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We are trying to cool our brick, 1886 house.  We currently have hot water radiators- no vents of any kind.  We are not interested in cooling the whole house, just key rooms.  To that end, we have picked out a quad zone system whereby there is one unit and then four cooler things that come off of that.  We think that we can put it on our roof and have the four units cool our finished attic and a few bedrooms.  (We are not really interested in cooling the downstairs as it's not so necessary and…See More

Our 1886 home has a brownstone foundation and brick walls.  There are many basement windows, each with an interior window that swings up inside and there are storms (Or screens with security bars) that fit on the outside that have hinges also at the top that then swing up and out.The problem is that the window wells have filled with dirt and plants are growing up to and sometimes into the window.  So I've started digging it out and discovered that the window sill is actually lower than what I…See More