Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Return Air Vent 21May 14, 2009 6:22 pm This is a pic of where the return air will be in our house. In the little triangle between Bed 2 and the Gallery facing up the hallway towards the play room. We will have a door across the opening between the living areas and the powder room/bedroom area. Am I going to have a problem with sucking???? (Ignore the red line.) http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u353/joles_photo/tiles1.jpg I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Return Air Vent 22May 14, 2009 9:35 pm mattwalker Nothing worse than a sucking noise in your back passage!! mattwalker Ok now it is getting to easy!!! My vent is also in my back passage and my wife thinks the door shoud be closed all the time HAHAHAHAHAAAA Matt, I did wonder if anyone would have a play with my words when I wrote them Jo I never thought about it like that with the zones. We only have to leave it a tiny bit open, and sometimes we end up closing it and we don't have or perhaps just don't notice the noise? But it is noticable particularly if the heating is going at the exact time we close the door (rather than it being on but not going at the time, if that makes sense???) I would think that to get around it you would do as Brad & Sonya have done and get two return airs. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Return Air Vent 23May 14, 2009 9:42 pm kek mattwalker Ok now it is getting to easy!!! My vent is also in my back passage and my wife thinks the door shoud be closed all the time I think your wife speaks for ALL wives, Matt. Jo, we were aware that airflow is an issue with ducted systems, which is why my other half wasn't keen for us to put a door on the hallway. Me, I'd sooner put up with a sucking noise than my middle son's constant doompa-doompa from his bass-playing. Ummm ok so if I have 2 zones and the air intake is in the zone that will be least used, that isn't a good thing? 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Return Air Vent 24May 14, 2009 9:58 pm lisanne kek mattwalker Ok now it is getting to easy!!! My vent is also in my back passage and my wife thinks the door shoud be closed all the time I think your wife speaks for ALL wives, Matt. Jo, we were aware that airflow is an issue with ducted systems, which is why my other half wasn't keen for us to put a door on the hallway. Me, I'd sooner put up with a sucking noise than my middle son's constant doompa-doompa from his bass-playing. Ummm ok so if I have 2 zones and the air intake is in the zone that will be least used, that isn't a good thing? Hmmm, this is my concern as well. Can anyone answer?? I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Return Air Vent 25May 14, 2009 10:20 pm yes but if you want to close off the least used zone then you get suck! "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Return Air Vent 26May 15, 2009 8:37 am donuts yes but if you want to close off the least used zone then you get suck! Surely a slightly open window in that section of the house would fix the problem? 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Return Air Vent 27May 15, 2009 9:11 am lisanne donuts yes but if you want to close off the least used zone then you get suck! Surely a slightly open window in that section of the house would fix the problem? It possibly would.... BTW, I think the reason return air grilles are in the ceiling in WA is because the walls are all solid. It's too hard (or at least additional expense) to add an extra cavity for the return. It's easy when the house is BV or some other cladding over a timber or steel frame. Jo, how have you zoned your heating? I might have to look into doing that as an add-on. We already have the appropriate controller.... Re: Return Air Vent 28May 15, 2009 9:25 am kek Jo, how have you zoned your heating? I might have to look into doing that as an add-on. We already have the appropriate controller.... We upgraded to the 4 star and we have the bedrooms on variable and the living areas on fixed. So the living areas can be on just on their own, but the bedrooms can only be on when the living areas are on. We could have made the bedrooms variable as well so they could run on their own for extra cost. But none of us can sleep with ducted heating on. I always wake up feeling sick if the ducted heating has been on.... so it was a waste of money for us to make the bedrooms variable because we'd never run them on their own. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Return Air Vent 29May 15, 2009 9:26 am Kek, Return air vents are normally placed in ceilings in NSW (as others have indicated). And brick internal walls are not nearly as common here as they are in WA. Wall mounted vents are even rarer in the Emerald City. Re: Return Air Vent 30May 15, 2009 12:47 pm I have two return air vents side by side, mounted in the ceiling of my bedrooms/laundry/bathroom hallway. The reason for the doubling of the vents is to reduce the noise of those vents (which are nearly always far too small for the amount of air they need to handle - add up the sizes of your output vents and then compare to your single input vent). Re: Return Air Vent 31May 15, 2009 12:49 pm rubber_noggin Return air vents are normally placed in ceilings in NSW (as others have indicated). And brick internal walls are not nearly as common here as they are in WA. Wall mounted vents are even rarer in the Emerald City. Huh. I wonder why that is then? Everyone I know has their return air vent in a wall cavity, usually in a hallway. Perhaps it's just the practice that's developed over years. How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 5947 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. Does this placement sound reasonable to you? Also, I plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room… 0 0 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. I think i plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room (mainly for entertainment so not used often),… 0 0 |