Thank you for this! My daughter has sounds that she can't tolerate and one is air whistling through her heater vent. We live in Colorado and need the heat. This will make the whole family happy!
I wanted to make a separate comment to update you on the situation. The whole time, there were two vents across my room that were open, and after closing them shut, all the good old cool air is finally coming to my room, and it also turns out that one of the furnaces was outputting too much, thus describing why my room got so hot every time my parents turned on the heat during the winter. Even with the cool air made priority, I still had to use a makeshift open door/fan solution until now! I do know though that if I ever need to force-close any vent that won't close via normal methods that I also have the close off with a good thick block of wood the same size as the vents! I'm glad I found your video when I did, and I just want to thank you for putting this simple, effective solution out there!
When asked about closing up a vent the HVAC guy removed the vent cover, took rolled up duct insulation and stuffed it as far up the duct as possible so it blocked the air flow at the start of the splitting duct and not at the register itself. This way the air wasn't getting trapped at the vent but instead continued down the stack duct.
glad i watched this. my heat lover roommate and me dont get along when it comes to sharing the ac and heat. i also have 4 fur buds with lots of fur and they get hot easily. just got my own portable ac and his turning the heat on overpowers my ac. i think this should solve that problem, thankyou!
Really good! Thanks for your detailed explanation and performance! I have Anthorize rheumatism， don’t want cold air , even closed but cold air still squeeze in , this Vedio gave the good idea!
Well - I love you too. What you'll find when you do this is: the air will blow harder through the other vents in the other rooms, which will heat them much, much faster and you will save more money than you thought. Glad I could help. Cheers.
Just wantedto say thanks. Trying to block off smoke from neeighboring apt. Some people hate rules. I did try tape & cardboard 😂 But in my defense a 65 yr old female. Anxxios to see how might work with smoke or think vape is what the kids use. Thanks again.
I want some of what he’s smokin’. But seriously, you can accomplish the same results using good heavy quality clear Gorilla packing tape. Take the vent out, takes about 3 strips of tape from the back side. I also put one sided sticky foam tape around the inside edges as well. Screw the vent back in place. Been good for 5 plus years. Good luck!
Easy to install and doesn’t take up a whole lot of space. Keeps my apartment ice cold in the summer.Also cuts the power bill in half compared to running the in house unit.
I tried closing mine it blue the vent out of the wall. Finally, I shoved a round piece of roller foam ( yes, like for sore back etc) with the same diameter down into the circular tubing. This is all going into a sun room. This summer I may pull up som floor and remove that vent altogether or even redirect it into the house.
Your vents either aren't anchored right or you're getting way to much air-pressure going into one room. Closing off a room will result in more air pressure in the rest of the rooms, which mean you can turn it down and use less energy.
So I'm guessing that you pinched the cloth in place with the shell of the vent? If that's right then all I can say is.... whatever works but I wouldn't do this on a gas or wood furnace. You'll definitely get more pressure reaching the open vents but that pressure will also cool or heat the rest of the house faster, which will save you serious money on your AC and/or heating bills. Peace
@@JohnDisque I need to block a heating vent for a Christmas tree, we have a gas furnace but we also have about 30 registers through the house (4700 sqft), do I really need to worry about blocking off one vent?
@@JohnDisque yeah my AC takes FOREVER to cool down the house and the front part of the house has a lot of windows and vaulted ceiling. With energy cost these days.
Just cut out a plastic backing, like a garbage bag or something, cut around the edges and stick it back in. Perfect and invisible seal with way less work and trouble.
Praxia really? plastic wont melt with the heater on? i got some damn crazy neighbours downstairs that got the heater blasting 24/7 and its summer right now so im looking to close off my vents so heat isint getting in here
There are 2 heater vents in my remodeled manufactured living room. After I saw your video on not covering or closing vents, I moved my sofa forward to allow that vent to be opened. I had a deflector on it but it wasn't really helping much. The main problem is my electric fireplace/tv stand sits directly atop the other one. I can't pull it forward or move it to either side, so I closed it and put a magnetic cover over it. I'm still very stressed about it. All the heater vents in our home are open and not blocked. Can you tell me if this was a good solution or if I should see about replacing this fireplace/tv stand? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you
I'm a little confused by your question. This video is about blocking the vents in unused rooms. You can reroute the duct and put the vent anywhere you want but then you're going to have to patch the floor and it's often a lot of work.
@@JohnDisque I’m so sorry, I get a little wordy sometimes. I was just worried because I had to close off one vent. I’ve seen your other video and that is probably where I should have put the question. I’ve been worried about how to properly close the vent under the tv stand/electric fireplace. I’m afraid I don’t have money to change and reroute the location of the vent 😞
I use the bubble wrap you get in packages or you could buy it . Just cut it a few inches larger than vent take vent out and put it behind and put back in such that some hangs out around the edges. As good a seal as you will ever get and actually insulates some to to reduce condensation potential. Remember though if there is no air flow there is no reason for condensation to occur.
