The weather apps showed 2 – 4 below Fahrenheit last night, but our two sensors both recorded 12 below this morning. No new snow for the past few days and we did have 2 days this week where we made some great steps: Garage loft floor joists and mini-split installs. Let’s go over them both with some pictures.
Yes, mini-splits will be our primary source of heat and cooling in our house. The house is so well insulated that we don’t need a large heating or cooling system. The BTU demand is actually calculated using our weather, combined with our insulation, solar heat, house orientation, and a bunch more science and math around thermal bridging and transfer through different materials. There is some software that does these calculations for us (WUFI), so we aren’t flying blind or simply guessing. Anyway, on to the pictures.
The outdoor unit can’t be installed yet as the concrete pad still needs to be poured and the weather has not permitted that. Our team did brave the cold and make some additional updates to the garage in some below freezing weather.
Notice that the floor joists only cover one of the garage bays by design. Our shed style roof gave us the additional head space to put in a loft on the high side of the garage while we chose to leave the lower side vaulted for some additional vertical storage above David’s workshop area.
That’s it for now. We love winter and are so thankful we have some snow to play with, even though it slows the build down. We praise God everyday for His blessings in our life through all of our ups and downs.