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Posted by Noon-Air on June 18, 2007, 7:09 pm
>I have a 12 yr. old house, 2 stories, cheaply built. I replaced the
> air conditioner (thanks for the advice, btw, got the Trane Puron). I
> am not willing to add zones to get the upstairs to be cooler because I
> won't be in the house more than 3-4 years and I won't get the return
> on my money when I sell. I've closed off the room vents to get the
> upstairs cooler (the downstairs is great!), but there's still a lot of
> air leakage, and noise, from those vents. Can I block them with
> plastic wrap, or those magnetic covers to get more cool air upstairs?
> I have ceiling fans in a couple of the rooms, upstairs and down, and
> have run the blower non-stop but there is still a big difference in
> air temp between the 2 levels. Any other advice or should I just
> crank the downstairs to arctic in order to get the upstairs livable?
> I am going to get the AC installer back out here to see what he says
> also.
>
> Thanks,
> mcnick
>
You could have had comfort upstairs too, but you decided to cheap out and
not do the zoning, and now your not happy with your decision. Go figure.
BTW, closing the vents off is *NOT* the answer. That will cause you all
kinds of additional problems.
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