@@teekay1785 Thanks, I was worried about sound and leaks. I've tried cardboard, thick magnetic vent covers bought from Amazon, nothing worked for me! but i was not openeing the vents. i was just covering from outside. This time I wanna try something that really works. That's why I'm concerned. I was planning to shop for foamboard insulation until i saw your comment about the bubble wrap! I do have them at home, never thought about using them!
@@seekfactsnotfiction9056 try it you will like it. Just let it hang out around the edges and push vent down firmly first. You can trim edges back later if you like the results.
Again if I tried to do that , it would blow it out of the wall. It has no screw holes. I think just remove those vents. Personally, I’m getting tired of central AC N HEAT. I wish they could just send new pipe through the old pipe. After a while, all the years of dust just kind of gross me out. Is there an easy way to replace some pipe? Previous owners or just old venting; the ducts just don’t ever seem clean.
Yeah --- the amount of dust in a heating/air vents and channels makes me wonder why we're all not sick. I don't know.... You're going to have to contact and expert on this but I wish I could help.
I have a split level and keeping the upstairs comfortable is impossible. I'm looking into doing something like this, but I read something about it affecting 'static pressure'. Is this something I'd need to worry about? My house was built in the 60s, the hvac unit in in the crawlspace beneath the mid-level, there are several supply vents on the mid-level that I can pick from to close off and a couple in the basement too. The upstairs bedrooms only have 1 vent each, was hoping closing off vents would increase flow to these rooms? Might be important to note that there are return registers in every room too, and the filter is located in the crawlspace on the unit. Thanks!
No... You have no worries. Some people just like to talk and heat-and-air guys hate videos like this because they can't charge people $4,500 to do things their way. Peace
@@JohnDisque Thanks John!! If I do this, will it push air harder/better into the upstairs, or will the hvac just run longer until house is equal temp? (thermostat is on the mid-level).. comfort is what I'm after here, but doubling my power bill and wearing down my hvac is a concern. I did just blow in both attics with cellulose, but can hardly tell a difference 😑
@@jeffswanson-go I’m wondering if you ever tried this? I’m having the same issue. I can see the vents upstairs are coming from the same source as the ones downstairs so theres hardly any air coming upstairs. Im looking for a simple fix since my landlord is really slow at responding, and I think this makes sense for my situation.
@@seaneejackson3449 So I went into my crawlspace to see which vents were fed from where and closed off 3 vents in the mid level that were on their own hose. I also closed off 1 of the 2 vents in the downstairs/basement. The result was dang near perfect, all levels close to the same temp. But with the thermostat being on the mid level, and less air being blown into the mid level, the unit had to run more often & longer to keep the temp. It's been pretty hot these past couple weeks, I had 2-3 days where it ran 9-10hrs. So I opened up 1 of the vents on the mid level that I had closed and it has seemed to help, but the trade off is less air upstairs (but still better than before). I'm going to try and close off the 2nd vent downstairs and hoping that the basement is halfway underground that it won't vary too much. Also one of the vents in the mid level is a double, the duct has a vent on both sides blowing into the living room and the other side into the kitchen. I'm going to try and close off the kitchen side somehow, but it's in the wall... I'm using 2in foam board and foil tape. Sorry for the long read, hope this helps
I'm in a similar predicament. All the rooms end up getting different amounts of heat in my house (this is not a super old home but old enough to be full of issues). One room is always freezing, one is okay and the other is a good 5°f to 8°f + higher than any other room. Just "turning down the heat" to save money would freeze the other bedrooms (and they are already pretty cold in order to compromise with me boiling).
