When some of my old buddies came back into town, they needed a place to crash, so I told them they could stay at my place.
I had a couple of guest bedrooms and that were perfect for the guys.
Since they were sticking around for a while, they paid me rent even though I said they didn’t have to. We were all reminiscing about back in the day when we used to jam out together as a band. We were really something. I still had a couple of guitars and a drum set in the garage. Of course, it wasn’t sound proofed so I knew the neighbors would be irritated if we were rocking out in there. My buddies said we could soundproof the garage though, so we did that. I was thinking about how we could make it more comfortable too. I thought it would be good to have the ductwork extended into the garage so we could have comfort from the HVAC system. I had an HVAC expert come out to see if that could be done, but he advised something entirely different. He said the ductwork could not be resized as my HVAC system was sized for the regular areas of the house, not the garage. So I basically had to have a new HVAC installed for the garage but he said a ductless mini split would do the trick. He said I wouldn’t even notice an increase in my energy bills because these systems are so energy efficient. On top of that, they provide both heating and cooling for comfort through all the seasons. Before I knew it, I was playing music in the garage with my old friends, and we were playing as good as we used to, if not better!