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    Funny, I would LOVE to get rid of my ac and have my swamp cooler put back in. Wife thinks the thermostat is her personal chilling device and keeps the house way too cold and our electric bills are absurd. Argue about it every year and of course I always lose.

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    Getting a quote on the Mitsubishi system, for those of you that have them, how are they?

    Looks like one unit to cover two bedrooms and a 2nd unit to cover the great room (the one currently using a evaporative cooler).

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    Research reflective roof coatings. Dropped my homes internal temperature eight degrees. Your shingles will last longer too. I coated my roof with a roller.
    I like sex, drugs and automatic weapons. That's why i'm a dues paying member of the Libertarian party. Struggling to keep the government away from messing with the above.
    My Wife has her own vice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by th3w01f View Post
    Getting a quote on the Mitsubishi system, for those of you that have them, how are they?

    Looks like one unit to cover two bedrooms and a 2nd unit to cover the great room (the one currently using a evaporative cooler).
    Very happy.

    Quote Originally Posted by earplug View Post
    Research reflective roof coatings. Dropped my homes internal temperature eight degrees. Your shingles will last longer too. I coated my roof with a roller.
    Go with the white if you go that direction. I've had people tell me use silver or something similar to reflect the suns rays. They swear it's the best reflective color. Till you put an infrared temp gauge on it.
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    I've had roof contractors tell me that they've found no appreciable difference in shingle color.

    Elastomeric paint is most often silver. Not even sure I've seen white before, but that doesn't mean it's not available.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    I've had roof contractors tell me that they've found no appreciable difference in shingle color.

    Elastomeric paint is most often silver. Not even sure I've seen white before, but that doesn't mean it's not available.
    http://www.homedepot.com/p/Henry-4-7...F871/100051140
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    Mine is white. After three roofs in 20 years the White coating makes a difference.
    I like sex, drugs and automatic weapons. That's why i'm a dues paying member of the Libertarian party. Struggling to keep the government away from messing with the above.
    My Wife has her own vice.

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    Are you just painting over shingles with elastomeric?

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    Oh don't you worry, I went and researched it a bit and saw all kinds of stuff.

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    Finally got the quotes back on the Mitsubishi system. Does $5500 per room with install sound about right or at least the right ballpark?

    This would be 2 outdoor condensers and 4 indoor wall mounts.

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