One of my clients had some water damage from replacing the upstairs AC unit. I will be recommending that the client have a water sensor alarm installed to help prevent any future damage. Would I add the recommendation to the Heating/Cooling improvements or enter it as a separate line item?
If you are installing the sensor along with a new AC unit, then you would want to include it with the Cooling improvement, because it is a necessary additional cost that impacts the SIR of the improvement. If the AC is already installed, then it is sunk cost and the new sensor doesn’t really have an SIR. In that case you would make it a separate line item, since it is more of a safety issue and doesn’t require financial analysis. Does that clarify things?