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I'm no expert, but it sounds as if you have the equivalent of a vaulted ceiling. We have exactly as you described 'Shingles..Sheeting..Insulation..Ceiling' and no space in between. I'm assuming you also have a vapor barrier between the insulation and the ceiling. If the room stagnates and...

Yeah... that's pretty much what I figured since the hot air rises, you would want to draw it off at the top to keep a continuous supply of air warming the room. We have 2 returns in the ceiling, one high on the wall (cathedral ceiling) and none low down.... but in my 16 years in this house it...

Without going into a long story, we have no basement and originally the heating was just pumped into the crawl space under the floor with no ducting. From there it just floated up through grills in the floor. I guess the cold air return was located in the ceiling to encourage circulation on the...

By 'fire', did you mean the furnace burners, I guess indirectly the duct does provide combustion air to the burners. Its definitely the furnace cold air return duct, the hole is irregular in shape as though it had been broken out by force or even chewed out by an animal. Anyway, it's on the...

Well I hadn't really thought about that, even from a financial point of view, I should seal it off. Thanks for the input

I have a 60 year old house, the attic appears to be dry and free of mold. Recently while crawling around, I noticed that the cold air return duct had a large hole in it meaning that much of the furnace air is being drawn from the attic. I thought about sealing the hole, then wondered if...