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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Whoops sorry, should have linked it to the original quote better. IFH can sometimes give rise to hotter than desired units in the summer due to natural convection (although it's great in the winter). My old concrete condo had IFH, and I was on the 4/th / 7 floor between two end units.
It was ALWAYS hot in there (at least 24-28), and no fiddling with the thermostat did anything. Condo mananagement had the zone valve replaced many times but unfortunately, being in the middle + natural convection turned the place into a sauna.
I did find ways to make it better however - IFH units typically don't have air vents in the unit itself - the main hallway is pressurized with makeup air and it flows into the unit around the door (so don't seal your door with add on weatherstrpping like some people do - you'll get no fresh air!!). The key is to promote air circulation with the outside to make up for this when it gets hot. TurboAire circulation fans did the trick for me + some discrete window to dissapate the greenhouse effect during June-Aug.
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Ahhh, I see. Luckily my system is fully independent and I crank my hot water tank way down for summer, just hot enough to get one shower out of it. I have noticed a hot tile here and there though when I didn't expect it. I do pretty much what you do, open a back window and open a front window and I can always cool it off by the next morning at least.