When I first moved into this condo I had the idea to convert the attic into an extra living room.
There was a ton of free space in the attic, which entirely had a full-height ceiling instead of a low ceiling. I was absolutely giant enough to fit a single or full-sized bed and a few small items. I started by deep cleaning the attic, and removing all the boxes of junk I had stored up there. I laid down some carpet, and started moving things in to decorate it. That is when I noticed the serious heating problem! Having never spent much time in the attic I didn’t realize how much heating was generated by the sunlight hitting the roof. After an fifth, the attic felt like I had the gas furnace on full blast, but since I had done so much toil already I started thinking about ways to bring cooling to this area. It got so warm that getting a portable a/c would not be enough to combat the temps. If I extended some of the existing air duct and set up an air vent in the attic, that would locale too much extra pressure on the central system, but you can’t just ask an Heating, Ventilation plus A/C method to start working 50% harder without feeling the consequences. As much as iot bummed me out I came to realize I had a poor idea. There was no way to a/c this room of the house, so it had to go back to just being used for storage; Maybe I’ll try again while in the winter.