As I was tucking my daughter into bed the other night, I realized how hot it was in her room.
My husband and I have a bedroom on the first floor, so we don’t often realize how warm it gets in her room.
I forget how heat rises because I’m not the one sleeping on the second floor. I turned the thermostat down a few degrees on the thermostat, but then it was too cold in our room. The drop in temperature didn’t even affect our daughter’s room. When I brought it up with my husband, we agreed to brainstorm ideas. We wanted to cool our daughter’s room on the second floor, but we didn’t know the best way to do it. My husband called the local HVAC company and asked them for their opinion. They gave us two options. First, they suggested adding a ductless mini system into her bedroom. This was the cheapest way to cool her room without affecting the rest of the house. The ductless unit was a standalone unit that attached to the wall and switched on and off with a small remote. The more expensive option was to add another zone to our home by adding an additional thermostat to the second floor. We could set the thermostat to a different temperature for the entire second floor, but it would be a part of our central HVAC plan. After carefully considering both options, we decided to install the zone control. It would increase the value of our home and keep the entire second floor at a reasonable temperature. We planned on having kids in the future and we didn’t want to add more ductless mini systems into each bedroom.