Our Coach House - Insulation/AC Unit


Last Changed 12/10/2009
We are working on the insulation of the Coach House to get ready for the sheetrock.
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	The bathroom wall.
	We put this pipe in the wall to run the cables for the LCD TV that will be mounted on the wall from the cabinet below. Just a little neater than normal.
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	Insulation being installed.

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	Many of the other coach houses have window air conditioners mounted in the wall. We choose a mini-split style because it is so much quieter even though the cost is easily twice as much as a typical "quiet" window unit. The mini-split air conditioner arrived.
	They are called mini-splits because there are two parts. They are like small commercial air conditioners you see in office buildings.
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	This is this interior unit called the condenser. It will be mounted on the wall.
	This is the compressor unit that will be mounted on concrete pavers in back of the Coach House. This is why mini-splits are quieter. Most of the mechanicals are outside.
	This is the bracket that is mounted on the wall. The condenser unit hangs on it.
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	Often, mini-splits are mounted on and the refrigerant lines run straight out the wall to the compressor below. We wanted the refrigerant lines to run up the wall, across the ceiling, and down and out the back wall for appearances sake and to have the compressor in back of the Coach House. We bought pre-made refrigerant lines. There is a 1/4" and a 1/2" line. They came with insulation installed on the lines. Bending the 1/4" line to feed it through the wall studs and headers was easy. The 1/2" line didn't do so well. That is when we decided that a professional was needed for that task.
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