Just a quick note, that hopefully the factory reads in honest.
I just got done installing my garage AC with the exception of running the wiring through the belly. I ran into several hiccups that are easily solved with no cost, by the factory thinking ahead some. I'm sure it's a factory option to have the garage prepped ($$), but I fail to see why it's not done by default when there's a fantastic vent already there.
1) The rear bunks are about an inch too high for the common Duo Therm Brisk Air ceiling assembly. When mounting the bunks, simply drop them by 1-1.5". In my case, I had to pull the bed pins, remove the beds, pull all the wall anchors, move the bunk rails down, and finally remount 1.5" lower to clear the ceiling assembly. While not an impossible task, it's a real pain and means nothing.
2) The wire used for the fantastic vent is a 14ga wire carrying 12volts. Had this been 12ga, the line could have been simply moved over from 12v to 110v power. Again, while not an impossible task, it gets fairly involved stringing a new line for 110v.
3) Thermostat wire for the fantastic vent is just two wires and has an impossible to duplicate run due to being taped together in the roof sections and runs under walls of the loft. If the common 5 five was run from the start, it could be reused with no more effort needed. The cost has to be nearly nothing. I ended up having to drill a hole in the ceiling near the loft, follow down the wall, then back into the wall. It leaves a wire showing along the wall in the garage now, but there's no alternative.
Simple changes at the start eliminates a bunch of heartburn for anyone doing it as an afterthought.
I just got done installing my garage AC with the exception of running the wiring through the belly. I ran into several hiccups that are easily solved with no cost, by the factory thinking ahead some. I'm sure it's a factory option to have the garage prepped ($$), but I fail to see why it's not done by default when there's a fantastic vent already there.
1) The rear bunks are about an inch too high for the common Duo Therm Brisk Air ceiling assembly. When mounting the bunks, simply drop them by 1-1.5". In my case, I had to pull the bed pins, remove the beds, pull all the wall anchors, move the bunk rails down, and finally remount 1.5" lower to clear the ceiling assembly. While not an impossible task, it's a real pain and means nothing.
2) The wire used for the fantastic vent is a 14ga wire carrying 12volts. Had this been 12ga, the line could have been simply moved over from 12v to 110v power. Again, while not an impossible task, it gets fairly involved stringing a new line for 110v.
3) Thermostat wire for the fantastic vent is just two wires and has an impossible to duplicate run due to being taped together in the roof sections and runs under walls of the loft. If the common 5 five was run from the start, it could be reused with no more effort needed. The cost has to be nearly nothing. I ended up having to drill a hole in the ceiling near the loft, follow down the wall, then back into the wall. It leaves a wire showing along the wall in the garage now, but there's no alternative.
Simple changes at the start eliminates a bunch of heartburn for anyone doing it as an afterthought.