Return Air Locations 

Thanks for another very good and helpful video. As a retired 50 year veteran of the HVAC industry I have found many contractors are sorely undertrained or just unprofessional. But for the pros I offer this: Many times customers are only interested in price. This becomes a brick wall when the previous estimates never mentioned duct repairs( getting the bad hi equivalent fittings out) or duct sealing. When the professional starts talking about this, the customer shuts down thinking this is just a way to inflate the price. Helpful in many cases is the great consumer oriented literature given out by the US Government. US Dept. of energy / energy star program. The great brochures are free you so you leave the brochure with them. It’s a simple fact sheet showing how the duct system and proper installation, duct sealing all make up the real system efficiency; it’s no longer you, the profit driven contractor, saying these things are important but rather The US Dept of Energy. Credibility! I’ve seen where this third party verification of what your saying sways the customer to your side, even with the price being higher than the others. I was sealing up duct systems as an option ( extra charge ) back in the 70s after the first Arab oil embargo. Consumers need more education from professionals to make an “ informed decision” Thanks.

Great video Sgt! I served from 4-2003 to 4-2007. Two tours in Iraq.

Down in Georgia after living in Mass all my life. Cooling is not keeping up even though the units are large enough. I mentioned raising the return on the 3rd floor. (The return is on the loft floor and the peak is 13ft above that) my HVAC guy said to get higher flow filters, under cut the bedroom doors and for filtration, buy his friends stand alone water air filter. I have like 5 weeks of winter down here, I'm going to put my return as high as possible.

Brilliant. Thanks so much.

50% of my change outs in Philadelphia I propose completely changing the basement ductwork. Most of the ductwork is from legacy gravity/slow moving air flow systems.

Hey Martin This is very useful. In a double storey home which is the best location

I have been a rough-in installer in residential new construction in KCMO for nearly 20 years. Trying to move into layout and design of new construction. I've always been taught that supply and return should be opposite. If supply is high, return is low and vice versa. We have nearly even heating and cooling seasons. Should I be more concerned with the requirements of each level? Cooling more on second floors? Heating more on lower levels?

My townhome place in Florida uses mostly cold AC. There is a large floor level return air filter and grill at the bottom of the upstairs hall that feeds the ambient air directly into the AC unit and air handler. There are also ceiling return air vents in most rooms upstairs and down. Where are these vents supposed to return the air? I have seen a lot of talk about these vents but nobody bothers to say where they return the air. Appreciate you help. Rod, Vero Beach

Low return in heating only, only makes sense if you have a large soffit in walls. 3.5 inch that also has to be internally insulated riser box in a 2x4 wall dosent work going down a 8 foot wall. The ceiling would still be better with a unit in an attic.

I have two supply ducks in my home theater and realize I need to add a event to relieve the static pressure buildup - so it technically won’t be a return - but I will add a baffle box with a vent that recycles the air close to the return outside of the room. My question is this, is it OK to put The exit vent on my knee wall instead of the ceiling? I live in the south, so I definitely want heat to leave the room.

Why isnt there tech so you can have both but an actuator closes it in the middle depending on if it’s on cool or heating mode. 😂

How do you apply a down low return in California if I don't have a basement for a furnace?

Would you ever spray foam over hvac ? We did and is it dangerous

Is there a formula for an air return duct size in relation to the supply size in a small sealed room? In other words I will be supplying a room with 2- 6" ducts. What should the return air size be?

Question: I'm changing out my bi-fold louvered door (in front of hvac closet) for a single swing out louvered door; is there a code or general rule of thumb for recommended space size between the slats? I heard the thickness of a pencil is a good rule of thumb..there are no return ducts....thanks

Our Sunday school room stays hot unless we cracked the door about 2 inches if I install a 12x12 grill up high would this make a difference the room is small and we don't like leaving the door cracked due to noise. Thanks

My apartment has a fresh air vent. It's just a 10x10 return register with a duct that leads outside. It has a filter what direction should the airflow arrow point? Into the apartment or towards the ceiling? They had it facing the ceiling shouldn't it be filtering the air coming into the apartment?

If I have a return air in my wall and with no ducts leading like literally just a return vent and then you see the inside of my walls. Why? My house was built in 1988.

Dude, where the f#%$ is the vent?

My old house has the worst HVAC system

dude, you need to fix your audio sync and reupload. i'm sure your information is accurate and very helpful, but i can't watch that out of sync mess. and that background music...just unnecessary. if you're going to be a content creator, you need to know what you're doing. or hire somebody who does.