[Greenbuilding] Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 67, Issue 10

[barbara deane-gillett]

go for it and harvest the ductwork savings

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On Mar 28, 2016, at 2:01 PM, greenbuilding-request at lists.bioenergylists.org wrote:

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>   1. forced air heating vent placement (Reuben Deumling)
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> From: Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Greenbuilding] forced air heating vent placement
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> There seems to be a tradition of placing these all the way out at exterior
> walls, and often under windows. Does this hark back to when windows were
> the coldest surfaces and this would--in combination with a floor vent--make
> for convective currents which could then be relied on to mix the warm air
> better?
> I'm in the process of adding four inches to the inside of the exterior
> walls on a 140 year old farmhouse and blowing a ton of cellulose into those
> deeper cavities. There will be exterior storm windows and the house overall
> should end up pretty tight and cozy even without the furnace turned on. I
> have to move some of these vents as they are too close to the existing
> wall; my temptation is to shorten the ducts, not just by a few inches but
> perhaps by a bunch. I'm curious for any thoughts or suggestions you might
> have.
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> Thanks very much.
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> Reuben
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