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Where to locate a new supply vent yogieric.dev 10-04-2006
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Posted by on October 4, 2006, 3:39 pm
Trying to heat a 27'x15' room with all but one of the 27' sections
being outside walls. It currently has 2 supply registers - one on each
15' outside wall - with the return on the 27' inside wall. Obvious
place for a 3rd register (I think) is in the middle of the 27' outside
wall. But the center of that wall contains a fireplace with a 2' deep
hearth and an entertainment center. The ceiling peaks at about 11' and
I have a ceiling fan that works well to push the heat down the walls.

I could squeeze a 10"x8" vent to the left of the fireplace that would
be slightly under the current entertainment center -- but who knows how
furniture will change in the future (and moving entertainment center is
not a good option - its already too off center IMO).

I'm wondering though if I put a 14"x6" vent in front of the 2' hearth
-- will that be too inefficient -- too far from the wall? (I won't be
using the fireplace and forced-air furnace at the same time.)

Thanks,
Eric


Posted by Bubba on October 4, 2006, 4:57 pm
On 4 Oct 2006 12:39:51 -0700, yogieric.dev@gmail.com wrote:

>Trying to heat a 27'x15' room with all but one of the 27' sections
>being outside walls. It currently has 2 supply registers - one on each
>15' outside wall - with the return on the 27' inside wall. Obvious
>place for a 3rd register (I think) is in the middle of the 27' outside
>wall. But the center of that wall contains a fireplace with a 2' deep
>hearth and an entertainment center. The ceiling peaks at about 11' and
>I have a ceiling fan that works well to push the heat down the walls.
>
>I could squeeze a 10"x8" vent to the left of the fireplace that would
>be slightly under the current entertainment center -- but who knows how
>furniture will change in the future (and moving entertainment center is
>not a good option - its already too off center IMO).
>
>I'm wondering though if I put a 14"x6" vent in front of the 2' hearth
>-- will that be too inefficient -- too far from the wall? (I won't be
>using the fireplace and forced-air furnace at the same time.)
>
>Thanks,
>Eric


Im thinkin you dont have a clue and are just wasting your time, money
and breath. Id love to see your "mess" :-)
Bubba

Posted by on October 4, 2006, 5:16 pm
> Im thinkin you dont have a clue and are just wasting your time, money
> and breath. Id love to see your "mess" :-)
> Bubba

Hi Bubba. I've seen you post a lot. You're not very helpful. Newsgroups
are places for discussions -- get a clue yourself and stop insulting
people. It isn't doing anybody any favors.

FYI -- I was told by my furnace repairman to put in the ceiling fan. It
helped a lot. He also told me where to put in another duct -- but that
was 2 years ago and he suggested next to the fireplace where the
entertainment center is/was by me and previous owners. I want to know
if there is an issue with putting the vent 2 to 2 1/2 feet in front of
an outside wall instead of 6-inches from the wall in a room 15' wide.
You're right, I don't know the answer. But I'm guessing somebody here
does and can probably tell me in 2-3 sentences.

Cheers,
Eric


Posted by Mo Hoaner on October 4, 2006, 6:12 pm

>> Im thinkin you dont have a clue and are just wasting your time, money
>> and breath. Id love to see your "mess" :-)
>> Bubba
>
> Hi Bubba. I've seen you post a lot. You're not very helpful. Newsgroups
> are places for discussions -- get a clue yourself and stop insulting
> people. It isn't doing anybody any favors.
>
> FYI -- I was told by my furnace repairman to put in the ceiling fan. It
> helped a lot. He also told me where to put in another duct -- but that
> was 2 years ago and he suggested next to the fireplace where the
> entertainment center is/was by me and previous owners. I want to know
> if there is an issue with putting the vent 2 to 2 1/2 feet in front of
> an outside wall instead of 6-inches from the wall in a room 15' wide.
> You're right, I don't know the answer. But I'm guessing somebody here
> does and can probably tell me in 2-3 sentences.

Call the "furnace repairman back" for advice, or ask next time he's there
for a PM. He can see what the situation is much better than us.

Why not just put a thermostat in the room you are trying to heat. Get one of
the programmable ones with the fancy clocks - no, they don't run Linux, or
even SCO (in your case). You don't even have to worry about hooking it up to
the furnace. Just get a battery powered one, and hang it on the wall. You'll
be surprised how much difference it makes. That makes as much sense as the
other things you've tried to explain here.


>
> Cheers,
> Eric
>



Posted by hvac on October 4, 2006, 6:36 pm
Hi Mo,

Mo Hoaner wrote:
[snip]
> > FYI -- I was told by my furnace repairman to put in the ceiling fan. It
> > helped a lot. He also told me where to put in another duct -- but that
> > was 2 years ago and he suggested next to the fireplace where the
> > entertainment center is/was by me and previous owners. I want to know
> > if there is an issue with putting the vent 2 to 2 1/2 feet in front of
> > an outside wall instead of 6-inches from the wall in a room 15' wide.
> > You're right, I don't know the answer. But I'm guessing somebody here
> > does and can probably tell me in 2-3 sentences.
>
> Call the "furnace repairman back" for advice, or ask next time he's there
> for a PM. He can see what the situation is much better than us.

He's retired, but I thought I'd try here first.

> Why not just put a thermostat in the room you are trying to heat. Get one of
> the programmable ones with the fancy clocks - no, they don't run Linux, or
> even SCO (in your case). You don't even have to worry about hooking it up to
> the furnace. Just get a battery powered one, and hang it on the wall. You'll
> be surprised how much difference it makes. That makes as much sense as the
> other things you've tried to explain here.

This is the main room of the house. The thermostat is in this room and
works rather well. But the current 2 vents are undersized for the size
of the room and one is next to a wall of single-pane french doors that
would be much more expensive to replace than adding a vent along one of
the other walls. (I may also increase the size of the existing 2 vents
along with the duct work, but I'd really like to add another vent and
don't understand the ramifications of locating it 2-2.5 feet from a
wall instead of the normal 4-6 inches.)

BTW, I think SCO is practically out of business, but thanks for
noticing.

Cheers,
Eric


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