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[quote=Anonymous]We're planning to renovate our colonial, which currently has no central AC.

The attic is currently not finished, but is in our near-term plans to finish soon. The basement has a small partially finished area, but we plan on finishing the entire thing. The remainder of the house is about 1600 sq ft (first/second floor). The house currently has radiators, which I think we'll plan on keeping. As the attic and basement aren't yet finished, it seems that the addition of ductwork may not be too onerous compared with a traditional installation.

Our current house has Nest, and I love being able to remotely control and schedule the climate in the house.

I think in an ideal world, I'd be able to separately control the temperature in at least the first/second floors, the attic, and the basement.

Part of me thinks that mini-splits could work well for the basement and attic, especially due to their ability to be used for heat. I don't like the limitation on using a local remote though, but it may be tolerable for those two areas since they're not the "core" living space of the house.

It would seem that duplicating systems is a waste of money in general, and maybe we should just go with a traditional or high-velocity and put registers on all 4 floors. How many zones could this be divided into? 4 would be ideal.

Thoughts?

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