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Posted by on June 18, 2007, 10:48 pm
> mc9874@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >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
>
>
> Increase the size of the supply air ducts feeding the second floor and
> install a 2nd floor return air grill, preferrably near the ceiling.
>
> Closing off grills is not the answer, unless of course you have duct
> work that automatically upsizes itself as more grills are closed off.
That's not why it's called 'flex'? :-)
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