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Originally Posted by JARblue
Our old thermostat couldn't even program a separate weekend schedule 
The Nest is nice, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem of a poorly designed system. We have a two story house but the stairs are open to the living room. The upstairs is generally scalding and the downstairs is typically freezing 
I'm not sure we plan to live there long enough to justify ripping it out for a whole new dual zone system with separate upstairs and downstairs supply. I am, however, beginning to consider putting some dampers in the existing ducts to better control the airflow. The poor access to the ducts will probably make that an expensive endeavor, unfortunately. |
yah, our house is like that too and i took a good week or two to mechanically set the vent registers in each of the rooms, and was able to get it pretty balanced. i also found that if you jam a screw into the register's pivot you can make them lock in place.
i dont know in texas do you still have the registers on the ceiling? in my area we have the registers on the floors, so each frikken time i vac'ed over the registers the vent setting would all get messed up.
with my little screw trick, no more issue with vents moving.
i also adjust the intake vents using magnetic vent covers or even just a slip of papertowel taped. works great.
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Originally Posted by JARblue
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