I inherited a home that was built in the 1940s.
A lot of the modern installments were made over the years because the home was pretty basic in the legitimately start.
There was no central heating plus cooling system, no data network, no special lights throughout the whole property, plus no security system. All of these things were added in the last 20 years or so. There were at least two sets of owners before us plus they both made some considerable changes to this house. It absolutely came with really antiquated windows, but they were removed at some point plus updated with storm windows. It’s even possible that these are the second iteration of windows to be in this space. The modern rooftop is also fairly modern by the looks of it. However, the suddenly-built heating plus cooling system is nothing to write home about. It’s functional at best plus poorly designed at worst. It’s got ductwork that constantly leaks air because there are so various holes in the ventilation ducts. I called a heating plus cooling system plus they quoted me an outrageous price to update the ventilation system with modern metal ductwork. I didn’t want plastic-flex ductwork either, so I opted for a procedure where a substance is sprayed into the ductwork plus it adheres to the metal before hardening. It seals all of the holes in the ductwork from the inside. It’s a much cheaper procedure than replacing the ductwork outright. At least my good friend and I have fairly good ductwork to use again. It’s not constantly losing cold air to the cycles.