Top Floor Hotter Than Main

So here s a good rule of thumb.

Top floor hotter than main.

I have an air conditioner attached to my furnace and it works well but it mostly cools the basement and the main floor while my upstairs floor is still too warm. My house has three floors basement main floor and upstairs and the top floor is much warmer than the basement especially in the summer. Physics is the challenge here because hot air rises and cold air sinks. No matter how hard you try at least one room in your home is either too hot or too cold.

If you ve ever lived in a home with more than one floor or a top floor apartment you ve probably noticed that the higher you are in the building the hotter it gets. This also means it will be hotter in the summer months so consider investing in good curtains fans and other ways to keep cool. There s a popular misconception that heated floors are nothing more than a frivolous luxury for high end bathrooms. In others especially in older homes this problem may be a symptom of a more serious issue with air flow insulation or efficiency.

Wondering why it s more humid upstairs than downstairs. No more it s too hot upstairs one of the most common complaints many of us have about our homes is that it s too hot upstairs or too cold downstairs. He is a state licensed heating and a c contractor as well as being certified in design. It is best to refer to a certified hvac technician to help you evaluate and solve the problem of why your second floor is hotter than the first.

Indoor air that s warm and moist humid is less dense than dry air which makes it rise. If your second floor s relative humidity is 1 5 greater than your bottom floor that s normal. One to heat and cool the upper floor and another one to heat and cool the main floor and the basement. Well it s actually normal to a certain degree.

Stewart has been in the hvac business for more than 25 years. In some houses it may be a slight inconvenience. Everybody knows that hot air rises. At the top of the most intriguing list.

7 causes of temperature imbalances in the home. We ve all been there. Before you spend any more time fiddling with the thermostat. So your upstairs has a natural tendency to be warmer than lower levels.

This usually is not the solution to the problem of being too hot in the summer. Your roof absorbs a ton of heat from the sun unless you have a lot of shady tree cover. However if the relative humidity is greater than 5 then. This is great for keeping your heating costs down in the winter especially if you live in a colder area.