First of all, a big thank you to everyone who responded to my recent fastener thread. Michael Porter and Martin Evans figured out what fastener it was so I should be well on my way to getting the res
Hi Kai; X I can't figure out why they installed each of the register openings Looking at the picture, I think I see a register with 2 grilles aimed 180 degrees from each other, blowing parallel to th
Matt, this pic should clear it up: http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/images/duct2.jpg You're right that the register has a divided grille, each blowing 180 degrees from the other side. But you'll see in t
Hot air rises. Why is that thing in the ceiling? Not what we generally see here in Minnesota, where such vents are usually near the floor. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Eu
Phil, this obviously isn't new house construction, and a great many of the older houses in this area (South Eastern PA) do not have basements. As I said this is a 50 year old home, so the only viable
Makes perfect sense. Sorry for the regional blinders. Basement-less houses are pretty rare in these parts. I'd suggest some ceiling fans to move the air around and destratify it. To prevent wind-chil
Another region heard from, In my part of the country, houses without basements usually have the air supply ducts in the crawl space under the floor. The return ducts can be on the ceiling in the atti
Regional differences are interesting for sure. In California, the ceiling register is normal because cooling is needed more than heat. Roof mounted packaged heating/air-conditioning units are quite c
In the warmer areas where we used to live, Texas and the Southwest in general, Air Conditioning is the major deal and cool air moves down, so the ceiling is the logical place for dual purpose systems
Oddly enough, my home here in SoCA has the vents in the interior walls, with short vertical ducts inside the walls to the attic. Was never equipped with central A/C, and of course for best heat dist
Kai Man, I don't know where in SE PA you live, but I've never been in a house in this area that _didn't_ have a basement unless it was a manufactured house. I've lived all over the PA turnpike NE ext
Kai Man, I don't know where in SE PA you live, but I can't remeber ever beeing in a house in this area that _didn't_ have a basement unless it was a manufactured house. I've lived all over the PA tur
Well you missed quite a bit then :P There are TONS of twenty to fifty year old developments produced by Levitt and other mass builders of the 50s/60s/70s. Same deal on some of the older developments
Do you read "Zippy the Pinhead"? Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ ht
I consider the Levitts and their ilk to be manufactured housing. Collector's item :>) /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listin