7 Ways to Solve Uneven Temperatures Inside Your Home
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- Is your upstairs too hot? Is there a drastic difference between floors? Are you having trouble sleeping? You’re probably suffering from uneven temperatures, and in this video, we’ll go over the causes and how to fix it.
0:00 Introduction
1:06 What can cause uneven temperatures inside a home?
3:27 7 ways to solve uneven temperatures inside your home?
6:44 What are the next steps?
Uneven temperatures are one of many comfort concerns many customers have expressed. If you live in a two-story home, you’ve likely experienced it. The lower level will be comfortable in the summer, but the upper level is hot and muggy. And in the winter, it’s the opposite. This has to do with how thermodynamics work and how heat rises and cool air falls. In this video, we’ll go over the reasons that can cause uneven temperatures and seven ways to fix them. By the end of this video, we hope you’ll have a better idea of how to solve uneven temperatures and be on the path to better indoor comfort.
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You have given me much more information than the 3 companies I have paid to solve the problem. All they are interested in is selling a new unit. When I explain this problem they reply, I don't know unless you got a new AC unit. I wish you had an office in the Birmingham, AL area. Great video!
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Great information
Great video! Thanks for all the information. I'm tired of keeping the fan on full blast just to fall asleep during the summer. Bedroom is above a garage
What an awsm video this is. Dude is so nice and gives tons of good info. Thks for taking the time to make this and post it. I appreciate it very much 👍👍
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Thanks for the great information. I have a basement that is freezing year round. I don't know the solution for that. The AC blows really cold air into the basement and the warm air in the winter never seems to be enough.
Correct ductwork will solve it
My master bedroom is the problem area. It is close to the garage, which as you said could explain why I have this problem. Another issue a friend of mine told me, is that there is only a very narrow gap under the door of this bedroom, about 1/2 inch. He said that when he was in the home building business, they would make sure there was 1-1/2 inch gap, to allow for more air circulation. So I’m going to try increasing that and see if it helps.
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You solved my problem.
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I have a 3 story town home. the 3rd floor is 15 degrees warmer in the Summer and 15 degrees colder in the winter that the 2nd floor and 17 degree different than the finished basement. The 3rd floor doesn't get enough air to blow out a match and not enough air to feel from any of the vents. The dampers have been checked the returns have been checked and the insulation has been checked and inspected. We replaced the system about 8 years ago and have it inspected every winter and Summer. We investigated having zoning installed and even contracted to have a company update our system to put in electronic dampers. But that very bin=g supposedly reputable company never bothered to show up to do the install. Since then We have been told by other companies that we need to just accept the temp differences and that's the way it is. we have a 3,000 sq ft town home with 3 floors and a 3 ton Carrier system. during the summer and winter the 3rd floor ( where the bedrooms are its miserable) at least in the winter we can add blankets but all summer long its a sweat box. Am I wrong in thinking there MUST be a solution?
What about a cabin with a large main floor and an open loft? There’s no attic. With the open loft, would a cold air return still be necessary? I’m definitely going to try modifying the dampers. I’ve heard that vent boosters don’t work…I’d like to hear your thoughts on them. Thanks
Hot air rises, start with ceiling fans
@@fireiceheatingandaircondit4363 we have 3 going literally 24/7, which does make a HUGE difference!
Thanks for the video. I purchased a 2600sqft home, built 2006, with 2 zones (2 huge compressors outside and 2 giant handlers in attic). In one zone 2 rooms get way less cool, while other is freezing cold. Can I have dampers installed in attic duct work or are they most likely already there? Do people just have manual dampers so they can adjust them in the attic? Are dampers only on the conditioned air ducts, not return air ducts?
Also, separately is it possible to switch to return air filter grills from the filters in the handlers if the return ducts are already have years of dust, or is it too late?
And finally, one handler motor has died 4 times in 5 years, (all under Lennox partial warranty), is it possible the return air ducts are too small so motor struggles pull air in? When my Ac comes on, all my return air vents sound like a wind tunnel but air coming back out I can’t hear.
