Search results

House Repair Talk

Help Support House Repair Talk:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. R

    Cold Air Return Question

    Nope, there's no timer or damper. To install this they simply closed off a floor joist until they reached an exterior wall, then they drilled through the exterior wall and put the diffuser vent in so it feeds into the cold air return space (joist). So if want damper control I'll have to tear...
  2. R

    Broken Door Knob with No Access!

    Here's a real low tech solution but it only works if you have a decent gap between the door and frame. I've used two sharp objects on the actual latch where it goes in the strike plate. You simply use one object to slide the latch back into the door, the hold so the latch doesn't spring back...
  3. R

    Cold Air Return Question

    Hey all, thanks for the replies and advice. I've blocked this inlet (but it's easy enough to open it again), we'll see what happens from here. I used a probe to take the temparature at the supply register closest to the furnace, while the outside vent was open the supply was at 98 degrees...
  4. R

    Cold Air Return Question

    One thing I forgot to mention is that this a 125 year old, 2500 sqft home that has new windows and such, but I'd hardly call it "tight". TripleD - My problem is the opposite of musty and moldy. I have to run a humidifier in the winter or else my indoor humidity stays around 20% during the...
  5. R

    Cold Air Return Question

    Hello, I've read through some of the threads on this forum and it looks like there are a lot of knowledgable people who read these posts. I'm hoping that someone can take a look at my issue and give me their opinion. Here we go: I've got a 95% efficiency propane forced air furnace...
Back
Top