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It'll be a place to wash a car or just sit around. We plan to have family gatherings so it'll be a nice space for people to hangout. That's why I wanted the garage door on the end.
Do you have drainage inside either of your garages? Might come in handy to wash during the winter months. Or maybe infrared heaters on that porch area to knock out some of the chill.
It is currently drawn with a trench drain going the entire length. I'm leaning more towards and individual 12" x 12" drain basin in the center of each bay. I will tie these and the roof drains into the tall catch basin I installed with the concrete pipe.
I didn’t even notice that. I thought that was the vaulted ceiling in the illustration. Very cool, you’ve thought of it all.
I wouldn't say I've thought of it all....
Zoned hvac if I haven’t mentioned it already. Hands down, my favorite modern comfort.
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Def want that, but was unsure how its achieved. I do not like units that are mounted on the wall in each room. Not sure what the proper term is, but they are ugly. I do want to be able to keep the bedroom cool, while the rest of the house is warmer/cooler.
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we have a robot vacuum that cleans at night. Lifesaver with having 2 labs that shed so much.
Mini splits. And yes they’re ugly.
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Extremely helpful! Thank you breaking that down. I've had so much else on my mind, these things I didn't have the energy to worry myself with. I needed that simplified explanation.Mini splits. And yes they’re ugly.
you can do it with your main hvac system as long as they run individual ducts to every room (which they should). You decide how many zones you want. And go
From there.
Each vent will have a built in electronic damper, not at the ceiling or wall vent but in line with the duct work.
You’ll have a Smart Control board installed next to your hvac unit, that will connect all the thermostats (you can use any thermostat you want ). Then the control board will tell your hvac system to run cool or heat and tell which dampers to open or stay closed, directing airflow to the zones you prefer.
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Lastly you’ll need something called a dump vent. Let’s say your entire house is up to temp but you want your bedroom colder. Well that will only open a handful of dampers while the the rest are closed and restricting airflow across your whole house HVAC unit. You’ll need all the airflow you can get for it to operate properly. A dump vent will open to allow the extra air flow.. that dump vent would likely be most suitable in the garage.
I would be glad to help.If I do end up with some sort of trench drain, I'll hit you up for that buddy deal
Ive been recommended to do that. I'm torn on it. Like, if my dyson lays down, I just buy another dyson. Its easy. I'm not sure I want to deal with the upkeep and remembering to empty it, or however that works.
Would absolutely love a couple of those. Sadly, my cat likes to puke in random spots and while I hate cleaning up puke, I REALLY wouldn't like cleaning it out of the vacuum after its ran all over my house.
There's a distributor here that sells that I think. We really deal with trench drain, aside from the ADS duraslot system or just the cast-iron grates, I always send them over to him. He used to work for me so I know that "buddy deal" aint gonna be much of deal from him.
