New house is hot upstairs, HVAC duct
When we were moving into the house, we noticed that it was hot and humid up there as we lugged in beds and dressers, but figured the open doors were letting in too much summer heat.
When we first moved into our new home, we knew there were things we wanted to change. We had a modest list of renovations to accomplish in the near future, ranging from replacing the gutters to properly installing the dishwasher. There was a such a huge assortment of tasks that our heads were spinning for the first few months that we lived here. Perhaps that’s how we overlooked the god awful air quality on the top floor of the house for so long, and only discovered the underlying issue last week. You see, when we first came out and looked at the house, we realized that the top floor felt a big hot and stagnant as far as indoor air quality was concerned. Since the house was sitting vacant, we didn’t think much of it, and assumed that the AC unit wasn’t running consistently to establish a common air quality. When we were moving into the house, we noticed that it was hot and humid up there as we lugged in beds and dressers, but figured the open doors were letting in too much summer heat. For the first few months we lived here, we woke up drenched in sweat every night, but I assumed it was all the stress working its way out of my body when I finally passed out at the end of each laborious day. It wasn’t until mid-fall that we finally ran out of excuses for the poor indoor air conditions upstairs, and finally went to investigate the HVAC system. That’s the first time that we actually noticed there was an air duct completely disconnected from the air handler in the crawlspace. Surprise! Add it to the list of renovations, honey!