tortilla_flat
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I bought a major fixer of a house in San Francisco, 1700 sq ft, 2 units (a 1-story below a 2-story), and HVAC of any sort is one of the many things it lacks.
Granted, we're in San Francisco, and on the "warm" side of the city where in an energy efficient building may never need heating or cooling, or may only desire it a few days a year. But: this house does have a converted attic which is where the bedrooms of the upper unit are, and with a west-tilting non-ventilating skylight it gets hot & stuffy up there. We want to ventilate that space especially. Also, if not expensive, an occasional-use heating element for both units (controlled separately) would be awesome. Humidity/moisture is not an issue here. By law can't have a woodstove here.
What ventilation and heating options have folks in the same situation (converted attic) had good luck with / recommend we consider?
- Anyone installed a Lunos system? I'm very interested in these!
- Would a very large plain ole bathroom/kitchen exhaust fan suffice for attic ventilation?
- What about an openable skylight? (I still feel we'd need additional ventilation beyond this but perhaps there's some skylight/fan product I'm unaware of)
Granted, we're in San Francisco, and on the "warm" side of the city where in an energy efficient building may never need heating or cooling, or may only desire it a few days a year. But: this house does have a converted attic which is where the bedrooms of the upper unit are, and with a west-tilting non-ventilating skylight it gets hot & stuffy up there. We want to ventilate that space especially. Also, if not expensive, an occasional-use heating element for both units (controlled separately) would be awesome. Humidity/moisture is not an issue here. By law can't have a woodstove here.
What ventilation and heating options have folks in the same situation (converted attic) had good luck with / recommend we consider?
- Anyone installed a Lunos system? I'm very interested in these!
- Would a very large plain ole bathroom/kitchen exhaust fan suffice for attic ventilation?
- What about an openable skylight? (I still feel we'd need additional ventilation beyond this but perhaps there's some skylight/fan product I'm unaware of)