Hello,
I have received a couple of different quotes and suggestions for size so I thought I would look for advice on here.
I have a 250 sq foot room, 18x14. It is a bonus room that is connected to our house and has two openings into the house through 5 foot wide french doors. The doors are usually open. The roof is a flat roof and the 18 foot wall has three 43"x60" single pane windows and a 5 foot wide french door which is 70% glass.
The room also faces the west. The room starts to gradually receive direct sun at 2:00 and probably has full sun hitting the windows by 3:30 or so. I also live in Florida.
I am not worried about heating of course, just cooling. Load calcs that I have found calls for around 12K btu worse case. This is when I plug in poor insulation, single pane windows, west facing, etc.
I am looking at either a 12K but or 18K. No one lives in the room, it is where we have the dog crates, ping pong table, etc. I'm trying to avoid the unit running at full capacity a lot but also don't want to oversize.
I appreciate any feedback or more expert load calculations. Like I said, I received recommendations on both sizes in the bids.
I have received a couple of different quotes and suggestions for size so I thought I would look for advice on here.
I have a 250 sq foot room, 18x14. It is a bonus room that is connected to our house and has two openings into the house through 5 foot wide french doors. The doors are usually open. The roof is a flat roof and the 18 foot wall has three 43"x60" single pane windows and a 5 foot wide french door which is 70% glass.
The room also faces the west. The room starts to gradually receive direct sun at 2:00 and probably has full sun hitting the windows by 3:30 or so. I also live in Florida.
I am not worried about heating of course, just cooling. Load calcs that I have found calls for around 12K btu worse case. This is when I plug in poor insulation, single pane windows, west facing, etc.
I am looking at either a 12K but or 18K. No one lives in the room, it is where we have the dog crates, ping pong table, etc. I'm trying to avoid the unit running at full capacity a lot but also don't want to oversize.
I appreciate any feedback or more expert load calculations. Like I said, I received recommendations on both sizes in the bids.