Ceiling register with pull chain?
maecena...@yahoo.com
or reduce the heat pouring in to certain rooms. Our current ceiling
registers can only be dampened with a screwdriver (what a dumb idea!)
and that sort of precludes daily adjustment.
Years ago, I lived in a home where all the ceiling registers had pull
chains. I've looked & looked & not found anything. Do any of you
gurus have a source?
Thank you,
ME
Steve
<maecena...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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The registers are not supposed to be adjusted after the initial air
balancing. the system is designed to maintain a constant, even temperature
throughout the house. Closing off rooms is like trying to partition off part
of your refrigerator or oven that you not using. It will actually cost you
more in utility bills and comfort, not to mention that it can be detrimental
to the system itself. "pull chain" registers went out in the 1970s as techs
and contractors learned more about building science.
maecena...@yahoo.com
> The registers are not supposed to be adjusted after the initial air
> balancing. the system is designed to maintain a constant, even temperature
> throughout the house. Closing off rooms is like trying to partition off part
> of your refrigerator or oven that you not using. It will actually cost you
> more in utility bills and comfort, not to mention that it can be detrimental
> to the system itself. "pull chain" registers went out in the 1970s as techs
> and contractors learned more about building science.
I see. Well, I think I have a bit of a special case, and would like
to find a source nevertheless. My home is over a hundred years old &
I have several rooms that get too hot or too cold, depending on where
the sun is. The folks that installed the HVAC system five years ago
tried their best, I'm sure, but we've never found a way to keep all
the rooms comfortable. Being able to adjust on the fly, while perhaps
not the best solution, is the the only one I can come up with.
Bipolar Bear
"Steve" <jste...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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You are so full of shit here with your fucking absolute statements that I
find it to be completely amazing.
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Bipolar Bear
<maecena...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Yeah he is so full of himself <or full of bullshit take your pick same diff>
Sorry--dunno about your pull chain registers but zoned hvac system using
multiple thermostats and automatic opening dampers is still alive and in
fact is one of the few arena here that is still thriving, but he likes to
scare people and mis-inform them by saying shit like "its against the law
for me to install a used fossil appliance" and he thinks its okay to imply
that it will cost more to heat only a camp trailer that's parked in a barn
than it would cost for someone to heat the entire old drafty barn to the
same temp.
Nut job IOW
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Don Ocean
Whatsa matter Bear, Your belly hang out too far and you get all crabby
trying to tie your shoelaces?
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HVAC
>> or reduce the heat pouring in to certain rooms. Our current ceiling
>> registers can only be dampened with a screwdriver (what a dumb idea!)
Dumb idea? Are you high?
WTF is so hard about turning a screwdriver?
Are you related to stormy?
> The registers are not supposed to be adjusted after the initial air
> balancing. the system is designed to maintain a constant, even temperature
> throughout the house. Closing off rooms is like trying to partition off
> part of your refrigerator or oven that you not using.
What bullshit. I close off my kid's rooms when they go off to college.
I actually am so cheap, that I put cellophane under the registers.
When you go in these rooms on a cold day, you can see your breath.
I've never had any issues with condensation, etc.
The day before they arrive, out comes the cellophane and they're good to go.
Noon-Air
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So tell us oh brilliant one... what do you do to compensate for the system
airflow issues?? or do you not care about temperature rise on your furnace??
Noon-Air
"The King" <The...@homeonthethrone.com> wrote in message
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> how the climate was. Martin and Gibson recommend the humidity be kept
> between 44% and 54% Rh and temps between 72 and 78F. Needless to say
> the humidity was low so I bought a small room humidifier that
> automatically turns on and off at set point. That took care of my
> humidity problem. I keep the room closed off and the temp would get
> too high so I closed off the register and after some experiments I
> have everything is good. With 8 grand or more worth of instruments I
> want the climate right. They sure do sound better to.
