All good things must come to an end, as they say.
I suppose that that’s true, as I stare sadly at my air vent and dream of the days when cold air was quickly streaming through at all times.
You see, I got used to a lifestyle that couldn’t be maintained. When I moved into this home with a few roommates, we decided to split the residence in two. I took the back half of the house, and they took the front half. Separate but equal. That has worked really great for us, except I realize that the HVAC on this side of the house isn’t exactly equal. For several months there was absolutely no problem with my indoor air quality. Every day, I could hear the heating or cooling system chugging along, and there was so much high-quality heated air coming through my air vents that sometimes I had to close them for relief. The AC was especially powerful, and many days I found myself wearing multiple sweatshirts to combat the cold and drafty bedroom. During the day, I wasn’t always thrilled with this level of cooling power, but at night I absolutely loved the extreme cold temperature in my room. After sleeping so soundly for months, I thought that this was the perfect house and HVAC system for me. And then, my roommates opened their air vents. Apparently, whenever we moved in, the air vents had been completely closed in the front half of the house. No one ever realized it, because the outdoor temperature was pretty mild. As the heat and humidity increased, however, it became uncomfortable in their rooms. When they finally realized that their air vents had been blocked, I found out that my space was attached to the far end of the air duct system. Now they get most of the treated indoor air and I’m sweating bullets back here.