Zoned systems
<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">We have had zoned systems in the past and have been happy with them but in all those cases it made sense. The man who built this house was a contractor who built this house for he and his wife who had become empty nesters. His daughter said since he was a contractor, he had access to lots of cool upgrades and added the zoned system just because he could. The house is filled with many upgrades that make sense but this one didn’t. It’s 2400 sq. ft. with large rooms except for these two small bedrooms at the opposite end of the house. They zoned the entire house as 1 zone and then each of the two small bedrooms were a separate zone. It worked as designed for a while, but we started having issues with damper motors as it was 18 years old.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">If we could have easily made the Master Bedroom and Bathroom a separate zone then we would have replaced the zone system along with the new A/C and furnace. With this setup we could heat/cool just the bedroom at night vs. the entire house, but the way the ductwork was done it would mean ripping out what was done on that end of the house and redoing it.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">So, we made the decision to remove the Zoned system altogether and have been happy with it. I think it depends on the brand and how the system is designed.</span>