Yoheadden
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Hello All,
We have a typical 2 story New England georgian colonial style house built in 1982. We have oil heat with a very good thermopride furnace. I feel when they installed the HVAC system, they incorrectly placed the furnace on one side of the basement instead of in the middle of the house where we would get even air flow to all parts of the house. I believe they did this because at the time, the oil tank was in the ground on the side of the house. It has since been dug up and placed in the basement, next to the furnace. As a result of the placement, the room directly above the furnace gets nice a toasty. We actually have magnetic covers over top of the vents to stop excessive hot air from entering and force it down the vents. The thermostat for the first floor is in the middle of the house. So as a result, by the time the temperature in the room gets up to what the thermostat is set at, one side of the first floor is hot and the furthest part of the house, the kitchen and small laundry room are colder. It also doesn’t help that these two rooms are off of the garages and the kitchen has a vaulted ceiling instead of a normal height.
Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas how to help regulate the temperature throughout the lower level of our house more effectively?
I should mention the ductwork for the system is in the basement and we do keep any vents in the line closed.
Our current thermostat is a normal programmable one, but not a “smart” one.
I thought I have heard about smart thermostats where you can add additional plugin thermostats to additional rooms.
Thank you if you read through this and any suggestions or ideas.
We have a typical 2 story New England georgian colonial style house built in 1982. We have oil heat with a very good thermopride furnace. I feel when they installed the HVAC system, they incorrectly placed the furnace on one side of the basement instead of in the middle of the house where we would get even air flow to all parts of the house. I believe they did this because at the time, the oil tank was in the ground on the side of the house. It has since been dug up and placed in the basement, next to the furnace. As a result of the placement, the room directly above the furnace gets nice a toasty. We actually have magnetic covers over top of the vents to stop excessive hot air from entering and force it down the vents. The thermostat for the first floor is in the middle of the house. So as a result, by the time the temperature in the room gets up to what the thermostat is set at, one side of the first floor is hot and the furthest part of the house, the kitchen and small laundry room are colder. It also doesn’t help that these two rooms are off of the garages and the kitchen has a vaulted ceiling instead of a normal height.
Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas how to help regulate the temperature throughout the lower level of our house more effectively?
I should mention the ductwork for the system is in the basement and we do keep any vents in the line closed.
Our current thermostat is a normal programmable one, but not a “smart” one.
I thought I have heard about smart thermostats where you can add additional plugin thermostats to additional rooms.
Thank you if you read through this and any suggestions or ideas.