mcnauge
New Member
Hello all,
Here is my problem.
I have a 2 story house and half of it (yes the in-sun side) get warm very quickly and stays warm and the 2 rooms on the other side are always much cooler (the doors on those rooms are usually closed). So i checked out all the ducts and traced how they got from the furnace to the vent and found that in each room (1 cold air return each) that the one 5" duct was very long and when the fan is on you can feel a little but or air movement, and the other isn't connected to a duct at all, just down through the wall and then an opening in the basement...soooo the questions are:
1) Can i just connect ductwork to the hole in the basement and then to the return trunk line (this will be very hard to do as the hole it right above one of the I-beams)
OR
2) Can i cut a new vent into the wall (the 2 rooms would then be using the same duct line just on opposite sides of the wall) and then drywall over the old vent. (i don't know if a 5" duct can handle the air required for those 2 rooms). PS: i don't mind puting an inline fan booster in that duct to compensate.
Any other suggustions would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Erik
Here is my problem.
I have a 2 story house and half of it (yes the in-sun side) get warm very quickly and stays warm and the 2 rooms on the other side are always much cooler (the doors on those rooms are usually closed). So i checked out all the ducts and traced how they got from the furnace to the vent and found that in each room (1 cold air return each) that the one 5" duct was very long and when the fan is on you can feel a little but or air movement, and the other isn't connected to a duct at all, just down through the wall and then an opening in the basement...soooo the questions are:
1) Can i just connect ductwork to the hole in the basement and then to the return trunk line (this will be very hard to do as the hole it right above one of the I-beams)
OR
2) Can i cut a new vent into the wall (the 2 rooms would then be using the same duct line just on opposite sides of the wall) and then drywall over the old vent. (i don't know if a 5" duct can handle the air required for those 2 rooms). PS: i don't mind puting an inline fan booster in that duct to compensate.
Any other suggustions would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Erik