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> Closing off one register off a six inch run isn't going to affect temp
> rise all. I bet you couldn't detect any difference with a
> thermometer.
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> So I agree with HVAC. Closing off one register isn't going to
> adversely affect anything.
Please re-read the OPs post... he is talking about multiple rooms.
Steve
> commonly found on old gravity furnaces and even if he found them they
> wouldn't fit into the ceiling boot.
I think he had already figured that out for himself, which is why he was
looking for the round ones
Don Ocean
Mikey is just disagreeing because he likes to disagree with you Steve.
Don Ocean
> No different than closing down balancing dampers. Not all homes have
> balancing dampers any way. Newer ones probably do but not older ones.
> In reality if someone actually did a manual D you wouldn't need
> dampers. But they don't and usually every run in the joint is 6
> inches.
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> If he wants to close off a few rooms I doubt that's going to make a
> huge difference on anything. But we don't really know because we cant
> see it.
Damned.. I certainly hope you are not in charge of Heatloads, Duct
design or Gawd forbid, Airbalancing. I cannot blame this lunacy on
Unionism. You are obviously a self made fool. I guess those warehouse
personal are not as fussy as Homeowners and office person.. including
Computer complexes.
maecena...@yahoo.com
While I would still like a temporary solution (e.g., pull-chain
register), I have found, thanks to these posts, some remote-controlled
dampers.
(HVAC - Regarding your "are you high" comment: My ceilings are 9' high
& I am disabled, so I cannot stand on a ladder safely. Note also that
adjusting would have to be done at least twice a day in some rooms.)
HVAC
"Noon-Air" <Noon...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> I actually am so cheap, that I put cellophane under the registers.
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>> When you go in these rooms on a cold day, you can see your breath.
>> I've never had any issues with condensation, etc.
>> The day before they arrive, out comes the cellophane and they're good to
>> go.
>
> So tell us oh brilliant one... what do you do to compensate for the system
> airflow issues?? or do you not care about temperature rise on your
> furnace??
It's furnace(s). I have 2. One for each floor.
But who cares about that?
What I want to know is, what happened to my original post?
It's gone.
J
I have exactly the kind of vent covers you're talking about: circular with a
pull chain in the center that allows you to adjust the amount of heat/cool
each room gets. This house was added onto a few times up until the early '60s.
I can't find this kind of vent cover, but I bet you might in a home salvage
business. Many places have a website, and even if they don't list them
specifically, I bet you could call around and, if you're lucky, they're sure
to ship. I agree that it's beneficial to be able to adjust the temperature
depending on the use of the room or it's position relative to the sun. I'm
sorry so many repliers were rude - people need to "zip it" if they can't be
helpful. Best of luck!
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TimR
> replying to maecenasaliquam, J wrote:
> I have exactly the kind of vent covers you're talking about: circular with a
> pull chain in the center that allows you to adjust the amount of heat/cool
> each room gets. This house was added onto a few times up until the early '60s.
> I can't find this kind of vent cover, but I bet you might in a home salvage
> business.
Heather
Well I, for one, am glad to see a more current post added to the previous
discussion because after buying a house almost one year ago, I am also looking
for replacement register covers with a pull chain to operate the damper. This
house was built in 1957, and all the register covers are of this type, but
several are missing the pull chain altogether.. However, they are rectangular
(standard size used today), not circular. I suspect there is a way to replace
just the pull chain, which would solve my problem, but I haven’t yet had a
chance to verify this or to determine how the chain is attached and how it
works. Like the original OP, I am also disabled; and although I do not need
to be able to adjust the vents regularly, I tam finding it is too hot to sleep
in my bed, which is located directly underneath one of these vents, because
that vent is wide open due to the fact that its pull chain is completely
missing.
TimR
You have one vent without a pull chain that you need to adjust.
You have several vents with pull chains that you don't need to adjust.
Just move a pull chain from one of those to the one over your bed.
If you're disabled you'll need help, but you'd need that anyway if you bought a new pull chain.