We’ve all experienced it at some point in either our own homes, our parents’ home, or even our friends’ place: that one room that’s way colder than the others.
While most of the time the temperature difference isn’t so drastic that an extra sweater or electric blanket wouldn’t be sufficient, sometimes there are rooms that are so unbearably cold you need to call in an expert. In this week’s Facebook Live video, Keven and our dispatcher, Val, discuss why this might be.
Many people’s first thought is that their furnace might be too small for the home, and that’s why a certain room isn’t getting enough heat. But, as Keven mentions, this is often not the case. While the heat distribution in your home does, in part, rely on a properly sized furnace, the issue that is commonly associated with this is how the ducting is run in the house. Sometimes there aren’t enough ducts run to certain rooms of the house, sometimes ducts are so far away from the furnace that they get too little airflow, and sometimes there are dampers closing off airflow to a duct.
The good news is that oftentimes these ducting errors can be fixed. Whether that be by adding additional ducting runs in the home or checking dampers, most applications can be improved.
If you’re ever in need of adding additional vents to your home, give Acclaimed! Heating, Cooling & Furnace Cleaning a call for a quote!