Such a beautiful house and property. I’m excited for you. We are planning do build our own barndo as our own GC in Arkansas with I believe no codes in the county I’m in. Does your county have a lot of codes and stuff? Or with getting a loan do you still have to build with strict codes for the lenders inspections. I just don’t know how that works.
We do have pretty strict codes. Our codes dept inspects the foundation, framing, and then they do a final inspection of the house. But all that is just our county codes dept. Then the electric has to be inspected. We don’t have lender inspections that I know of. We didn’t do a traditional loan we did a cash out refi on our existing house to fund this one. Good luck on your build!
Based on living in TN, it would seem an AC air return should be near the ceiling (heat rises) as you probably use your AC more than heating. For mostly heating, the return air should be near the floor (cold air sinks). I say your AC person is wrong. You want the AC return to take the warmer air in, which will also do a better job at reducing humidity, since warm air holds more water than cold air. If there is an expert out there, I'd like to know what the issue is for AC returns near ceiling in warm climates.
Previous old house had an intake on the floor, and now a new house with intake in the ceiling. Both in Texas, hot and humid. My experience aligns with what you said here. Also, the intakes on the floor pull dog and cat hair into the system and clog the filter quicker.
@@Hickersonfarms Yeah, I was right. This video goes into detail on air returns and towards the end he discusses southern states that should have high air returns. You're good to go but maybe share this vid with your AC guy? ua-cam.com/video/Va0rn5E8KXA/v-deo.html
Such a beautiful house and property. I’m excited for you. We are planning do build our own barndo as our own GC in Arkansas with I believe no codes in the county I’m in. Does your county have a lot of codes and stuff? Or with getting a loan do you still have to build with strict codes for the lenders inspections. I just don’t know how that works.
We do have pretty strict codes. Our codes dept inspects the foundation, framing, and then they do a final inspection of the house. But all that is just our county codes dept. Then the electric has to be inspected. We don’t have lender inspections that I know of. We didn’t do a traditional loan we did a cash out refi on our existing house to fund this one. Good luck on your build!
Based on living in TN, it would seem an AC air return should be near the ceiling (heat rises) as you probably use your AC more than heating. For mostly heating, the return air should be near the floor (cold air sinks). I say your AC person is wrong. You want the AC return to take the warmer air in, which will also do a better job at reducing humidity, since warm air holds more water than cold air. If there is an expert out there, I'd like to know what the issue is for AC returns near ceiling in warm climates.
Previous old house had an intake on the floor, and now a new house with intake in the ceiling. Both in Texas, hot and humid. My experience aligns with what you said here.
Also, the intakes on the floor pull dog and cat hair into the system and clog the filter quicker.
Thanks I will look into that further. It’s good to hear different view points!
Thanks for the info I appreciate it.
@@Hickersonfarms Yeah, I was right. This video goes into detail on air returns and towards the end he discusses southern states that should have high air returns. You're good to go but maybe share this vid with your AC guy? ua-cam.com/video/Va0rn5E8KXA/v-deo.html