How To Add Air Conditioning Vent
Do you need to add an air conditioning vent to cool a hot room? This is a project that is not very difficult.
Doing it yourself will save you alot of money.
Follow these steps to install an extra air conditioning vent.
How to Add Air Conditioning Vent
Determine what is causing hot room
Determine what is causing the hot room. If the room has only vents that blow air then you will need to add a return or bypass duct. If you have two vents and one blows air and the other sucks air then add a supply duct. Most older houses do not have air conditioning return ducts in each room.
Make a material list
Make a material list. All air conditioning flex connections will need duct tape, straps, and mastic. To add a supply duct you will need a 10X6 boot, two 6, flex collars, 6, flex, 10X6 supply grill. To add a return duct you will need two 10X10 boots, two 10, flex collars, 10, flex and a return grill.
Buy all materials you need before you start
Buy all the materials you need before you start.
A home improvement store will have everything you need.
Oddly the parts are often in the plumbing department.
Position the air conditioning boot in the attic above the hot room.
If it is a return duct that you are adding then install it near the opposite wall from the existing supply.
A supply duct should be positioned to blow into the hot area.
Cut a hole in the hot rooms ceiling from the attic down into the room.
For a return cut the hole 10 1 or 4 X 10 1 or 4.
For a supply cut the hole 10 1 or 4 X 6 1 or 4.
The hole should be 12, off the wall and 2, from a truss.
The hole needs to be cut from the attic so you know where the trusses are.
Move the boot to another wall if needed.
A return will need another boot installed as close to the air conditioning unit as possible.
Sometimes there is a large one already in the ceiling, if so you can just tap into that.
Position the air conditioning boot in the attic above the hot room.
If it is a return duct that you are adding then install it near the opposite wall from the existing supply.
A supply duct should be positioned to blow into the hot area.
Cut a hole in the hot rooms ceiling from the attic down into the room.
For a return cut the hole 10 1 or 4 X 10 1 or 4.
For a supply cut the hole 10 1 or 4 X 6 1 or 4.
The hole should be 12, off the wall and 2, from a truss.
The hole needs to be cut from the attic so you know where the trusses are.
Move the boot to another wall if needed.
A return will need another boot installed as close to the air conditioning unit as possible.
Sometimes there is a large one already in the ceiling, if so you can just tap into that.