Tim,
My sister and her husband are building a new house and she is worried about the location of the heat registers and cold air returns. In the great room, which is 20 X 20 feet with 14 foot ceilings, there are 2 heat registers next to a 20 foot wide wall of windows, and the cold air return is outside the great room(in the foyer)at the 9 foot level. She is understandably worried about the heat not making it down to the floor and heating thoroughly. What do you have to say about these locations? Thank You,
Sandra
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Sandra,
It sounds as if lots of things are being done right. Supply ducts should be on exterior walls and return ducts located on opposite interior walls so the conditioned air moves across the room.
I would prefer to have supply ducts in the floor so the heat does rise across my body on its way to the return registers.
Tim Carter
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