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Need advise: Two rooms not getting any heat from air ducts Goadude 10-31-2006
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Posted by Goadude on October 31, 2006, 8:59 pm


Hi all:

I recently bought a 3 storey house + basement house. I have a gas
furnace in the basement for heating. On the third floor of the house
there are 4 air ducts which have hot air blowing with a good flow from
them. There is a room below this one on the second floor where there is
a air duct but no air is coming from it at all. Howeve in the other
rooms on the second floor the air s coing with a good flow from all the
vents. Similarly there is a kitchen on the first floor and there is one
vent directly below the room on the second floor where there is an air
duct but there is no air coming from the air vent. However there are
other vents on the first floor where the air is coming in properly from
the air vents.

I noticed that on the second floor, in one of the ducts (which works)
there is a string attached to something down in the duct.

My questions are:
(1) What could be the reson that there is no air coming from the one
vent on the second floor and also from the vent directly beneath it on
the first floor? Is it possible that the previous owners from whom I
bought the house installed the ducts but never connected the ducts to
some main air pipe?

(2) What is that string in the duct used for?

(3) Who do I call to fix this? A general contractor or a furnace guy or
???


Thanks,
Goadude


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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 31, 2006, 9:34 pm


> Hi all:
>
> I recently bought a 3 storey house + basement house. I have a gas
> furnace in the basement for heating. On the third floor of the house
> there are 4 air ducts which have hot air blowing with a good flow from
> them. There is a room below this one on the second floor where there is
> a air duct but no air is coming from it at all. Howeve in the other
> rooms on the second floor the air s coing with a good flow from all the
> vents. Similarly there is a kitchen on the first floor and there is one
> vent directly below the room on the second floor where there is an air
> duct but there is no air coming from the air vent. However there are
> other vents on the first floor where the air is coming in properly from
> the air vents.
>
> I noticed that on the second floor, in one of the ducts (which works)
> there is a string attached to something down in the duct.

Have you removed the grill and looked into that duct with a flashlight to
see what the string might be attached to? You might also need a mirror if
you can't get your head in there. Be sure to use one of those thingies that
keeps your glasses from falling off. :-)



Posted by Proctologically Violated©® on October 31, 2006, 9:40 pm


In my ducts, there are 3 ways to close them off
1. Dampers in main lines, which would shut off more than a few vents.
2. A damper just below the vent. gotta unscrew the grill, louvers
assembly, stick your hand down the duct, and look for a lip, pivot or some
kind of diverter in the duct, and move it to open or close the duct. Or in
between. If you have central A/C added on, you will have to do this each
season! a pita.
3. The louver, behind the grill.
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> Hi all:
>
> I recently bought a 3 storey house + basement house. I have a gas
> furnace in the basement for heating. On the third floor of the house
> there are 4 air ducts which have hot air blowing with a good flow from
> them. There is a room below this one on the second floor where there is
> a air duct but no air is coming from it at all. Howeve in the other
> rooms on the second floor the air s coing with a good flow from all the
> vents. Similarly there is a kitchen on the first floor and there is one
> vent directly below the room on the second floor where there is an air
> duct but there is no air coming from the air vent. However there are
> other vents on the first floor where the air is coming in properly from
> the air vents.
>
> I noticed that on the second floor, in one of the ducts (which works)
> there is a string attached to something down in the duct.
>
> My questions are:
> (1) What could be the reson that there is no air coming from the one
> vent on the second floor and also from the vent directly beneath it on
> the first floor? Is it possible that the previous owners from whom I
> bought the house installed the ducts but never connected the ducts to
> some main air pipe?
>
> (2) What is that string in the duct used for?
>
> (3) Who do I call to fix this? A general contractor or a furnace guy or
> ???
>
>
> Thanks,
> Goadude
>



Posted by Tony Hwang on October 31, 2006, 9:52 pm


Goadude wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> I recently bought a 3 storey house + basement house. I have a gas
> furnace in the basement for heating. On the third floor of the house
> there are 4 air ducts which have hot air blowing with a good flow from
> them. There is a room below this one on the second floor where there is
> a air duct but no air is coming from it at all. Howeve in the other
> rooms on the second floor the air s coing with a good flow from all the
> vents. Similarly there is a kitchen on the first floor and there is one
> vent directly below the room on the second floor where there is an air
> duct but there is no air coming from the air vent. However there are
> other vents on the first floor where the air is coming in properly from
> the air vents.
>
> I noticed that on the second floor, in one of the ducts (which works)
> there is a string attached to something down in the duct.
>
> My questions are:
> (1) What could be the reson that there is no air coming from the one
> vent on the second floor and also from the vent directly beneath it on
> the first floor? Is it possible that the previous owners from whom I
> bought the house installed the ducts but never connected the ducts to
> some main air pipe?
>
> (2) What is that string in the duct used for?
>
> (3) Who do I call to fix this? A general contractor or a furnace guy or
> ???
>
>
> Thanks,
> Goadude
>
Hi,
That string may be attached to a damper. Can you pull or realease it?
If it's indeed damper and it's closed, that may be the reason there is
no hot air flow in that room. I have such a set up. When one room
furthest from furnace is not getting eonough hot air, I can adjust
damper to increase or decrease air going to that room.

Posted by Goadude on November 1, 2006, 9:14 am



Thanks for your replies folks. I pulled the string (and tied it to a
screw so it remains pulled) and it seems to make no difference to the
air flow from any vent!!! Whats surprising is that there is an air vent
on the second floor in a bathroom adjacent to this room that not
getting any heat, and the air vent in that bathroom has a strong and
good air flow from the heat duct!!!

Who do I call for such probelms? A general contractor or a furnace
person?

Thanks,
Goadude

> Goadude wrote:
> > Hi all:
>
> > I recently bought a 3 storey house + basement house. I have a gas
> > furnace in the basement for heating. On the third floor of the house
> > there are 4 air ducts which have hot air blowing with a good flow from
> > them. There is a room below this one on the second floor where there is
> > a air duct but no air is coming from it at all. Howeve in the other
> > rooms on the second floor the air s coing with a good flow from all the
> > vents. Similarly there is a kitchen on the first floor and there is one
> > vent directly below the room on the second floor where there is an air
> > duct but there is no air coming from the air vent. However there are
> > other vents on the first floor where the air is coming in properly from
> > the air vents.
>
> > I noticed that on the second floor, in one of the ducts (which works)
> > there is a string attached to something down in the duct.
>
> > My questions are:
> > (1) What could be the reson that there is no air coming from the one
> > vent on the second floor and also from the vent directly beneath it on
> > the first floor? Is it possible that the previous owners from whom I
> > bought the house installed the ducts but never connected the ducts to
> > some main air pipe?
>
> > (2) What is that string in the duct used for?
>
> > (3) Who do I call to fix this? A general contractor or a furnace guy or
> > ???
>
> > Thanks,
> > GoadudeHi,
> That string may be attached to a damper. Can you pull or realease it?
> If it's indeed damper and it's closed, that may be the reason there is
> no hot air flow in that room. I have such a set up. When one room
> furthest from furnace is not getting eonough hot air, I can adjust
> damper to increase or decrease air going to that room.- Hide quoted text --
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