Adding Return Air for Bedrooms (easy)

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Step by step adding return air for bedrooms to make your heating and cooling HVAC system efficient and comfortable year round. Thanks for watching.
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@GGlazier52 7 месяцев назад

Nice video. I would have liked to see the connection between the new duct work and the actual tie in to the main return.

@pipi7731 7 месяцев назад

Exactly. I was wondering how this return air vent tied in and how the air flowed through the filter.

@supaman881 4 месяца назад

@@pipi7731 if i'm not mistaken those look to be jump ducts. They move air from the bedroom into the hallway, where the air can more easily get to the central return.

@deborahmcc3678 2 месяца назад

Me too! Thank you for sharing

@mtbbiker6401 Месяц назад

@@supaman881 "Jump ducts". This is interesting. I wasn't aware of these but it makes sense. My 2 story house with vaulted ceilings in the Southwest has terrible duct design. It's so inefficient but I don't have any room to change it without major reconstruction.

@perezm714 Месяц назад

@@mtbbiker6401 Same here. I'm in Corona, CA with all three bedrooms upstairs. Only the master bedroom and downstairs TV room get descent air. I had an HVAC tech come inspect it and he said my return is too small for my 4 ton system but recommended adding "dampers" to the plenum that feeds all of the ducts to try and balance the air flow. Doesn't seem like the proper solution if the return is too small.

@RichyRefurbish-xj4hf 10 дней назад

Kent,You the man!

@KentSchneeveis 9 дней назад

Thanks for the kind words

@memurkamil 2 месяца назад

Thank you for this great video. Very detailed and step by step instructions.

@KentSchneeveis 2 месяца назад

glad to be of some help

@blw3169 Год назад

Nice job framing in the vent intake boots. Could have used zip ties in addition to tape on the end of the ducting. You must have a return upstairs already. I need to do something similar on a 70s vintage home which was built only with heating, no return up high so AC recently installed doesn't work as well upstairs as the hot air has no where to go. I will be jumpering (3) bedrooms and maybe a hallway together and then running down a wooden chimney chase which is only used for hot water heater exhaust now to a lower attic area where I will tie into the main return.

@reno911yo 11 месяцев назад

such a great quality install awesome job bro

@FrontyMan 9 месяцев назад

Did I miss something - the part where you attached the new ducts to the existing trunkline?

@jonasbaine3538 8 месяцев назад

That is literally only reason I clicked on video. Everything else is straightforward.

@KentSchneeveis 8 месяцев назад

I'm sorry. My part of the job was only to do what the furnace company wanted, to connect the bedrooms to the main house where the furnace intake is.

@supaman881 4 месяца назад

if i'm not mistaken those look to be jump ducts. They move air from the bedroom into the hallway, where the air can more easily get to the central return.

@bethpuch3254 Месяц назад

I have seen a lot of register boxes with the fiberglass inside. The boot in this video had no insulation inside. What is the difference between the register boxes with insulation inside them and the boxes with only the metal? My register box has the fiberglass inside of the box and it got a little moldy. Thanks

@santosecheverria6672 Месяц назад

You might want to get rid of those fiberglass boots that you have and highly recommend you replacing them with the boots that’s shown on the video. They are more efficient and the diameter of the boot where the duct connects to will give you more airflow instead of the fiberglass boots. I’m sure you have a small collar on them as well as a small duct because you can only go so big with those fiberglass boots. Also if you do get those metal boxes all you gotta do is wrap them around with an extra layer of insulation to prevent any condensation. 👍🏽

@davidserpa6738 11 месяцев назад

Should use a panduit strap at the boot to secure the duct to that boot.

@maryaguilar5523 Год назад

Where does the hose I’m adding attach to in attack

@ryanmcginnis2553 Год назад

Does it matter where to put the return duct in the bedroom? I'd hate to draw in cooler air from the ac vent, I'm not sure if there is a distance you'd want to keep it from, or better to put one near and exterior window or sliding door

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

I'm not so sure. I'll have to get back to you on that...

@wattsupwiththat1463 10 месяцев назад

Defiantly need to separate the supply and returns. Supplies are better placed near a window or exterior wall. Returns close to the wall so they draw air from the the supply when the door is closed and from the hallway when the door is open.

@rbnjr Год назад

If added returns don't go thru a mechanical filter assembly then one must be added for each return? I have UV lights at the evaporator but seems like additional filters might be needed.

@guitarfixx4652 Год назад

On this job Valley Heating uses only one filter at the furnace. And there was a permit process. The City was happy having only one filter at the furnace.

@ckookiemonster 2 месяца назад

What do you charge for installing one

@gwendolynfoster8305 4 месяца назад

Why are there no filters on your return duct vents?

@KentSchneeveis 3 месяца назад

Because the filter is already on the main intake of the furnace.

@rickavendano4762 Год назад

I need to do a similar project. All three bedroom have no return to the house. Question... can all three bedrooms be connected to one main return? All three of the bedrooms are at the end of a hallway. Hate to make a return hole for each on that hallway. Can these returns get joined together by "Y" ducts?

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

Hmm... that's a good question. If the main return was big, like 3 X the size of a regular return I bet that would work fine.

