should an air condition have an upstairs return?
purecty asked:
i had an central air and oil heat unit installed in my basement. its a 1000 square foot home. they have 2 vents on the downstairs unit, but none upstairs. shouldnt there be a return vent installed upstairs? my unit runs most of the day, someone said there should be a return upstairs. shoddy work? it takes a long time to get it from 80 down to 73? ty kindly for any help
Emilia
i had an central air and oil heat unit installed in my basement. its a 1000 square foot home. they have 2 vents on the downstairs unit, but none upstairs. shouldnt there be a return vent installed upstairs? my unit runs most of the day, someone said there should be a return upstairs. shoddy work? it takes a long time to get it from 80 down to 73? ty kindly for any help
Emilia
February 22nd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Leigh
try a ceiling fan in the upstairs to provide you with more air circulation.
February 25th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Wanita
It sounds like you got ripped off. For the system to work properly, you need return air taken from upstairs. It is costing you a lot of money to operate the way it is now. If it was installed in that manner, there probably is a lot more wrong with the installation job. To see how it should be done, check out the hvac duct page at my source.
February 28th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Hortense
it would help alot but is not always possible to add in without opening walls or running through a closet or building a box around it in a corner. Why is the house getting to 80. Leave the stat set to the temp you want it to be when you are there.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Evette
yes it should have a return vent upstairs….and in some cases if the furnace filter is easily got to …you could have a return vent the same size as the cold air vents in every room upstairs especially in the bedrooms…that is how every system our company installs is installed, sometimes with return vents in every room except bathroom