The idea of Air Conditioning in a garage is particularly intriguing to anyone who uses their garage for “shop” space. This is especially true in Texas where we regularly hit temps above 100 outside. I was walking a job last week and saw this house being built with several house AC buckets dumping into the garage. I’m sure that builder will sell this feature as a huge benefit, but if you take a minute to think about it that’s going to be a MAJOR suck on the house (pun intended). Check out this video I made about it and my recomended way to add HVAC to your garage.
Best,
Matt Risinger – Risinger Homes in Austin, TX
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Five year old advice but no less true.
Dumping the home's central AC output (or heat) into a garage is building malpractice and a reason to run from that builder.
A garage is an ideal use case for a mini-spit system as he says.