<div dir="ltr">you still might be able to get the best of all the above by blowing the air from high registers from a central location. depending on velocity and the width of the room, you may be able to move the air all the way across the space by means of the coanda effect (akin to laminar flow), where in turn it would prevent frosty windows and warm the exterior wall, etc.<div><br></div><div>-aa</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">Alan Abrams</span></font><b style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"><br></b><i><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">certified professional building designer, AIBD<br>certified passive house consultant, PHIUS</span></i></font><div><i><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">certified passive house builder, PHIUS</span></i><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"><font color="#666666"><i><br></i></font></span></font><font style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" size="1"><font size="2">cell </font></font><font style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" size="1"><font size="2">202-437-8583</font></font><font style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" size="1"><font size="2"><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:20 AM, RT via Greenbuilding <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br>
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As WatJohn has pointed out moving the supply air registers to the core partitions works for buildings with high-performance walls & windows and although doubling the R-value of the farmhouse walls and windows is a Good Thing, I have doubts whether the improvement will be sufficient to move the registers back to an interior partition parallel to the exterior walls.<br>
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The increased depth of the window wells will almost certainly create still air pockets at the bottom portions of the windows and that still air lingering against the R-2 or R-3 equivalent of the exterior-stormed windows (depending upon whether the original windows were single or double-glazed) can result in very serious condensation issues and possibly ice accumulation on the bottom edges of the vision glass and bottom sash & sills.<br>
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Since the existing registers will be buried by the added wall thickness, when you shorten the supply ducts to move the registers away from the new walls, it would be possible to run a smaller wide/thin duct extension from the end of the shortened duct/new end boot just beneath the interior wall finish under the window sill to a long,skinny slit-type register in the window sill that would provide enough upwards air movement against the glass surface to prevent the air against the glass from cooling down to the dew point. You'd probably want to install a damper in that duct extension so that the volume can be adjusted to minimise noise (imagine the phenomenon of a whistle).<br>
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For an old farmhouse reno, it's likely that the budget would not allow for the storebought skinny registers that are more typically used in commercial work so you might make one out of wood. Easy to do on a table saw by ripping the slots on the top face with the blade set at half depth and then cross-cutting on the backside for the remainder of the depth.<br>
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 18:29:36 -0400, <<a href="mailto:jfstraube@gmail.com" target="_blank">jfstraube@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Suffice it to say, walls with better than code insulation , good airtightness (way better than 5 ACH and usually below 3) , reasonable window areas with very good to exceptional performance do work.<br>
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with all of the ducts in a central wall cavity<br>
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From: Reuben Deumling <<a href="mailto:9watts@gmail.com" target="_blank">9watts@gmail.com</a>><br>
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I'm in the process of adding four inches to the inside of<br>
the exterior walls on a 140 year old farmhouse and blowing<br>
a ton of cellulose into those deeper cavities. There will<br>
be exterior storm windows<br>
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