The price builder is quoting is $3000 for adding additional heating zone !
His price is about right, assuming quality (Brand name like Carrier, Lennox, etc) and 16 SEERI wouldn't recommend it for 2200 SF - residential units are made as large as 5 ton, and depending on your geography, window count, and general energy efficiency, you should need only about 3 1/2 tonsThat means probably 2 2 ton units, or maybe 2 at 1 1/2 each - in that rangeWhat you'd get with 2 units is zoning - one zone for bedrooms for night use, and the other for daytime areasThat way, you're saving operating cost on one unit days and the other nightsTakes a long time to get back the extra $3K, thoughI vote againstIf you insist on spending the money, put in radiant barrier roofing (under $1,000), better windows, better attic ventilation, and better attic insulation Or you could spend several hundred and have a twin thermostat single system, with a flapper valve to load the heating and cooling toward one zone or the other.
No,only thing i get think of is making a wreath shaped in a peace sign/symbol out of your choice of leaf or leaves,but you can go to yahoo-shopping and type peace signs in the search engine and get ideas there or type peace signs in search engine for goggle,yahoo,bing whatever your safari/Internet is underGood luck to you
