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DaveC426913
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- What are my options for balancing the A/C in my 3-level backsplit house?
Been in my new house for a month now.
The problem:
It is too warm up on the top floor, it is optimal on their main floor.
It is too cool on our main floor and it is (naturally) cold in the basement.
Now, that a bit tricky, since we sleep on our main floor, and it's got to be cool.
I don't really know how these Nest things work. You can buy thermostats as separate units and distribute them about the house.
I don't know if the controller itself also acts as a thermostat. So I don't know if there should be at least one thermostat somewhere in the house. We have not found any. It would not surprise me if the previous owners tossed them in a box while packing. Do I need to have at least one? Should I get another?
My boy is talking about a booster (which has nothing to do with the Nest technology). It sounds like it's just a fan to help the air reach farther rooms.Help?
- It's an n-level backsplit (value of n depends on whom you ask)
- It has central air heating/AC.
- There are two families: my wife and I are in the lower flat (red) and our boy and his fam are in the upper flat (blue).
- Upon closing we had a wall (with door) put in between their flat and ours, (magenta) which was heretofore open.
- It came with a NEST controller (green) located in their dining room.
- I do not know if there are any (other?) thermostats in the house.
The problem:
It is too warm up on the top floor, it is optimal on their main floor.
It is too cool on our main floor and it is (naturally) cold in the basement.
Now, that a bit tricky, since we sleep on our main floor, and it's got to be cool.
I don't really know how these Nest things work. You can buy thermostats as separate units and distribute them about the house.
I don't know if the controller itself also acts as a thermostat. So I don't know if there should be at least one thermostat somewhere in the house. We have not found any. It would not surprise me if the previous owners tossed them in a box while packing. Do I need to have at least one? Should I get another?
My boy is talking about a booster (which has nothing to do with the Nest technology). It sounds like it's just a fan to help the air reach farther rooms.Help?