OT - Any HVAC Types around?, Vents, point which way? Options

[DuckRyder]

O.K. heres the question:

In my house all of the vent louvres point toward an outside wall (and they are all near a wall) as a result, it usually feels real warm by the wall and real not warm in the room.

Is there a proper way to determine which way a vent points, and what is it.

(I'm talking about the downstairs, and the vents are in the roof, I don't ever go upstairs and there isn't any bitching from up there, so it must not need fidling with)

Thanks in advance for any enlightenment. [wheres the blanket smilie?]

[SpecialK]

QUOTE (DuckRyder @ Feb 1 2005, 06:47 PM)

The heat exchanger for the downstairs unit sits in the upstairs closet, it draws its air from a vent in the kitchen ceiling. The roof is a high slope and the ducting runs in the eves created by the upstairs rooms (does that make sense) the vents are in the ceiling along the two long walls.

Great set up for cooling (drawing the hot air off of the ceiling), not so good for heating (same reason it's good for cooling).

Sounds like you need to figure out some way to get a return air duct down low to suck up some of that cooler air at floor level.

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