Keepin' It Cool

*Invaders from Mars?!* Naw, it's just the new air conditioning.

Our built-in-1939 house does not have central a/c. We've been using window units (I like to call it zoned a/c), but I wouldn't call that a good solution. They do the job, for the most part -- but they're noisy, block out needed light, and leave some rooms always hot. (I have stick my face in front of a fan before & during shaving so I can use my electric shaver.)

But I wasn't about to put an a/c system in the house that has large boxy ducting. That would piss off the house, and you don't want to do that. So we're going with a 'high-velocity' system. That means small ducts that go inside the existing walls. Here's a view of the ducts going into the kitchen:

But after they're put in place and the molding is installed, it's pretty subtle. They've finished in our bedroom, the vent is in the ceiling on the upper right.