@@delia_watercolors I just measure square footage of the house and it have 1762 not 1500. When I moved in, inspector told me to shut the garage because it cannot be heated with the same system as the rest of the house from safety perspective. I have Recreation room with chimney, laundry, boiler room and one bathroom on the lowest lever. Huge living room with kitchen on the middle and 3 bedrooms + bathroom on top. I shut heating in boiler, laundry room which is directly below my hot bedroom and I shut heat in that bedroom as well and open heating in 2,5 car garage so the unit can breath. The garage is also built into the house. Screw the inspector lol
I like your idea of putting a piece of wood in the vent to block it That first cut you made on the wood could be done really fast and really accurately using a left-handed circular saw. A lot of people are idiots so size are made so that the blade faces away from you. Unfortunately, if you can't see what you're doing, you can't do it well. Almost all professionals are going to use a saw where they can look and see the blade without having to look over the top and around behind. Plus when the blade is facing you, you can grab at the front of this saw base plate and move down The piece of wood is fast as the blade will cut through it. I can cut a strip off a piece of plywood anywhere from maybe a half inch all the way up to maybe 4 in, at straight as a table saw and is fast as I can move down the line, I don't want to say running because you can't really run while cutting, but I can absolutely move as fast as the saw will cut. If the line you are trying to cut is farther in, you can use a small square that you hold with a long edge on the saw. Either way, the ticket is to hold tight and run the edge of your finger down the edge of the board. If you go too fast you will create friction and it will heat up. Anyway, I normally watch your pool videos, but I watched this one specifically because whoever had this house before me and did My basement, put way too many holes in the ventilation and the downstairs changes quick, but the upstairs doesn't have power left. I might have to try that to close off vent in order to keep the pressure up to force more to get to the second floor from the basement.
That's not how you do it, the proper way to do it is to disconnect the duct worl ru. From the trunk line and put a cap on the trunk line tap and seal it, while also taping up the end of the unused duct you ve removed from the trunkline. That's the right way
@@WhiteWakedNProud so you are suggesting that people rip drywall off so that they can get to the duct? That seems rather drastic to me if you just want to keep air from coming out of a vent, maybe if it was during a remodel I could see it
I have a hot room in the house. There is a register getting fed about three feet before it gets to the hot room register. Do you think closing it will help? And will closing it create mold like most of the other videos say?
hey if you had installed some air ducts to a temporary room how would you go about closing that hole if you were to revert back to normal? would you use duct board with some nashua foil tape? or is there another way to deal with that? any suggestions would help thanks
How can you dislodge a stuck apparatus that opens and closes the vents? A few of mine are stuck. Could I put a bit of W-D 40 on the lever? Me pushing as hard as I can with a metal object isn't working. lol
I'm considering this solution, but I heard that closing a vent can lead to damage to the AC, due to restricted airflow, or did I read a false article or two? Thanks.
These HVAC people make a lot of money by keeping people stupid and that's all I'm going to say. Plumbers don't want you fixing simple things and neither do roofers.... but believe who you want.
That's what I needed to hear. I'm not going to eat their propaganda. Gonna go to Lowe's, and get this simple thing done once and for all; I believe you 110%, thanks!! ✔️✔️💯
I got one like that but it a floor one and the thing to close the flaps is broke or something cause it really tough and I set the wood on top of that since it a floor one?
Your house must be old - In most states they stopped doing that many years ago. They can be dangerous because kids like to drop things down there and it becomes a fire-hazard. Yes - you can close off the floor-vents, if that is what you're asking...., but - make sure the wood is taped on very, very good, because you don't want it dropping down there.
thanks and well, my house is old. It was built back in 1907. We have floor vent and side vents and 6 of those rooms share a side vent each. it is a weird house. But lots of things are up to date on it like windows, duct, furnace (Just got that one), AC (Just got that one as well.) Nice security doors. Could use more wall plugs in the bedrooms though. Oh, my fuse box or whatever it might be called was already up to date when we moved in almost 11 years ago and just got another update for the ac. So, it's a good house. and the two vents we want to close off are between a couch and chair and the other is under our side table. My friend and I are always butting heads because it gets really cold downstairs where she sleeps but is okay upstairs. and the moment she turns off the ac it gets hot upstairs and decent downstairs.
You're not alone - a lot of people have this problem, so the newer companies are making units and houses that have separate thermostats so everyone can be comfortable. If you're putting the wood on the outside of the vent you''ll eventually find that the tape stops sticking because the air is continually trying to force it off. Ari conditioners also cause dampness which makes things even worse. Are your electric outlets on the floor? They used to do this too, but insurance companies would refuse to insure them until they were on the wall, and often very high on the wall so children couldn't get to them.
they're not way down on the floor but maybe a foot. Plus we don't have kids unless you count my 16 year old niece who only gets close to a plug to charge her devices. Our house's electricity to me is a crazy hookup. 11 rooms and 8 are on the switch that controls 1/3 of the houses power and the remaining 3 rooms are on the 2/3 what used to happen was that a lightbulb burn out in one of the two bedrooms that is on that 1/3 power and it would trip the circuit When we first moved in we noticed we had to get a new switch thing for that 1/3 power because it was starting to melt and it took months for us to find the right one. We have a family member who worked on such things and we had to wait about another month for him to find a day off the same day the electric company could come out. In December. By the time that day was coming close to get the furnace to kick on we had to turn a knob on the stove and that wasn't even one the same section of power control. My brother said it would arch. Finally the day we were getting it put in there wasn't even enough power to heat my mom's coffee in the microwave. It would come on but only showed the heat light and the plate turned nothing else. We took that switch out and found it was so badly melted that it was starting (But was still okay according to the electric guys.) Melt the 2/3 power switch. It still tripped the circuit when a bulb burned out or when I used to have my window ac going at the same time the downstairs window ac was going.
