Keeping your Bonus Rooms Cool in the Summer and Warm in Winter

Ross Heating and Cooling, knows that bonus rooms are not always a bonus when it comes to comfort. Their professionals have been on several service calls to check on uncomfortable temperatures in homes that have bonus rooms above the garage area. In most all occasions these homes have only one a/c system to serve the whole house. The problem is usually poor air flow to the room in question. If a room is suffering from poor air flow, the room will be
hotter than the rest of the house in the summer and colder in the winter. Air balancing may help to relieve these symptoms.

Ross Heating and Cooling knows that the best way to solve this problem is to install a ductless mini split system that serves the target area. A rough cost on this solution would be about $2,800. If you are building a home in the future and the design is a two story over 3000 sq. ft. insist the builder install an a\c unit for the second floor. Not only should you have an a/c for the second floor, the furnace or air handler for the second floor should be located on the second floor or the attic because cold air to cool the second floor is hard to push up from the basement. This will cost a little more up front. However if you plan on staying in the home you build you will thank yourself when you hear your friends and neighbors complain about how hot their bonus rooms are. We just completed a 12,000 sq. ft new home. When the heat index was 100 degrees outside, this 3-story home was beautifully resting at 72 degrees on all 3 finished floors on the inside.