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Old 09-30-2009, 12:05 AM   #1
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Floor Insulation And Ducting


Recently I fixed a bouncy floor system, L shaped house, 24' wide, floor joists 2X8s with a beam in the middle(triple 2x8 lol), yep 12' span with 2x8s, decent 70's brick house .

I discovered 2 5" ducts disconnected from the HVAC while under there and reconnected them. My question is, since the floor is unisulated does it make that big a difference? About 8 foundation vents, 1500 sq ft house.

Yeah they had a big power bill, I fixed the problem but they still have no floor insulation.

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Old 09-30-2009, 05:24 AM   #2
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Rephrase the question please. G
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Recently I fixed a bouncy floor system, L shaped house, 24' wide, floor joists 2X8s with a beam in the middle(triple 2x8 lol), yep 12' span with 2x8s, decent 70's brick house .

I discovered 2 5" ducts disconnected from the HVAC while under there and reconnected them. My question is, since the floor is unisulated does it make that big a difference? About 8 foundation vents, 1500 sq ft house.

Yeah they had a big power bill, I fixed the problem but they still have no floor insulation.

So the duct is in an uninsulated space?

Is the duct insulated?
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Insulate the crawl,
not the floor.
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