How unusual is it to have return registers on the floor, versus up high?
I had carpet installed on the first floor of my house and the carpet guy plugged two return registers that were on the floor, which were two of three return registers on the whole first floor - the other is up high in another room. He said they shouldn't be there, and didn't consult with me before filling, and also isn't an HVAC business so didn't offer to relocate higher to where he said they should be.
After that, the furnace ducts clunked on startup and shutdown, and struggled to keep the house at a consistent temp. The ducts constricted when the blower motor was on like trying to suck through a clogged straw, and relaxed when off, which was the clunking. I opened up the return ducts from the basement and it alleviated the clunking, and the house maintains temps wonderfully now.
I reached out to the guy to reverse his blocking of the vents, and he's doing it, but maintains that they shouldn't be on the floor. The house was built in 1989, so is this unusual? Why would the builder put the return registers on the floor?
I had carpet installed on the first floor of my house and the carpet guy plugged two return registers that were on the floor, which were two of three return registers on the whole first floor - the other is up high in another room. He said they shouldn't be there, and didn't consult with me before filling, and also isn't an HVAC business so didn't offer to relocate higher to where he said they should be.
After that, the furnace ducts clunked on startup and shutdown, and struggled to keep the house at a consistent temp. The ducts constricted when the blower motor was on like trying to suck through a clogged straw, and relaxed when off, which was the clunking. I opened up the return ducts from the basement and it alleviated the clunking, and the house maintains temps wonderfully now.
I reached out to the guy to reverse his blocking of the vents, and he's doing it, but maintains that they shouldn't be on the floor. The house was built in 1989, so is this unusual? Why would the builder put the return registers on the floor?