Air Conditioning - designing heating and cooling plan for soon-to-be finished basement

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grigsby
10-26-04, 08:38 AM
I have right at 400 sq ft that I plan to finish in my downstairs section of my house. I plan to do a zoned system and am having trouble calculating exatly what my needs are.

I have one room that makes up 300 sq ft and another room that makes up the remaining 100 sq ft.

I am guessing that I need to run 12" duct from the plenum and 8" for my supplys.

There is also a bathroom that I plan to run a 6" line into.

And finally 8" return lines 1 from the large room and 1 from the smaller room.

Can anyone confirm if my plan sounds reasonable? Or by all means please feel free to recommend changes.

Thanks


Ed Imeduc
10-26-04, 08:54 AM
Id run two 6"pipe off the trunk line to the outside wall put a 90o 2 1/4"X12" boot 12 " in off the wall blowing down. just one for the other room and a 5" for the bath down there. A cold air return down low in them or just one near the furnace and cut the bottom of any doors off 2".

ED ;)

grigsby
10-26-04, 09:13 AM
i am assuming your reply agrees with my thoughts of using a 12" off the plenum?

Thanks for your comments!


Ed Imeduc
10-26-04, 12:51 PM
:confused: There we take all takes off the top of the trunk line :confused:

ED ;)

mattison
10-27-04, 11:03 AM
Like Ed says but make sure you don't put a return in the bathroom.