Air conditioning question

May 18, 2008

We've had two 100-degree days here in our non-air conditioned office, and local meteorologicolical records strongly suggest we've got about 60 more days between 90 and 108 ahead of us between now and late September. The 90s we can handle with seersucker and soda pop (or water, for those of us on a higher plane), but once it's in the low triple figures, work gets unfun fast.

We have five 24 x 40ft workspace units, sheet metal & warehousey, with high roofs that makes normal air-conditioning solutions pathetic failures. When it gets over 104-degrees, we roll out the swamp cooler and aim it at Mark, so he can assemble bikes in relative comfort. Other people use portable fans.

The main problem area is Miesha's space. She's here with 4-month old Freddy, and works in a semi-private 8 x 24-foot space at the far back of one of these rooms. It has a low ceiling (so would be easier to cool) , but there's there's no outside outside her walls, so a normal set-in air conditioner doesn't seem like it'd work. And, since it's 32 feet from the front door (a roll-up and a normal one), it seems like it would be awkward to run a hose-vent from her room to there. It would have to span our main showroom area, and there's not a good place to put the hose.

We need to keep Miesha and Freddy cool. If you really know this stuff and can offer something more helpful than "spray misters and drink lots of cold water," please get in touch. Thanks!

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