Quote Originally Posted by Ramsker View Post
We have both. We use the A/C to keep the house reasonably comfortable (to take the edge off) during the day and then at night when it cools down, we open the windows and cool the house down with the whole house fan. If it's really hot out, we can crank the A/C as needed. I also have my office on the 2nd floor in a southern-facing room. In there I rigged up one of those portable A/C unites and built a vent to the outside. So in my office I can crank that up and I don't have to keep the rest of the house as cool.

I don't know that I can recommend one over the other, necessarily. The A/C is really nice and convenient and gives comfort during the day. The whole house fan is inexpensive to run, cools the house really fast, and can drop the temp a ton more (and faster) than the A/C. You can also run it first thing in the morning and cool the house down a bunch to start the day. But on a really hot day, the house fan won't do much during the daytime. Just kind of depends on where you are, what you prefer, etc. If you can afford both . . . I say both.

That is the problem. We plan on being in the house maybe 2 years MAX and have no budget what so ever until the house in Texas sells. What hoping to do one and be done, but it sounds like the house fan wont be enough.

Thanks for the advice all.