Air Conditioning - A/C returns

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bbretz
01-12-06, 06:22 PM
I had a house built by KB homes and have been it for 1 year. We had a home inspector come out before our 1 year warranty follow up. It is a 2 story house with dual a/c, we have five returns upstairs and none down stairs. It is 3200 sq ft could this be a big problem that the builder should fix?

shank
01-12-06, 07:23 PM
Is one of the A/C for upstairs, and one for Downstairs?
bbretz
01-13-06, 10:34 AM
yes, and upstairs has 1 return in the hall and 1 in the 4 bedrooms each.

No returns downstairs at all.

Grady
01-21-06, 09:04 PM
If you have no returns downstairs, that unit can't work right, if it works at all. The builder should indeed fix it & all the mess they are going to make installing returns.
SW_PA
01-22-06, 07:27 PM
Where is your 1st floor unit located? Is there an air filter for this unit anywhere? The first floor may be an open air return, which is somewhat common for a setup like this if the 1st floor has a fairly open floor plan. Not ideal, but common.