Heating & Cooling
Heating Options for Your New Pleasant Valley Home
Pleasant Valley homes come standard with no heating system. If this is the option you chose, all duct work and/or plumbing must be completed on-site by your builder or a third-party contractor. You do, however, have several options for factory-installed heat systems:
Basic Options:
- Heat Boots & Registers Only Installed
- Stubbed Cold Air Returns (Boots & Registers Recommended With This Option)
- Hot Water Baseboard Heat
- Electric furnace
- Digital "Nest" thermostat w/dropped wire (see image below)
"Nest" thermostat (stainless steel)
"Full House" Packages (with Open, Plated Floor Joists):
- Insulated heat ducts installed throughout home with boots and registers
- 40 gallon electric water heater installed or shipped loose for basement installation (50 gallon available)
- Completed hot & cold water line system through the home
- Optional high-efficiency gas & oil furnaces
- Optional insulated floor cavity (common with crawl spaces)
- Optional factory-installed cold air returns
- Optional "Nest" thermostat
- For furnace placement in basements, which is most common, updraft furnaces are needed to connect to the factory-installed ductwork. This would be supplied and installed by your builder or a third-party contractor.
- Two-story homes: ductwork on first and second levels of home are completed; a chase is needed to connect all lines for basement-installation of furnace (if home is not going on a basement, Pleasant Valley can supply and install a furnace on each floor of the home
The "Comfort Zone" Series (2 options available)
On-Site Builder Comfort Zone Return Air Grill System
Boot Stubbed Through Floor for Easy On-Site Connection to Site-Installed Return Duct or Panning System
Option Features:
- Return Air Grills (Painted Steel with Adjustable Dampers)
- Gypsum-Lined Stud Cavity for Fire Safety
- Aluminum Transition Boot to Fiberglass-Insulated Duct Through Floor
- Factory-Installed Flex Collars for On-Site Return Connections
- Available with All Floor System Options (2" x 10" Solid or Plated Joists)
Factory-Completed Comfort Zone Return Air Grill System
Return Air Grill Boots are Directly Connected to Factory-Installed Return Air Ducts
Option Features:
- Fully-Installed, Ready-to-Use Supply & Return Ducts
- Standard 14" Plated Floor Joists, 19.2" On-Center
- Standard Double 14" LVL Mateline Girder for Increased Lolly Column Spacing
- Flush Basement Finish Reduces Need for Higher Foundation Walls
- Integrated Mateline Cross-Over with Silicone Gasket Design (No On-Site Pieces or Connections)
- Gypsum-Lined Stud Cavity for Fire Safety
- Return Air Grills (Painted Steel with Adjustable Dampers)