Kathy,
Yep, family run business. I had the owner himself in. I agree with you and
I told him that but he just insists he is right and we are wrong. Since
they are "the expert" he is going to believe me. I just wish I could prove
it to them somehow. I need to have them fix it so I have to be careful of
what I do and say. Thanks for looking into it for me. Everything I could
find pretty much recommended the same thing. Although other HVAC guys have
said the returns would be fine at the ceiling if I had enough heat coming
out of the vents.
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"Jody" 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.



Have you tried to speak to the owner of the company? Maybe you didn't get
to
talk to the right person and the owner doesn't even know he has an idiot
working for him. I Googled around a little and it was easy to find several
plans for ductwork and even though some of them had both floor and ceiling
supply ducts, they ALL had returns at or near the floor. Some also had
returns up high for air conditioning.