But we found the culpirt of the trips. Our foyer light actually smoldered a bit when the bulb burnt out and tripped the circuit. So, we (Until we can get the money to have the whole electric looked at.) put masking tape over the foyer light switch and we made sure to not put a new bulb in it.
@@JohnDisque It was a joke. He advises against using tape over and over again...then he uses masking tape at the end> I'm not affiliated with any law enforcement agency (also a joke)
@@JoeBarack-m3f I'm pretty sure you're the coppers. (The HAVAC coppers). People tape the outside of their vents and it just blows off and lands on the cat.
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Foam board will work better and much faster to work with.
Yeah --- You can use cardboard, plastic, poster-board or Styrofoam. If you have gas heat..., I wouldn't mess with it at all, because there can be sparks flying around in there and it could become a fire-hazard.
Esikia,1 I go to Home Hardware and they cut the board to whatever size I need. Maybe there's a place close to you (like Home Depot?) that will do the same
@@JohnDisque Thanks for the video. I really needed it. I was searching for some solutions to close up all vents downstairs and just leave one bedroom upstairs. I tried so many cardboards, tapes, thick plastics on top of the vent only. I didn't open. Nothing worked, the air still blowing heavy. I am trying to close all air and also reduce the annoying sound of the AC coming from inside walls, even though the central unit is on top of the roof, still there's huge annoying sound whenever the AC is on. How can we reduce the sound. It is an apartment, we complained. They've replaced, it was quiet for about 2 yrs and now back to loud sound whenever we turn it on! Any good suggestions to make very quiet and new techniques to cover those vents?
@@seekfactsnotfiction9056 If the sound is coming from the actual AC unit... it's probably a fan blade rubbing. Turn off the breaker, take the hood off, give it a spin and see what's going on.
That is what I did, 4 layers of thick fedex box cardboard, from a package delivered to me, and blue painters tape and it is awesome! Great idea overall.
@@DavidRaccah what about the sound it makes? I'm talking about the blowing pressured air hitting the card board! I tried card board on top of the vent without opening and that sound coming from the covered area made elderly sleeping in that are not to be able to sleep! Im now searching for a better solution.
Because then you'd have fiberglass very small particles flying out of your vent into you're homes air. Plus in summer it would be a soaking wet lump of insulation that will probaly mold and then you got mold spors and fiberglass in the air😅
Thank you for this! My daughter has sounds that she can't tolerate and one is air whistling through her heater vent. We live in Colorado and need the heat. This will make the whole family happy!
You're welcome. I'm glad I could help.
Have a great weekend.
I wanted to make a separate comment to update you on the situation. The whole time, there were two vents across my room that were open, and after closing them shut, all the good old cool air is finally coming to my room, and it also turns out that one of the furnaces was outputting too much, thus describing why my room got so hot every time my parents turned on the heat during the winter. Even with the cool air made priority, I still had to use a makeshift open door/fan solution until now! I do know though that if I ever need to force-close any vent that won't close via normal methods that I also have the close off with a good thick block of wood the same size as the vents! I'm glad I found your video when I did, and I just want to thank you for putting this simple, effective solution out there!
You should try foam board insulation. It’s cheaper then 1/2” ply, easy to cut and has 3-4 times the r value.
Great video. Thank you for putting this up.
Thank you Brian.
I'm glad I could help you get this behind you.
Peace
When asked about closing up a vent the HVAC guy removed the vent cover, took rolled up duct insulation and stuffed it as far up the duct as possible so it blocked the air flow at the start of the splitting duct and not at the register itself. This way the air wasn't getting trapped at the vent but instead continued down the stack duct.
glad i watched this. my heat lover roommate and me dont get along when it comes to sharing the ac and heat. i also have 4 fur buds with lots of fur and they get hot easily. just got my own portable ac and his turning the heat on overpowers my ac. i think this should solve that problem, thankyou!
People in your situation are why I made this.
Glad I could help.
Peace!
I just stuff a towel when I need to seal one off works great been doing it for years 👍🏼
Whatever works.
Peace
What about condensation ?
Just spit it out bro.
Jesus
Really good! Thanks for your detailed explanation and performance!
I have Anthorize rheumatism， don’t want cold air , even closed but cold air still squeeze in , this Vedio gave the good idea!
I just love this guy!! wow I live in an apartment and want to close off the extra bedroom for winter
for my electric bill
Well - I love you too.
