A House Divided

The hot room, cold room saga we all despise.

air flow issues

Finding balance.

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Nearly every production home ever built suffers from air balance issues. These balancing issues usually cause a lack of airflow for one room and too much air going to another room.

The Problem

As a result, one or more rooms ends up being hotter or colder than the rest.

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Unlike commercial buildings, the majority of residential structures lack balancing dampers to control airflow.

Homes are also not required to receive a certified test and air balance at the time of completion.

These factors combined with poor duct design, shoddy installations, and improper heat load allocations, inevitably culminate into comfort issues for at least a room or two; especially on the west side of the home.

The Cause

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If this hot room or cold room issue sounds like what you are experiencing, we would love to take a look at your system and see what the cause is.

Sound familiar

Sometimes the issue can easily be solved be installing manual volume dampers and other times it can be a little more involved. In these cases ductwork additions, resizing, or rerouting may be necessary.

The solution

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