@MrCoreyCoreyCorey 11 месяцев назад

Nice job! Dumb question - when you're up there, you're just keeping your feet/knees/weight etc on the studs and reaching to where you need to work? Did you put down a plywood board or something to perch on? I need to get up there. so far have only been brave enough to peek through the cutout! Thanks!

@KentSchneeveis 11 месяцев назад

Yes, that’s true keeping my feet on the studs one must constantly be mindful. However, there was some plywood up there. It’s important to screw it down. Not a bad idea, for future maintenance workers. I made the mistake of not screwing it down, and it will slip!

@MrCoreyCoreyCorey 11 месяцев назад

@@KentSchneeveis Thanks for replying, and the note about it slipping! I appreciate it.

@OmeedNOuhadi Год назад

👏👏👏 I did not see the existing duct to tap into for the return. I might have missed it. Do all houses have a return in the attic even if the 2nd floor bedrooms do not have one?

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

Hi - Im not sure about all the details. The HVAC company installing the new heating/air conditioning system asked the home owner to add return air for the bedrooms. They were the brains on the job. I was merely doing what I was told. Ask Valley Heating... www.valleyheating.com/

@OmeedNOuhadi Год назад

@@KentSchneeveis Awesome! It's okay because I went into my attic & it was empty, no vents😅to add a return to over the room.

@Mattox1231 Год назад

Those look to be jump ducts. They move air from the bedroom into the hallway, where the air can more easily get to the central return.

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

Mike - Well said. That's exactly what these ducts are doing... Those look to be jump ducts. Moving air from the bedroom into the hallway, where the air can more easily get to the central return. Thanks for the helpful comment.

@koreymayo8884 Год назад

Can the boots be installed without adding pieces of wood? I would think the sealant would hold it plus the grill on the other side with screws would also hold it right?

@michellemajako Год назад

How did you connect it to the system though?

@guitarfixx4652 Год назад

The house IS the system.

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

Those are jump ducts. They move air from the bedrooms into the hallway, where the air can more easily get to the central return.

@Samhain2323 9 месяцев назад

Why did you decide not to show how and where to connect the other end ???

@guitarfixx4652 9 месяцев назад

I was just connecting the bedrooms to the main part of the house where the furnace is. That was the idea. So the air in the bedrooms could return to the intake of the furnace. That’s what the return air vents were all about. I hope this answers your question. 🧐

@jonasbaine3538 8 месяцев назад

Most important part that I missed was how to connect new return lines into existing ductwork.

@KentSchneeveis 8 месяцев назад

@jonasbaine3538 8 месяцев назад

@@KentSchneeveis i think what many comments are asking is did you cut open the existing return duct work going into furnace and put some kind of adapter to accept the new return airflow? your video shows where the air enters the return vent but where does it join the existing system?

@KentSchneeveis 8 месяцев назад

Valley Heating installed the new furnace onto the existing intake ducting. That didn’t change. That all stayed the same.

@jonasbaine3538 8 месяцев назад

@@KentSchneeveis Ok. Thanks.

@lilweezy110 Год назад

Why use tape use 24in nylon zip ties. Zip tie the duct and insulation on the register box.

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

Each to his or her own. For me, I trust the tape more than the zip tie.

@lilweezy110 Год назад

@@KentSchneeveis im an hvac contractor i ziptie the duct to the boot ziptie the insulation and then tape the insulation to the boot reason why i do it is the tempreature changes in an attic can cause the stickiness of the tape to lose its strength over time.

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

Noted... Good to know. Thanks @@lilweezy110

@Dontleavemedimi Год назад

Question: Are you bypassing the filter by installing those returns

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

Not sure. Valley Heating installed a new modern furnace that does air conditioning too. I just did what they told me to do. It was a team thing... and a good learning opportunity for me . But not sure about the particulars. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

@sigmapi1989 Год назад

No likely, the return air normally goes to a junction box that then goes through the filter.

@Dontleavemedimi Год назад

@@sigmapi1989 well done

@steve6903 Год назад

You never showed how or where the other end of the duct was connected into the existing system.

@lilweezy110 Год назад

I added a media filter in my house and added the duct to the media filter better airflow. More air that goes into furnace more air that gets supplied to the house.

@juelzd7172 Год назад

Video doesn’t show what the return ducts connect to. Kinda hard to see what they do 😮

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

The return air ducts connect the bedrooms to the rest of the house.

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

These are jump ducts. They move air from the bedroom into the hallway, where the air can more easily get to the central return.

@juelzd7172 Год назад

@@KentSchneeveis ok thank you for the reply. Nice work to remove the heat from the bedrooms more efficiently.

@74betty Год назад

@KentSchneeveis what's a jump duct vs a duct that doesn't go into the hallway? My hvac guy said he's going to run it from the basement where the system is and up thru the floor, into the bedroom and it will be at the top of the wall (nothing connecting to the hallway)

@KentSchneeveis Год назад

As long as it connects in the house where the main furnace is that fine.

@wattsupwiththat1463 10 месяцев назад

Is this a return or a air jump? I didn't see where you tied it into the return line.