Hi all,
My new house has 2 stories and 1 thermostat per floor and there's only 1 outdoor unit, so, I assume the air conditioning for first and second floor is handled by 1 single unit. The house already has ductworks. I want to zone my house like so :
My new house has 2 stories and 1 thermostat per floor and there's only 1 outdoor unit, so, I assume the air conditioning for first and second floor is handled by 1 single unit. The house already has ductworks. I want to zone my house like so :
- Floor 1
- Zone 1 : master bedroom and the bathroom attached to it, thermostat will be in the bedroom. 1 vent in bedroom and 1 vent in bathroom
- Zone 2 : study room -> 1 vent
- Zone 3 : family room + dining room + kitchen (open space without partition) around 4-5 vents
- Floor 2
- Zone 4 : bedroom 2 -> 1 vent
- Zone 5 : bedroom 3 -> 1 vent
- Zone 6 : bedroom 4 -> 1 vent
- Zone 7 : bathroom 2 -> 1 vent
- Zone 8 : game room -> 2 vents
- Assuming the HVAC is 2-speed and I want it to become variable speed, do I only need to replace the blower motor without needing to change anything else?
- I just need to put wireless dampers in each branchings in the ductworks and we'll have "zones" already?
- Once blower motor has been upgraded, I dont need to worry about static pressure (return vent) since blower can now adjust the power so if out of 8 zones, only 1 zone is requesting conditioned air, the blower will lower the power, therefore, no significant increase in static pressure
- For now, I cant do heating in 1 zone and cooling in other zone, this would be impossible unless you have 2 ducts for each zone, one for heating and one for cooling. Is this correct?