What you'll find when you do this is: the air will blow harder through the other vents in the other rooms, which will heat them much, much faster and you will save more money than you thought.
Glad I could help.
Cheers.
Just wantedto say thanks. Trying to block off smoke from neeighboring apt. Some people hate rules. I did try tape & cardboard 😂 But in my defense a 65 yr old female. Anxxios to see how might work with smoke or think vape is what the kids use. Thanks again.
I want some of what he’s smokin’. But seriously, you can accomplish the same results using good heavy quality clear Gorilla packing tape. Take the vent out, takes about 3 strips of tape from the back side. I also put one sided sticky foam tape around the inside edges as well. Screw the vent back in place. Been good for 5 plus years. Good luck!
Wow - another expert watching how to videos.
You should make videos with all your vast knowledge.
Great idea, I think I’m afraid of the tape starting on fire
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I don’t even know how to say thank you I have been looking for a solution for my problems for a very long time I appreciate it
That's why I made it. I'm glad I helped you out.
Peace
Easy to install and doesn’t take up a whole lot of space. Keeps my apartment ice cold in the summer.Also cuts the power bill in half compared to running the in house unit.
I tried closing mine it blue the vent out of the wall. Finally, I shoved a round piece of roller foam ( yes, like for sore back etc) with the same diameter down into the circular tubing. This is all going into a sun room. This summer I may pull up som floor and remove that vent altogether or even redirect it into the house.
Your vents either aren't anchored right or you're getting way to much air-pressure going into one room. Closing off a room will result in more air pressure in the rest of the rooms, which mean you can turn it down and use less energy.
Great video. Thank you! That helped.
You're welcome.
Thanks! I have small closet that has a vent - no purpose- will do m this. Thanks for clear instructions- why what happens etc.
You're welcome.
Thanks for your time.
Peace
@@tmartinez1948 I was hoping someone else would chime in. I am not a specialist in real-estate and rental disputes.
Did you block the vents?
I took my vent off and covered the inside with cloth which the vent itself held in place. Worked so well I worried about pressure on the HVAC.
So I'm guessing that you pinched the cloth in place with the shell of the vent? If that's right then all I can say is.... whatever works but I wouldn't do this on a gas or wood furnace.
You'll definitely get more pressure reaching the open vents but that pressure will also cool or heat the rest of the house faster, which will save you serious money on your AC and/or heating bills.
Peace
@@JohnDisque I need to block a heating vent for a Christmas tree, we have a gas furnace but we also have about 30 registers through the house (4700 sqft), do I really need to worry about blocking off one vent?
@@JohnDisque yeah my AC takes FOREVER to cool down the house and the front part of the house has a lot of windows and vaulted ceiling. With energy cost these days.
Just cut out a plastic backing, like a garbage bag or something, cut around the edges and stick it back in. Perfect and invisible seal with way less work and trouble.
Praxia really? plastic wont melt with the heater on? i got some damn crazy neighbours downstairs that got the heater blasting 24/7 and its summer right now so im looking to close off my vents so heat isint getting in here
There are 2 heater vents in my remodeled manufactured living room. After I saw your video on not covering or closing vents, I moved my sofa forward to allow that vent to be opened. I had a deflector on it but it wasn't really helping much. The main problem is my electric fireplace/tv stand sits directly atop the other one. I can't pull it forward or move it to either side, so I closed it and put a magnetic cover over it. I'm still very stressed about it. All the heater vents in our home are open and not blocked. Can you tell me if this was a good solution or if I should see about replacing this fireplace/tv stand? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you
I'm a little confused by your question. This video is about blocking the vents in unused rooms.
You can reroute the duct and put the vent anywhere you want but then you're going to have to patch the floor and it's often a lot of work.
@@JohnDisque I’m so sorry, I get a little wordy sometimes. I was just worried because I had to close off one vent. I’ve seen your other video and that is probably where I should have put the question. I’ve been worried about how to properly close the vent under the tv stand/electric fireplace. I’m afraid I don’t have money to change and reroute the location of the vent 😞
@@lormor460 good question, I hope John answers. I wan to know too.
Your method is still going to have condensation build up in the duct and will wet the wood and cause mold buildup. Not good.
Bro your life saver..thank u
I use the bubble wrap you get in packages or you could buy it . Just cut it a few inches larger than vent take vent out and put it behind and put back in such that some hangs out around the edges. As good a seal as you will ever get and actually insulates some to to reduce condensation potential. Remember though if there is no air flow there is no reason for condensation to occur.
What about the sound of air hitting the bubble wrap? Does it not make that pressured blowing sound?
