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I have one bedroom that is somewhat chillier than the rest, I have
adjusted vents to no avail. Would increasing the fan speed help, I
have a trane heat pump btw. Any ideas welcome.
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If that bedroom is on the outside of the building facing North or West, that
might
explain the cooler temperatures. Check the windows there and be sure they are
insulated enough. If you don't already have them, try adding thermopane
windows.
Check the temperature at the bedroom vents vs. the other rooms to see if there
are
loses of heat coming into the room. If that room is furthest from the heat
source, you
might try more insulation on that feed.

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I have one bedroom that is somewhat chillier than the rest, I have
adjusted vents to no avail. Would increasing the fan speed help, I
have a trane heat pump btw. Any ideas welcome.


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On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:54:21 -0500, allan wrote:

I have one bedroom that is somewhat chillier than the rest, I have
adjusted vents to no avail. Would increasing the fan speed help, I
have a trane heat pump btw. Any ideas welcome.


You could have the ductwork adjusted to take some capacity from your
warmest room and divert it to the chilly room. Are you sure you are
leaving the doors open so return air flows?


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adjusted vents to no avail. Would increasing the fan speed help, I
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Where is this room located in relation to let's say a garage, a porch,
a crawl space, etc.

Holmes-On-Homes recently did an episode about a cold room above a
garage in a fairly new home. It turned out that there were huge gaps in
the insulation between the main house and the garage allowing cold air
to get into the joist area above the garage and make the room above
extremely cold.

Considering looking for the root cause of the chill as opposed to just
pumping in more heat.


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I have one bedroom that is somewhat chillier than the rest, I have
adjusted vents to no avail. Would increasing the fan speed help, I
have a trane heat pump btw. Any ideas welcome.


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