Hvac In Attic Or Basement

On the face of it the answer is as simple.

Hvac in attic or basement.

An hvac system can be an awful eyesore that destroys an interior design scheme shrinks a room and minimizes your total storage space. Attic hvac systems save space. Bottom line most technicians will tell you there isn t a massive difference between servicing a basement hvac system and servicing a system up in the attic. A basement is below and an attic is above the main part of the house.

Today the hvac guy asked why we re not putting the air handler in the attic. Some pests prefer the attic but other pests prefer the basement or the garage or that big storage closet of yours. It s easy to see your point about eliminating ductwork from the attic. Run a heating duct from the attic to the basement.

A two room addition on the 1st floor has limited attic space and a 4 crawl space. So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all. In reality such a task can be complicated calling for an evaluation of the heating system the. If it s in your attic you won t have to worry about this you can use that basement closet for something else.

No matter where you want your hvac system have a real pro install it. An outdoor unit which houses the fan condenser and compressor and an indoor unit which holds the evaporator and fan. We had planned to have all hvac components water heater electric panels and low voltage components in that room. He says if we finish the basement we might need to put that hvac system in the utility room.