Larryandlinda, I wonder how is it possible to use AC only in the guest room?

zoned AC (plus an interesting digression)
 

our hosts (who were prominent and influential DC personalities) decided a few years ago that the retiring gentleman, a noted physician, discovered that he needed more vitamin D.

The wife went to Florida a couple times and called me at work to ask bout one of her bikes.
A customer (who owned a home in TV as well as Maryland and Utah) happened to be in the shop at the time said to tell her to check out TV.

She called a few days later and said she closed on a Villa, and they would be staying there 'during the winters'

We asked, "you mean September through May?" with a mutual wink.
Well, the doc went down after the settlement and he sipped the VillageAde and became the man who never returned.

On the market went the Maryland home.

Within a year several friends, including us, visited, and now a half dozen of us shared the potion and bought in.

At their Villa you lived the way they did , though they always offered to turn on the Heat or AC, we opted out.

In their new Miona Bridgeport place, the guest area (two rooms and a bath with a 'pocket door' to the hall, has its own zone and hvac handler, though we still opt out.

It makes going outside and enjoying the compound much easier.

We do appreciate the pleasure of climate control from time to time but treat it more as a luxury .

L&L

I didn't realize that TV offered zoned AC. Was that an option?

The heat in the villages
 

We moved here last Sept. after 61 years on LI. Believe me it's not as bad as LI. We had far more humidity on LI. Don't let the weather here be a concern. The best part you don't have to SHOVEL heat. Hurry down
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Patchogue, NY; Village of Bonita Sept.09

I wish you could SHOVEL heat - I would buy the biggest shovel there is to buy

The myth
 

I would like to keep our summers here in The Villages just the way they are
when many people leave, but I have to dispel the Myth that Florida is warmer and more humid in the summer than eveywhere else.

JUST LOOK AT THE FACTS:

Check the national weather maps each day in july and august.

Yesteday the high in Miami was 10 degrees lower than it was in Washington.


The myth is an emotional one based on life styles in Florida.
We spend more time outside.

Russ, you can always add dampers to the duct system after construction, along with additional thermostats. Costs a bit more that way, but if you can isolate the zones with doors, it does work.

IMO if you go in with the mindset that Florida is going to be hot and humid in the summer there won't be any surprises.

Some days it might not be as hot and humid as here in IL, for example, but the hot season starts earlier and goes on longer in FL vs. the northern areas.

I think when you factor in the "what it feels like" temperature based on the humidity, the actual temperature changes. In point, at 12:11 PM it is currently 90 degrees in Lady Lake but it "feels like 101". In Andover, NJ it is 79 - feels like 80. In Washington DC it is 84 feels like 83.

I use www.weather.com to check different cities.

Right now in my town the temp is 81 and "feels like" 81. Last week was more like Lady Lake is right now.

I came to TV from St. Louis, which has been known for its high humidity (the British government used to pay its consular staff a tropical adjustment for service there). My observation is that high temperature and humidty levels may stretch out over a longer period in the summer here in TV than in St. Louis - BUT, it is almost always more comfortable in TV after the sun goes down.

Besides, after no more than one summer season here, you will become acclimated and it won't matter any more! :pepper2:

SWR
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zoned AC
 

Dunno Russ

Can't remember the model , but it's one of the basic to middle Premieres and there's a control to work the Ac in the guest end

L and L

Hi SWR,

I guess nobody told them that "Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun." Well...I guess that's just according to Noel Coward.

Boomer

Truth.....
 

Come on now gang, tell the man the truth...This past Saturday it was 97 degrees with a stifiling humidity; almost unbearable.

Wait...now I remember I am in Connecticut and was here this weekend!!!

Its no hotter in TV than that...maybe more days but not hotter days!!!

Boomer:

As it happens, I ran into Noel Coward the other day! He's doing well, isn't quite comfortable with our "excessive" humidity! On t'other hand, he's met so many fine people that he's seriously thinking of finding himself a comfortable Designer, then moving to TV so as to enjoy our special company!

I look forward to enjoying the camaraderie of you, Mr. Coward and me at Lake Sumter Landing!

:D

SWR
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I would think that Mr. Coward would love the heat considering his,uh, uh present condition.:1rotfl: