I was Googling around, thinking about ways to fix my house up, when I found a question and answer column in which the contractor who writes the answers gived the following answer to a question:
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Originally Posted by The Sound Home Consultant The traditional and best location for the hot air heating register is under a window in an outside wall. The logic here is that the warm air in the room will collect at the ceiling. As it cools against the outside wall, a convection current will start down the outside wall and along the floor from that wall to the center of the house. Many people will assume that this 'draft' is the result of air leakage from the wall or window. By placing the heat source at the coldest spot, this convection current is counteracted. |
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To me, this explains a lot of the draftiness problem in our house. All of the heat registers are centrally located. None is more than 6 feet away from the cold air return (though they are in other rooms) except for the one in the attic.
Is this a job a DIYer could do? I know it would involve cutting holes in the floor and routing ductwork, which so far is a much greater scope of project than any we have attempted so far.
If not, would this be a fairly inexpensive job to contract for, or should I start scraping change out of my couch cushions?
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