Thanks Joseph,
Unfortunately we cannot spend any more money on this basement and having a
new HVAC company come in will mean a lot more money. We have to have the
guys who did the work fix the work. They are willing to make the
adjustments at no charge. I cannot be ripping drywall down that was just
put up and finished. I guess I'll ad some vents off the ceiling on the main
duct and have them move the returns to the floor. Thanks for your responses
and time.

"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
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Jody wrote:
Okay, does anyone know how to fix the problem?

To fix the problem takes a professional with some experience who knows
what they are doing and does the work (math) to measure what you really
need. Clearly the one you had did not.

My only suggestion is to ask around to find a good professional as
recommended by people who have used them.

They should do a manual J and manual D computation. Somehow I doubt if
the one you had bothered, or maybe does not even know what they are.


"Goedjn" wrote in message
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Hello there,
We have a forced hot air variable speed furnace. We just had an HVAC
company
put 3 heating vents and 2 returns in our finished basement. The
basement is
about 1000 sq.ft. We have been told that our furnace should be
sufficient to
heat the basement. However, we have a very cool basement. The heat
ducts are
on the exterior wall at the floor and the returns are on the same
wall but near the ceiling. We thought the returns should be on the
floor since cold air sinks. Our HVAC guys argue that the returns
are on the top of the wall to create airflow/air pressure. Are they
correct? We no longer trust their judgement since our basement is
so cold, but they are willing to come back and make adjustments.
Where should the returns be? Also, would it help to cut additional
heat vents out of the main duct on the ceiling? What do you suggest
they do? Thanks so much for your time.

I think they did it backwards, myself. If the returns are above the
supply, then the warm air can just come out of the vents, up the
wall, and through the returns, never touching the rest of the
basement. That only works if they do *ALL* the walls, so that the
basement is in an envelope of warm air. If they can swap the
returns and supply, that's one way to fix it.

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Joseph Meehan

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