@@seekfactsnotfiction9056 no because no air leaks past to make the sound
@@teekay1785 Thanks, I was worried about sound and leaks. I've tried cardboard, thick magnetic vent covers bought from Amazon, nothing worked for me! but i was not openeing the vents. i was just covering from outside. This time I wanna try something that really works. That's why I'm concerned. I was planning to shop for foamboard insulation until i saw your comment about the bubble wrap! I do have them at home, never thought about using them!
@@seekfactsnotfiction9056 try it you will like it. Just let it hang out around the edges and push vent down firmly first. You can trim edges back later if you like the results.
Again if I tried to do that , it would blow it out of the wall. It has no screw holes. I think just remove those vents. Personally, I’m getting tired of central AC N HEAT. I wish they could just send new pipe through the old pipe. After a while, all the years of dust just kind of gross me out. Is there an easy way to replace some pipe? Previous owners or just old venting; the ducts just don’t ever seem clean.
Yeah --- the amount of dust in a heating/air vents and channels makes me wonder why we're all not sick.
I don't know.... You're going to have to contact and expert on this but I wish I could help.
There are companies that specialize in cleaning duct work.
I took my vent off and covered the inside with cloth (a cut off denim leg) which the vent itself held in place (around the edges).
I have a split level and keeping the upstairs comfortable is impossible. I'm looking into doing something like this, but I read something about it affecting 'static pressure'. Is this something I'd need to worry about? My house was built in the 60s, the hvac unit in in the crawlspace beneath the mid-level, there are several supply vents on the mid-level that I can pick from to close off and a couple in the basement too. The upstairs bedrooms only have 1 vent each, was hoping closing off vents would increase flow to these rooms? Might be important to note that there are return registers in every room too, and the filter is located in the crawlspace on the unit. Thanks!
No... You have no worries. Some people just like to talk and heat-and-air guys hate videos like this because they can't charge people $4,500 to do things their way.
Peace
@@JohnDisque Thanks John!! If I do this, will it push air harder/better into the upstairs, or will the hvac just run longer until house is equal temp? (thermostat is on the mid-level).. comfort is what I'm after here, but doubling my power bill and wearing down my hvac is a concern. I did just blow in both attics with cellulose, but can hardly tell a difference 😑
@@jeffswanson-go I’m wondering if you ever tried this? I’m having the same issue. I can see the vents upstairs are coming from the same source as the ones downstairs so theres hardly any air coming upstairs. Im looking for a simple fix since my landlord is really slow at responding, and I think this makes sense for my situation.
@@seaneejackson3449 So I went into my crawlspace to see which vents were fed from where and closed off 3 vents in the mid level that were on their own hose. I also closed off 1 of the 2 vents in the downstairs/basement. The result was dang near perfect, all levels close to the same temp. But with the thermostat being on the mid level, and less air being blown into the mid level, the unit had to run more often & longer to keep the temp. It's been pretty hot these past couple weeks, I had 2-3 days where it ran 9-10hrs. So I opened up 1 of the vents on the mid level that I had closed and it has seemed to help, but the trade off is less air upstairs (but still better than before). I'm going to try and close off the 2nd vent downstairs and hoping that the basement is halfway underground that it won't vary too much. Also one of the vents in the mid level is a double, the duct has a vent on both sides blowing into the living room and the other side into the kitchen. I'm going to try and close off the kitchen side somehow, but it's in the wall... I'm using 2in foam board and foil tape. Sorry for the long read, hope this helps
you drunk doing this video man lol
No
@@JohnDisquedon’t lie
Is it ok if I shut one of 3 bedrooms on the top level of Tri-split level 1500 sqft house ? It's hot like hell in here ?
Well turn the heat down and save some money. That's the whole point.
Cheers!
I'm in a similar predicament. All the rooms end up getting different amounts of heat in my house (this is not a super old home but old enough to be full of issues). One room is always freezing, one is okay and the other is a good 5°f to 8°f + higher than any other room. Just "turning down the heat" to save money would freeze the other bedrooms (and they are already pretty cold in order to compromise with me boiling).
@@delia_watercolors I just measure square footage of the house and it have 1762 not 1500. When I moved in, inspector told me to shut the garage because it cannot be heated with the same system as the rest of the house from safety perspective. I have Recreation room with chimney, laundry, boiler room and one bathroom on the lowest lever. Huge living room with kitchen on the middle and 3 bedrooms + bathroom on top. I shut heating in boiler, laundry room which is directly below my hot bedroom and I shut heat in that bedroom as well and open heating in 2,5 car garage so the unit can breath. The garage is also built into the house. Screw the inspector lol
I like your idea of putting a piece of wood in the vent to block it
That first cut you made on the wood could be done really fast and really accurately using a left-handed circular saw.
