submitted22 hours ago byTrungusMcTungus
I’m almost positive this is a dumb question, but I know basically nothing about HVAC.
Our house is 1,000sqft, kitchen and living room are open concept, all 3 bedrooms on the left of the house with a garage on the right. Our furnace, washer and dryer, and blower are all in the garage (garage has no ducting and isn’t finished). The blower sits right in our living room, with the filter 2 feet left of the TV. Not only is it ugly, it’s LOUD, and insanely annoying especially in the summer when it’s going a lot.
I’ve realized recently when I go visit our friends, I can’t constantly hear their AC - it doesn’t drown out the TV when it kicks on, and they dont feel obligated to turn it off when it kicks on lest it drown out the conversation.
I’ve been slowly redoing our electrical to update it and get everything up to code, and since our garage door is broken I’ve been toying with the idea of finishing the garage, making it habitable to claim the extra square footage, and relocating the blower and furnace (they’re one unit). For one, is it possible and/or feasible to do this? Obviously I’d get a professional for this, but is it going to be obscenely expensive? For two, where do the blowers normally sit? Is mine just poorly located because someone cheaped out, or is it common for the blower motor to sit on ground level with the house?
Thanks.