You just asked a lot of questions I could not begin to answer with out sizing your system and ductwork in person. Improper airflow can cause a myriad of issues. I recommend you get a good ductwork guy out there to look at it. An expert, not just a service tech.
How do I find a good ductwork person as every add is for servicing? Any questions I could ask to test their knowledge?
I notice I’ve got big rectangular boxes where the ductwork splits? Would those have dampers in them? I see no levers.
Look for local sheet metal union possibly
Or just a guy who’s been in the industry 25 years
Could you address houses like mine where there is no basement and the furnace is on the top floor for fema reg and in the winter the bottom ground floors are getting cool air blown in while the top floor is obviously hot as heck.
How to balance the air when furnace is on the top floor and there is no attic?
Without seeing your house, the best I can do for you is to say to run the fan on continuously
I leave in Orlando, fl I got a house 🏠 2200 sqf and the unit that I have is 2.5 tones, brand new house not even 1 year old and since day one it never, never and ever reached temperature it keeps running and running and none stop also a got solar panels and I’m paying over 200 dollars every months on electricity and I been doing some research and supposedly my house needs a bigger unit 4 tones. Let me know if you can help me with this issue. Thank you and increíble video.
We cannot help you as we are in Columbus Ohio. 2.5 tons seems small for a 2200 sq ft home
I live in a condo on 2nd floor and my master bedroom temperature is not as cool as the rest of the house. Air is coming out of the vents. I have a vent in the bedroom the closest and bathroom. The attic access is in my closet and insulation looks good. The ac was just serviced when i bought the place last November. Any advice you can give? Thanks
It’s an airflow issue. Condos are known for this. A room by room load calculation needs to be done to assess needed siz duct work for each room
Great company name!
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Can you recommend any contractor can check, suggest and actually do a good job in NJ?
I’m sorry we have no connections there. Start with an A rating on BBB and read recent reviews.
My bedroom has a flat roof and is next to the garage. The air return never worked. Do I find a different bedroom in the winter?
You need proper airflow in a room for it to be heated and cooled properly
@@fireiceheatingandaircondit4363I'll search for someone to do that!
I currently have two air returns in the hallways. I plan on getting returns in all the bedrooms. If someone vapes in one of the rooms with the door closed will having a return air in the room make it better or worse?
Gaping in a room with a return means everyone is vaping in the whole house
@fireiceheatingandaircondit4363
Thank you! How about if I place a return with a damper at the return grill? This is to keep it closed and reopen until I get the vaper to vape outside?
Dampers are not sealed, would not change the odor
@fireiceheatingandaircondit4363
Thank you, I may use a vent cover on the return only in that room for now until the person leaves. I have 5 more returns, so it won't be an issue.
I have two vents in my bedroom both on the wall one top one below is should one should be shut off another one on
One is a supply (breathe out), one is a return (breathe in)
Should the duct for upstairs and downstairs be closed
Should you close all your ducts? Is that your question? No
I have one room that is always hotter than the rest of the house….. should I have the duct size changed
This is good information 🎉
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Help… all my ceiling ac vents seem to work well except one upstairs bedroom does not have much air flow coming out?
May have to rebalance the dampers if you have them
Our bungalow house has one additional return air duck between two rooms, but when I check the attic, it wasn't connected to the main. That's why the rooms are not getting cool enough.
That's called a jumper duct, it's to prevent pressure buildup on one side to keep air flowing through the house (good thing). Problem is that the jump duct might not be well insulated so it's undoing the work your HVAC system is doing as the conditioned air passed through the attic space.
@@kentaltobelli1840 Thank you for answering a question that has puzzled me for a long time! Your response really helped clear things up.
@@kentaltobelli1840 Is there something I can do myself to correct the issue?
The reason most of the time that an A/C is underpowered is because the area to be cooled needs to be measured in cubic foot and not square foot. There is a big difference in a house with 12 feet ceilings and one with 10 or 9 foot ceilings.
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Not entirely true, equipment needs to be sized based on a Manual J load calculation. This will take into account the volume like you mentioned, but also things like South facing exposures, insulation values, and appliances that generate heat to name a few.