Adding Ductwork To Second Floor

This duct extends up to the second floor where it often lines up with an interior hallway wall.

Adding ductwork to second floor.

For example you can go through the expense and hassle of having your ductwork extended to the second floor. For 1 the furnace fan running all day with the a c on might solve some milder heat trap problems for your second floor. The reason we did it was because we wanted to sell our house. Adding heating capacity to a mini duct system simply requires adding a source of heat that can warm air to be pushed though the ductwork.

Running a duct from the first floor to the second involves creating a hole in the main duct and attaching new duct work that terminates in a floor level heat register on the second floor. Often you can collect the ceiling air through a network of flexible pipes in an attic. These pipes join together in one central location that permits you to run a duct down to the basement or a second floor closet. If you stacked registers on a single duct on second and third floors for instance all the heat would go to the second floor.

Add a small return vent duct to each room on the second floor. If you have a home that doesn t have ductwork that runs to the second floor you only have a few options to keep it cool. However this is often not worth the cost especially since there are other less costly options available. Took less than one day to install three vents and run the ductwork from the furnace in the basement through the first floor to the second floor.

We took the steps to draw. Map out your duct path to upper floors before you. Homeowners expanding their existing first floor duct work to the second floor need more space than walls typically provide so they must cut a hole in the. We just ran ductwork to our upstairs and it is so wonderful.

Adding a vent to existing ductwork is a diy job.