I never would have thought that a garage could bring me so much happiness.
I mean, I’m not really a garage sort of guy.
While I have always had a garage in the two homes we’ve owned, they were sort of an afterthought really. I don’t happen to be one of those guys who comes home from the zone controlled HVAC at work to go tinker on engines in the garage. I’m doing pretty great if I can simply keep the HVAC air filter changed each month. No, I’m not any sort of handyman type at all. When I come home to the quality heating and air of my house, it’s always been family time. And I’ve loved that. I consider myself pretty fortunate to have been able to be so involved with my kids and share all that with my wife. That’s been just such a blessing. We have three girls and it’s been a trip to raise those ladies. But these days, old dad needs a bit of peace from the drama sometimes. I don’t have a basement and there is no man cave I can retreat to. So I took a friend’s advice and had a ductless heat pump installed in the garage. This was the perfect answer. It made me clean up and organize the space to start with. Then I put in a sort of hobby bench where I can sit on a bar stool and be in the quiet. But I still get all that quality heating and air thanks to the ductless heat pump.