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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agothey used to be expensive.
minus-squareWhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s incredibly short-sighted since they still paid for themselves.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoNot for apartment dwellers.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoCool beans. Try being poor.
minus-squarebooscience@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAnd so installers were harder to come by, which means fewer people were told about it. Pretty easy to understand why it took a while to catch on.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThese cheap mini splits can be installed diy.
minus-squarechrisashtear@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWhen i was trying to get a heat pump, i had to listen to a family friend hvac guy yell at me for 10 minutes cus he hates those damn things.
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoOhhh I heard some of those! Got told that the heat pump alone would cost more than twice as much as I actually paid for a heat pump, all new radiators and replacing all the old pipework.
they used to be expensive.
That’s incredibly short-sighted since they still paid for themselves.
Not for apartment dwellers.
Cool beans. Try being poor.
And so installers were harder to come by, which means fewer people were told about it. Pretty easy to understand why it took a while to catch on.
These cheap mini splits can be installed diy.
When i was trying to get a heat pump, i had to listen to a family friend hvac guy yell at me for 10 minutes cus he hates those damn things.
Ohhh I heard some of those! Got told that the heat pump alone would cost more than twice as much as I actually paid for a heat pump, all new radiators and replacing all the old pipework.