When I first moved into this house I had the idea to convert the attic into an extra family 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 easily huge 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 observed the serious heating problem… Having never spent much time in the attic I didn’t realize how much heating was generated by the sunshine hitting the roof. After an hour, the attic felt appreciate I had the gas furnace on full blast, then since I had done so much work already I started thinking about ways to bring cooling to this area. It got so moderate that getting a portable cooling system would not be enough to combat the temps. If I extended some of the existing HVAC duct and set up an air vent in the attic, that would place too much extra pressure on the central system, however you can’t just ask an Heating, Ventilation, and A/C plan to beginning working 50% harder without feeling the consequences. As much as iot bummed myself and others out I came to realize I had a awful idea. There was no way to cooling system this room of the house, so it had to go back to just being used for storage, but maybe I’ll try again while in the winter.