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Originally Posted by supadaveo
I am a professional HVAC installer and I have a few things you can try to help your situation.....
Closing the dampers in your floor registers is one good way to even up the temperature, open up where its cold, close down where its warm. Another way is to run your furnace fan 24/7, if you have a newer type furnace you wont even notice any energy consumption increases on your bill. I have owned my house for 6 years and the fan has never shut off. The third thing you need to look at is where you are losing heat in the cold areas of your house. Have a look at your blinds/curtains, keep them closed, check for drafts coming out of the wall/windows ect.
Hope this helps!
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We used to have a huge difference between our main floor and downstairs (~5 degrees cooler downstairs), until we recently installed a high efficiency furnace (our old one was ~40 years old). The furnace is a two-stage model, which means that there is a fan running about 80% of the time, and its made a huge difference in the temperature balance. So I second the fan advice, if you have a newer furnace which runs the fan on low power.
As a comparison, we had tried adjusting the heat registers etc (not aggressively with tape mind you) but it didn't do much.