I own a split level house and while I love the look of my house the difference in temperature between the levels, especially in summer time can really make it uncomfortable. My house is built similar to this
Ignore the floor plan just trying to show the split level and my problem.
The problem is the living quarters in the upstairs has to be 5-10 degrees warmer than the lower levels. The thermostat is on the middle floor and I usually have it set around 72 degrees in the summer, the bottom floor behind the garage where the main living room is located is ice cold, probably several degrees below 72.
Ideally I need some way to circulate air around the house from top to bottom but I don't know how I can do that easily. The master bedroom is huge and located directly above the lowest level living room that is ice cold. I was thinking about cutting 1 or 2 vents in the floor of the master bedroom and the ceiling of the lower living room, adding ducting and installing some duct fans, something like this
https://www.lowes.com/pd/SUNCOURT-Inductor-6-in-Dia-Galvanized-Steel-Axial-Duct-Fan/1000018191
This would at least in theory make the master bedroom much more comfortable. The other 2 bedrooms I could probably get by with small window unit AC's if necessary to make them better.
Is this a decent idea? anyone one have any better ideas or see a flaws in the plan? I haven't figured out how I'd run the fan in the vents, maybe just wire up a wall mounted switch.
I see they make some vents with fans that drop in and are supposed to help pull air to a room which might help, but I believe a big part of the problem is hot air rises and cold air sinks.
Ignore the floor plan just trying to show the split level and my problem.
The problem is the living quarters in the upstairs has to be 5-10 degrees warmer than the lower levels. The thermostat is on the middle floor and I usually have it set around 72 degrees in the summer, the bottom floor behind the garage where the main living room is located is ice cold, probably several degrees below 72.
Ideally I need some way to circulate air around the house from top to bottom but I don't know how I can do that easily. The master bedroom is huge and located directly above the lowest level living room that is ice cold. I was thinking about cutting 1 or 2 vents in the floor of the master bedroom and the ceiling of the lower living room, adding ducting and installing some duct fans, something like this
https://www.lowes.com/pd/SUNCOURT-Inductor-6-in-Dia-Galvanized-Steel-Axial-Duct-Fan/1000018191
This would at least in theory make the master bedroom much more comfortable. The other 2 bedrooms I could probably get by with small window unit AC's if necessary to make them better.
Is this a decent idea? anyone one have any better ideas or see a flaws in the plan? I haven't figured out how I'd run the fan in the vents, maybe just wire up a wall mounted switch.
I see they make some vents with fans that drop in and are supposed to help pull air to a room which might help, but I believe a big part of the problem is hot air rises and cold air sinks.