New Construction
Ducted before the drywall
A heating and cooling system works better when it is part of the plan from framing, not squeezed in once the walls are closed up. We work with homeowners building a house and with the builders framing it.
Chapter 01
Why the HVAC conversation belongs at framing, not at punch list
On most new builds, heating and cooling gets decided late, after the layout is set and the walls are already up. By then the options are narrower and more expensive: a duct run that would have been simple through open framing has to be routed around finished work instead.
Bringing the conversation forward to framing means the system gets designed for the house instead of squeezed into whatever space is left over. That is true whether the house is being built for the family that will live in it, or built by a contractor working from a set of plans and a schedule.
New furnace being delivered on a hand truck for a Bob's Quality Heating & Air Conditioning installation
Evaluating the house for placement
Our team walks the build to decide where the system goes and how the runs get there, room by room, before that decision is locked in by drywall. Equipment placement, duct routing and return locations all get worked out against the actual floor plan, not a generic layout.
That walk-through is the same whether we are talking with the homeowner directly or coordinating with the builder on site. Either way, the goal is a system that was planned for this specific house.
Chapter 03
Efficient equipment, and what it can carry
ENERGY STAR rated equipment is available for new construction installs, along with automatic temperature monitoring on the system once it is in. A new, efficient unit can also carry potential tax savings, though the specifics depend on the equipment chosen and current programs, so this is worth discussing directly rather than assuming a number ahead of time.
None of that changes the basic approach: the system still gets sized and placed for the house it is going into, whether or not a particular efficiency rating or savings program applies.
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