At the current time, the interior is 99% stripped, with just a bit of framing on the roof and side walls. But most, or all, of that is coming down this weekend too due to a saggy roof, and the repairs that I'll get to figure out as I go.
The current AC is a non ducted Colman model, probably the original unit from 1987, lol, and that's part of why I'm not sure if I want to reinstall or not - mainly just the loss of headroom in the center. I'm 5'10, and I just _barely_ squeezed under it with the original carpeting on the floor. If I insulate the floor, I'll be bending under the thing every time I pass it, and it's right in line with where I was planning on putting the stove/oven.
There's no room to push it farther up without sacrificing framing and insulation, nor is there room in the room to run ducting. Though frankly, I don't really see much of a benefit to running ducting in such a small space anyways.
I'm perfectly comfortable in temps up to 90* here in the desert with just some air flow, and I was thinking of just putting a fan in there anyways. I don't see myself camping out when it's 120 outside, so I'm leaning towards not needing AC...but then who knows what the future holds...
Oh, and the rebuild...while I would LOVE to just go buy a new one, or a slightly used one, I just don't have the cash flow for that, and I refuse to finance things other than the house. My belief was always "if I can't pay cash, I can't afford it", and that's where these old ones come in. Tons of labor and time to rebuild, but fits in the cash budget :)
