... the wood floor strips were delivered to the house Friday, July 29th. The plan was for them to acclimate over the weekend, and for Rob, the floor guy, to return Monday morning to start installation... Well, the crazy hot and humid heat wave hit and didn't stop... and we don't/didn't have A/C in the house... so when Rob returned Monday morning, he found the wood strips to have 10% to 11% moisture content... they are supposed to be at 5% to 6% MAX. As a result, installation was postponed until we get the moisture content down to where it needed to be...
Step One: Get a de-humidifier running 24/7 near the wood...
Luckily we had one in the basement (courtesy of the previous owner... best find in the house... it has come in handy so very many times!)... so we brought it up and started running the baby... it had to be emptied twice daily... that's how much moisture was in the air!
Step Two: Get window A/C units running pronto...
We had an old, somewhat functioning, ghetto window unit down in the basement, so we cleaned it off, brought it up and installed it temporarily in the gangway window... temporarily since our windows aren't meant for window A/C units. First off, they are too wide... if they were to be a 'permanent' fix/cooling means, we would need to construct side panels to fit b/w the A/C unit and the window jambs. The other problem is the sill... over 1/2 of the windows in the house are aluminum replacement windows... and they have this 2" lip on the sill which doesn't allow for the window A/C unit to sit properly. In any case, we 'temporarily' installed the window unit...
Step Three: Time to get SERIOUS
... we ended up biting the bullet and getting a whole-house A/C unit installed. We were hoping to put it off until next summer... but since we had the duct work already installed, we just needed to get a new e-coil and outside unit...
... ha ha, "just".... funny.
Since our furnace was installed by Four Seasons, we opted to go with them for the A/C unit (plus they gave us a competitive price). We decided to place the unit in the gangway (it's compact and relatively quiet)... installation took about 4 hours...
... this is the first house I've lived in that has central A/C... air conditioning, I'm not crazy about it... I much rather have open windows with natural ventilation... however, on a 95 degree day with 70% humidity and a heat index of 115 degrees... it's love.
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