the glass of the windows. Opening the windows was out of the question. This was during the start of the summer and our house was already horribly overheated and sticky without any kind of a breeze. We couldn’t tolerate the summer without central air conditioning. I ended up hiring an HVAC contractor to install a cooling system, and it made such an improvement. Although air conditioning isn’t necessary in our location, it is certainly nice to have.