Supposed to hit 91 here today (Fraser Valley, BC, inland from Vancouver). which is about as hot as it normally gets. (The heat dome of 2021 was a real exception at 100º, with a repeat temp. in 2022) Oddly it hit 90 on May 28, which was really unusual.I share the pain, lihpster. Air conditioning isn't really needed here in "Wetstern" WA. There are a few days each summer that we break mid-80's and maybe go over 90. On those days, I ponder adding air conditioning. Not a small feat as thanks to hydronic heat; no ductwork in the house. I could put in mini splits, but the "heat wave" soon passes and I abandon the idea until next year. Then the cycle repeats. FWIW, it's 58 as I write this.
Stay cool bro'
No A/C here but after the heat dome I trenched in an earth tube- 120' of 6" PVC pipe buried 6' down, with an inlet in the field and a centrifugal fan where the line comes in the basement, 6" spiral duct up the stairs and blowing out into the main room. It's a small, open plan house with a cathedral ceiling, so relatively easy to heat and cool, plus I have a 52" ceiling fan in the main room and one in the upstairs loft bedroom. Won't keep it at 75º today but it will knock several degrees off, and it only draws about 200W. If I were to build again I'd use the same principle, but have done more research and would use a more effective system from scratch, with 3 or 4 shorter tubes about 10' deep. Heat pumps are all very well but, like central A/C, draw a lot of power, and even in traditionally hydro-rich BC, we're already running short. BC Hydro has had to buy power for the last 3 years; 22% last year.
Ironically, probably with much the same result as at absolute zero- all movement ceases, if not molecular, then sentient.
