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Originally Posted by indes
Again I appreciate the info guys! I set the HRV to 30% - the lowest setting yesterday and it seems to be helping!
I do have a follow up question about your newer houses, is your upstairs colder than your main floor? The main reason I was looking into the windows is that my upstairs is freezing! At 22.5 degrees on the main floor, my upstairs is 16-17 degrees and I have all the registers open.
I was considering hiring someone to check out the heat loss before my 1 year check up comes up in March.
Every house I've ever had is way hotter upstairs, so I'm not sure if it's a newer house thing, but both my kids have to have heaters in their rooms just to keep their rooms at 19 to sleep.
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Upstairs is colder. I run the bonus room ceiling fan on the lowest setting, I find that makes a big difference in evening out temps.
If your basement is exposed I recommend sealing all the ducts you can get to with mastic (code) or aluminum tape (NOT DUCT TAPE) - which isn't up to code but hey it's better than nothing. Builders are supposed to do this but I've seen plenty of new houses where this hasn't been done.
Also adjust your vents, your first floor bathroom probably doesn't need so much heating. Same with your basement vents.