OK, I live in a 1-story, 3 bedroom house. Now the two bedrooms at the north side of house stay amazingly cool but the bedroom I stay in stays very warm/hot. The bedroom I stay in in in the center of the house. Here's a breakdown of each room: 1. The North Bedroom: North Border = Outside South Border = Bathroom East Border = Northeast Bedroom West Border = Outside 1 Door, opens to the hall 1 Air vent 2. The Northeast Bedroom North Border = Outside South Border = Central (My) Bedroom East Border = Outside West Border = North Bedroom 1 Door, opens to the hall 2 Air vents 3. The Central (My) Bedroom North Border = Northeast Bedroom South Border = Kitchen East Border = Outside West Border = Hall 2 Doors, one opens to the hall and the other opens to the kitchen 1 Air vent I haven't been able to figure out what is causing my room to be so warm while the others stay cool. My vent is open so that is not it. I am contemplating moving to the North Bedroom but that would require me moving all the stuff out of that room and into my current room and vice versa as well as drilling new holes for my network cables and filling in the ones I have drilled in the other rooms. That's why I'm asking because I'm trying to avoid migrating but if all else fails then I must. So, do you guys have any clue(s)?
1) Get a temp gauge and measure the air coming out of your vent. 2) Does it get warmer while/after the stove is on?
I don't think the house is because it is probably 20+ years old but why would the other rooms stay so cool and mine not? Also, why does it matter about the stove being on? How would that affect the vent temperature?
You may have a loose duct coming to your room. Is getting the same volume of air that the cool rooms are? You need to go up in the attic and poke around, but wait for a sunny day so you get the full A/C man experience; itchy insulation sticking to your dripping sweat.
Well, if the heat being generated by the stove is warming your room, that could be an issue. The air temp from your vent could be another issue. If your vent air temp is different from the rest of the house, you may have duct issues. But if the air is the same, then look into the stove thing. The kitchen is usually the hottest place in the house, if your room is right next to the kitchen, you could be absorbing some of that heat.
It sounds kind of dumb, but your computer might be generating extra heat as well... But you should check the vent/ducts. A friend of mine said the same thing about a room in her home, and I went and looked at her ducts, and they weren't even connected, they were just lying there!
Invest in the temp gauge as suggested earlier in this thread and check the temp at all vents in the house. Where is the blower (in the attic) & the outside A/C unit for the central air system in relation to all of the bedrooms? There might be a small air filter in the kitchen (maybe in the ceiling) that could be in need of replacement. What rooms are shaded by trees and which rooms catch direct sun? Are blinds & other window coverings the same for all rooms? Is the main (most often used) entry/exit for the house in the kitchen and are the doors for the North & Northeast bedrooms kept closed more than the doors for your bedroom?
In the hall, if you are talking about the same thing I am. I don't recall seeing any place an air filter could be changed in the kitchen. All rooms catch direct sunlight. I have one tree in the yard but it's in the middle of the front yard. No. In my bedroom I have blinds, then a Rockets flag, then a Rockets throw covering the window. In the Northeast room there are blinds and an ASU throw over the window. In the North room just blinds. No, the main exit/entry is not in the kitchen. The doors to the other bedrooms are kept closed but when I kept my closed it didn't help, I actually think it got worse.
Have you thought about an attic fan? Sometimes a good attic fan can do just as much for a cooling system as adding a 1/2 ton of AC. Speaking of which, you may not have enough tonnage for your square footage. There is a load calculation that AC contractors use to determine the amt of tonnage needed...you may want to consult one.
Do the other rooms have the same number of vents as you do? It's possible that the duct going to your room has a hole in it, or is being stiffled somehow, so you're getting less air. Sometimes mice/rats eat through them, or they just deterierate over time. It's also possible that the duct going to your room is just smaller than the other ones. You might have 8" ducts, for example, and they might have 10" or 12" ducts. It's hard to say, but there are a lot of factors to consider.
