I have a question about my moms house and the location of the heat registers and cold air returns. Her house doesn't really seem "balanced" as far as heat goes. It is a 2 story house that is about 70 years old with a basement and forced air heating and cooling. The house was redone by the previous home owners and I have found a lot of things wrong and think maybe the heating runs can be added to that list but I don't know much about HVAC.
There is only 3 cold air returns and they are all on the first floor. The cold air return that I assume takes care of the 2nd floor is at the bottom of the stairs on the 1st floor. All the heat registers on the 2nd floor are on the inside of the walls. The rooms on the second floor get pretty warm compared to the downstairs. I don't think the cold air return at the bottom of the stairs is pulling any of the air down from the upstairs bedrooms, think the warm air just "sits" up stairs and creates a noticable difference in temperature between the 2nd floor and 1st floor.
Does this sound right or should I start looking into running new heat ducts and cold air returns? Thanks
There is only 3 cold air returns and they are all on the first floor. The cold air return that I assume takes care of the 2nd floor is at the bottom of the stairs on the 1st floor. All the heat registers on the 2nd floor are on the inside of the walls. The rooms on the second floor get pretty warm compared to the downstairs. I don't think the cold air return at the bottom of the stairs is pulling any of the air down from the upstairs bedrooms, think the warm air just "sits" up stairs and creates a noticable difference in temperature between the 2nd floor and 1st floor.
Does this sound right or should I start looking into running new heat ducts and cold air returns? Thanks