This is a second story bedroom. HVAC comes from the basement. The
floor of this bedroom is wood and is not insulated. Beneath this room
is a small dining room adjacent to the kitchen. Two registers are on
the floor, underneath 2 of the 3 windows. Think of 1/4 of an octangon
(3 sides), and that gives you an idea of the windows along the outside
walls of the room.

The vaulted ceiling was constructed with standard 2 x 6s with firring
strips to allow for more insulation. The room orignally was not to
have a vaulted ceiling. This is why there is no more insulation in the
ceiling. There is a ridge vent running along the roof above the room.

Thanks.

"3GCPO" wrote in message ...
"Paul" wrote in message
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I have a 200 sq ft second story vaulted ceiling room. The ceiling is
the roof. I think there's R19 fiberglass insulation above the drywall
ceiling. The walls are 6" with maybe R29 insulation.


That is backwards
should be R-19 in 2x6 walls
and double R-30 in ceiling,
one row inbetween the ceiling joists
and the 2nd row perpendicular to the 1st.



There are 3 large
windows that make up about 2/3 the wall volume on walls facing East,
South-East, and South. The windows have a low E film, and wood blinds.

I have excellent AC going to the room with the use of zoning. However,
the room still requires a great deal of AC to keep it at 78 degrees
during the day. Even at night when the temperature drops to the mid to
high 60s, the morning temp of this room will be 77 degrees (no AC).
The other upstairs rooms in the house will be around 75 degrees in the
early morning. If there wasn't enough insulation in the walls and
ceiling, wouldn't this room be much colder in the morning?


is the floor insulated????????????????????/



I think I've done everything imaginable to improve the cooling in the
room. My next step might be to investigate the insulation in the walls
and ceiling. Would a laser infrared thermometer be a good tool to
determine hot spots caused by poor insulation in the ceiling or walls?
Or is this just a waste of money? What ceiling or wall temp would be
considered excessive? I've checked around the light fixture boxes and
there is insulation. Maybe the whole problem is the large volume of
double pane glass windows relative to the size of the room.

I'm just out of ideas as to what else can be done to improve this
room. I've had several HVAC contractor look at it too, and that
resulted in zoning which works great. Thanks for any suggestions.


check for insulation in the floor!
where is the ac unit located (basement or above vaulted ceiling)?
where are the duct vents located (ceiling,walls,floor)?
answer these questions for more info.

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