A lot of people are idiots so size are made so that the blade faces away from you. Unfortunately, if you can't see what you're doing, you can't do it well.
Almost all professionals are going to use a saw where they can look and see the blade without having to look over the top and around behind.
Plus when the blade is facing you, you can grab at the front of this saw base plate and move down The piece of wood is fast as the blade will cut through it.
I can cut a strip off a piece of plywood anywhere from maybe a half inch all the way up to maybe 4 in, at straight as a table saw and is fast as I can move down the line, I don't want to say running because you can't really run while cutting, but I can absolutely move as fast as the saw will cut.
If the line you are trying to cut is farther in, you can use a small square that you hold with a long edge on the saw.
Either way, the ticket is to hold tight and run the edge of your finger down the edge of the board. If you go too fast you will create friction and it will heat up.
Anyway, I normally watch your pool videos, but I watched this one specifically because whoever had this house before me and did My basement, put way too many holes in the ventilation and the downstairs changes quick, but the upstairs doesn't have power left.
I might have to try that to close off vent in order to keep the pressure up to force more to get to the second floor from the basement.
That's not how you do it, the proper way to do it is to disconnect the duct worl ru. From the trunk line and put a cap on the trunk line tap and seal it, while also taping up the end of the unused duct you ve removed from the trunkline. That's the right way
@@WhiteWakedNProud so you are suggesting that people rip drywall off so that they can get to the duct?
That seems rather drastic to me if you just want to keep air from coming out of a vent, maybe if it was during a remodel I could see it
I have a hot room in the house. There is a register getting fed about three feet before it gets to the hot room register. Do you think closing it will help? And will closing it create mold like most of the other videos say?
hey if you had installed some air ducts to a temporary room how would you go about closing that hole if you were to revert back to normal? would you use duct board with some nashua foil tape? or is there another way to deal with that? any suggestions would help thanks
How can you dislodge a stuck apparatus that opens and closes the vents? A few of mine are stuck. Could I put a bit of W-D 40 on the lever? Me pushing as hard as I can with a metal object isn't working. lol
Hi W.R.
Take the vent off and bend the metal mechanism back into the place it's supposed to be.
I'm considering this solution, but I heard that closing a vent can lead to damage to the AC, due to restricted airflow, or did I read a false article or two? Thanks.
These HVAC people make a lot of money by keeping people stupid and that's all I'm going to say. Plumbers don't want you fixing simple things and neither do roofers.... but believe who you want.
That's what I needed to hear. I'm not going to eat their propaganda. Gonna go to Lowe's, and get this simple thing done once and for all; I believe you 110%, thanks!! ✔️✔️💯
I keep hearing that too.
And the vents are made to be closed, not just to direct air up or down but CLOSED, right?
And this will also help keep me from hearing movies/music/people from other rooms via vent?
Sure.
good video just a bit concerned about useing the power tool , after consuming your alcohol
Lmao
I’m cold I want to close the vent
Why turn them on then
I got one like that but it a floor one and the thing to close the flaps is broke or something cause it really tough and I set the wood on top of that since it a floor one?
Your house must be old - In most states they stopped doing that many years ago. They can be dangerous because kids like to drop things down there and it becomes a fire-hazard.
Yes - you can close off the floor-vents, if that is what you're asking...., but - make sure the wood is taped on very, very good, because you don't want it dropping down there.
thanks and well, my house is old. It was built back in 1907. We have floor vent and side vents and 6 of those rooms share a side vent each. it is a weird house. But lots of things are up to date on it like windows, duct, furnace (Just got that one), AC (Just got that one as well.) Nice security doors. Could use more wall plugs in the bedrooms though. Oh, my fuse box or whatever it might be called was already up to date when we moved in almost 11 years ago and just got another update for the ac. So, it's a good house. and the two vents we want to close off are between a couch and chair and the other is under our side table. My friend and I are always butting heads because it gets really cold downstairs where she sleeps but is okay upstairs. and the moment she turns off the ac it gets hot upstairs and decent downstairs.
You're not alone - a lot of people have this problem, so the newer companies are making units and houses that have separate thermostats so everyone can be comfortable.
If you're putting the wood on the outside of the vent you''ll eventually find that the tape stops sticking because the air is continually trying to force it off. Ari conditioners also cause dampness which makes things even worse.
