Browse Forums Old Home Restoration / Renovation Re: Suspended ceilings 6Jan 24, 2023 12:18 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Suspended ceilings 8Jan 24, 2023 11:00 am Neosdad Hi Chippy, Is the main duct that ran from up stairs to downstairs larger? Then the ducts that branched out to linear diffusers are smaller? Is that how it works? Or are all the ducting circumference the same size throughout? chippy Depending on what the ceiling heights are down stairs sometimes you can get away with dropped ceilings or bulkheads in certain areas that are capable of taking the AC ducting and then just a very small drop for the areas that only need the electrical work. Our previous house had the main AC duct run down from up stairs into a dropped ceiling in the laundry. It then branched to a bulkhead in the theatre room another outlet in the void and another through a dropped ceiling over the kitchen to the family room. The slab/ceiling was 2750 throughout the remainder but the laundry and kitchen had false ceilings at 2400 in order to run the ducting. All those outlets were linear diffusers out the side of bulkheads. That's correct. The fan coil unit that sits in the roof normally has 2 or 3 outlets. These are larger ducts that then get get split into smaller ducts for individual zones. We had one large duct that ran down through a AC duct to the ground floor and then split into 3 smaller ducts that went to the 3 separate zones. Our ground floor was largely open plan except the theatre room, so essentially we had 1 zone for that and 2 for the downstairs. The outlet in the void/entry was a constant if I remember correctly whereas the theatre and living were on zones. If you take your plans to an AC installer they can tell you what would be a good plan of attack. How big is the downstairs and is it open plan or separate rooms? Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 29821 How are you doing Ben? Extremely interested in hearing what you are doing or plan to do! 12 15195 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 40030 |