Pacific Northwest - OR,WA,BC @lemmy.world Lemdee @lemmy.world 1y ago

How are people dealing with summer in the PNW this year?

Because it's only halfway through June and I'm over it lol

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Well, Mostly by installing a new heatpump.
We have a new heat pump AC/heating unit, it has zero issues keeping the house cold, and we also have plenty of shade. The new AC unit is about $80 less a month to keep the house even cooler than before. It's wild how efficient they are.
- How much was it to get one (the unit and labor)? My problem is we cadet heaters in every room so I am not sure how a heat pump would work to get heat (or AC) into each room.
  
  It was about 4k all in. Based on returns though, absolutely worth the upfront capital.
- That sounds like a great setup! I'm in an apartment so just a free standing AC unit is the best I can do, but I got the model that's meant for more square footage than we have so it does a well enough job.
  
  Oh hey, you're the mod for this community. Sorry for not dropping a more interesting link here, just trying to get some more activity in the PNW group haha
  
  Don't know what you're talking about, this is a great discussion topic with heatwaves and potential fires incoming.
So far it's not the heat, it's the pollen that's terrible.
Same way as every year recently, hiding inside by my AC unit with blackout curtains lol
- Valid, I'll be doing the same while cursing my south facing windows lol
hasn't been nearly as bad as it was last year, in fact where im at were actually on track to have one of the coldest recorded weeks on record for June before we hit some pretty consistent 80+. Apartment made new restrictions on window ACs so i had to fork over another $200 for a shitty portable ac that doesn't cool nearly as well as the cheap window one i bought a few years back. Its better than nothing though, that's for sure, im just hoping we don't hit 110+ like we did last year a few times.
Link to the page I got the image from.
Travel. And I bought extra AC units early this spring for when we are in town.
- AC is much more affordable for me so that's the route I took. Thankfully our place has good insulation so it's normally not too big of an issue.
  
  I always invite my friends who live in older buildings and let them know they can WFH from my place if needed haha
Sometimes I hide inside of our network/server room at work where the A/C is running.
- Careful, that's how you get summer frost bite! I hated some winter days where I had to freeze in the server room all day to troubleshoot something lol

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