Are your electric outlets on the floor? They used to do this too, but insurance companies would refuse to insure them until they were on the wall, and often very high on the wall so children couldn't get to them.
they're not way down on the floor but maybe a foot. Plus we don't have kids unless you count my 16 year old niece who only gets close to a plug to charge her devices. Our house's electricity to me is a crazy hookup. 11 rooms and 8 are on the switch that controls 1/3 of the houses power and the remaining 3 rooms are on the 2/3 what used to happen was that a lightbulb burn out in one of the two bedrooms that is on that 1/3 power and it would trip the circuit When we first moved in we noticed we had to get a new switch thing for that 1/3 power because it was starting to melt and it took months for us to find the right one. We have a family member who worked on such things and we had to wait about another month for him to find a day off the same day the electric company could come out. In December. By the time that day was coming close to get the furnace to kick on we had to turn a knob on the stove and that wasn't even one the same section of power control. My brother said it would arch. Finally the day we were getting it put in there wasn't even enough power to heat my mom's coffee in the microwave. It would come on but only showed the heat light and the plate turned nothing else. We took that switch out and found it was so badly melted that it was starting (But was still okay according to the electric guys.) Melt the 2/3 power switch. It still tripped the circuit when a bulb burned out or when I used to have my window ac going at the same time the downstairs window ac was going.
But we found the culpirt of the trips. Our foyer light actually smoldered a bit when the bulb burnt out and tripped the circuit. So, we (Until we can get the money to have the whole electric looked at.) put masking tape over the foyer light switch and we made sure to not put a new bulb in it.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
This too won't stop the condensation around the ductwork which is my issue so its a non-starter The best solution will be to have a damper installed
What about fire hazards?
Isn’t putting a piece of wood into a heating vent.
Won’t that cause drying of the plywood and increase fire danger ?
Do you have a coal burning furnace?
No
Don't use tape.... proceeds to use masking tape after 20 minute 🤦🏻
Why not? Are you the anti tape police and expert on AC cut-offs?
@@JohnDisque It was a joke. He advises against using tape over and over again...then he uses masking tape at the end> I'm not affiliated with any law enforcement agency (also a joke)
@@JoeBarack-m3f I'm pretty sure you're the coppers. (The HAVAC coppers).
People tape the outside of their vents and it just blows off and lands on the cat.
Foam board will work better and much faster to work with.
Good Idea
Thank you
You're welcome
I want to party with this guy
Sorry - I don't swing that way.
Can I just use thick 6mil plastic. Imma woman and I don’t think I can do all that.
Yeah --- You can use cardboard, plastic, poster-board or Styrofoam.
If you have gas heat..., I wouldn't mess with it at all, because there can be sparks flying around in there and it could become a fire-hazard.
John Disque
Thanks
Esikia,1 I go to Home Hardware and they cut the board to whatever size I need. Maybe there's a place close to you (like Home Depot?) that will do the same
@@JohnDisque Thanks for the video. I really needed it. I was searching for some solutions to close up all vents downstairs and just leave one bedroom upstairs. I tried so many cardboards, tapes, thick plastics on top of the vent only. I didn't open. Nothing worked, the air still blowing heavy. I am trying to close all air and also reduce the annoying sound of the AC coming from inside walls, even though the central unit is on top of the roof, still there's huge annoying sound whenever the AC is on. How can we reduce the sound. It is an apartment, we complained. They've replaced, it was quiet for about 2 yrs and now back to loud sound whenever we turn it on! Any good suggestions to make very quiet and new techniques to cover those vents?
@@seekfactsnotfiction9056 If the sound is coming from the actual AC unit... it's probably a fan blade rubbing. Turn off the breaker, take the hood off, give it a spin and see what's going on.
Mines going up from floor to cupboard so i just closed it off
Alrighty then. You'll get more air coming from the other vents but just adjust the thermostat and you'll be good to go.
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Or use cardboard.
That is what I did, 4 layers of thick fedex box cardboard, from a package delivered to me, and blue painters tape and it is awesome! Great idea overall.
@@DavidRaccah what about the sound it makes? I'm talking about the blowing pressured air hitting the card board! I tried card board on top of the vent without opening and that sound coming from the covered area made elderly sleeping in that are not to be able to sleep! Im now searching for a better solution.
Using cardboard right now. There's a foul stench in one room and it's coming from the vent
@@pokmicaca something died in there
Does it still smell ?
There's this new invention out it's called CLAMPS
You're very helpful. We are all so happy you're here. Did you bring some cake?
@@JohnDisque Is there any cake left? I'll eat it, I don't care if it's 2 years old.
yyyyyyyyyyyeah ok
Could you just stuff a piece of insulation inside the duct? In theory wouldn't that do the same or increase the effect?
No
@@JohnDisque Why?
@@black_mountain_death_squadlol because, apparently.
Because then you'd have fiberglass very small particles flying out of your vent into you're homes air.
Plus in summer it would be a soaking wet lump of insulation that will probaly mold and then you got mold spors and fiberglass in the air😅