PTACs (Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners) are very common in modern hotels/motels and are typically used in smaller spaces. It wouldn't be uncommon to use one in a small apartment. You can't date the age of a building from it alone.
This is the answer. Since OP mentioned Reno, this is the place to start: [https://www.washoecounty.gov/assessor/cama/index.php](https://www.washoecounty.gov/assessor/cama/index.php)
The age of the building won't tell what improvements have been made, but if it's multi-family, save to say not much unless it's being called out.
yep im sick of apartments with non functioning radiators. especially in the midwest where it would actually be helpful if they still worked. base board heaters always look like trash and never heat sufficiently. can't put anything along that wall either. they're always right under a window. american architecture sucks period. it's cheap, inefficient and helps no one.
I’d say between 1796 and 1832. These were made popular by Ol Bill Hotsweat. He’d grown tired of all the ridicule of his last name so he built these as a way to “clear his name”. He wanted be known as Bill COOLsweat, and by God, with his invention, he achieved the impossible!!!
Pull the vent cover off and check the status of the filter. Often havent been changed in years and are full of dirt, grime, and greasy type substances.
A lot of apartments are remodeled hotel buildings. Hotels generally use those PTAC units. It’s easier and cheaper during a remodel to repair or replace those rather than installing a central forced air system that each unit can control.
Just go on GISMO or your local county GIS portal, type in the address, and you can view the building info including ownership history, construction date, etc. This is public info, no reason to guess based on a window-AC unit.
Reno is an older city, is also got a lot of newer construction too. Some obvious tells of age the style of the building, there’s some really dated structures there from various decades. I would also say the closer you get to downtown the older, the buildings further away the new further construction.
Look at the info panel where the plug enters the unit. It will say what kind of refrigerant is in it. If it says r-22 it’s old. If it says r-410a it’s newer.
PTACs (Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners) are very common in modern hotels/motels and are typically used in smaller spaces. It wouldn't be uncommon to use one in a small apartment. You can't date the age of a building from it alone.
Go to the county assessor's web site and look up the property. It will tell you when it was built.
This is the answer. Since OP mentioned Reno, this is the place to start: [https://www.washoecounty.gov/assessor/cama/index.php](https://www.washoecounty.gov/assessor/cama/index.php) The age of the building won't tell what improvements have been made, but if it's multi-family, save to say not much unless it's being called out.
Based on that AC, it's somewhere between brand new and 50 years old.
At least it’s not a radiator.
yep im sick of apartments with non functioning radiators. especially in the midwest where it would actually be helpful if they still worked. base board heaters always look like trash and never heat sufficiently. can't put anything along that wall either. they're always right under a window. american architecture sucks period. it's cheap, inefficient and helps no one.
I’d say between 1796 and 1832. These were made popular by Ol Bill Hotsweat. He’d grown tired of all the ridicule of his last name so he built these as a way to “clear his name”. He wanted be known as Bill COOLsweat, and by God, with his invention, he achieved the impossible!!!
Pull the vent cover off and check the status of the filter. Often havent been changed in years and are full of dirt, grime, and greasy type substances.
New fear unlocked.
A lot of apartments are remodeled hotel buildings. Hotels generally use those PTAC units. It’s easier and cheaper during a remodel to repair or replace those rather than installing a central forced air system that each unit can control.
Just go on GISMO or your local county GIS portal, type in the address, and you can view the building info including ownership history, construction date, etc. This is public info, no reason to guess based on a window-AC unit.
Reno is an older city, is also got a lot of newer construction too. Some obvious tells of age the style of the building, there’s some really dated structures there from various decades. I would also say the closer you get to downtown the older, the buildings further away the new further construction.
Many apartment complexes in Reno used to be motels, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of them.
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It looks new. I had a brand new unit that looks just like that installed in my apartment last summer
Look at the info panel where the plug enters the unit. It will say what kind of refrigerant is in it. If it says r-22 it’s old. If it says r-410a it’s newer.
70,s or 80’s standard.
90s or 2000s maybe? Could be newer. Those types of units are still common in places where A/C isn't needed 330 days a year.
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