It was interesting when our son first started talking about playing an instrument.
- He started with playing the saxophone, but he got pretty good at it, I might add.
The thing is, he was making all kinds of noise and sometimes late into the night hours. I decided that we needed to get him a place where he could play his instrument without bothering everybody else in the house. I ended up cleaning out the garage and making it a suitable area for him to get his practices in. I had the garage insulated but it was still way too overheated inside of there. I decided to call the HVAC company to see what could be done. I was honestly thinking that we could extend the ductwork into there and provide just enough heating and cooling. THe HVAC professional cautioned against doing that though because the HVAC system was not sizable enough to cover the garage space. He recommended installing a ductless mini split inside of there. He said the ductless mini split would make it perfectly comfortable inside of there and it was highly energy efficient so we wouldn’t have to worry so much about energy spikes on the bill. The guy was right, that ductless mini split works great and now our son even practices with his other friends in the garage. Even though the sound wasn’t very audible, I ended up soundproofing the garage so that we wouldn’t be able to hear anything, unless we went in there to enjoy the music. Our son is a great sax player, but now he’s starting up with playing the trombone.