Upstairs bedrooms so hot - what would you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We use the ecobeee thermostat with remote sensor that follows you and sets the temp where you are

My guess is OP's AC cannot bring the temp down so it will run all day...

They should get motorized dampener or another zone

[Anonymous]

In the summer, I close all vents downstairs so most the AC goes to the top, and in the winter, I close all of the upstairs vents so all the heat goes to the bottom of the home.

I looked into a 2 zone system, but I am nervous because my neighbors complain constantly about theirs. They had a heat pump installed in their attic, cut off the vents to the original hvac, and ran the heat pump into the original vents. However, the heat pump does not seem to keep up in the summer. It was sized for the upstairs, but it cannot handle cooling the hot rising air from the other areas of the home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about a minisplit for upstairs? We had one put in for $3000

+1 this is what we're considering for our 3rd floor bedroom in our split level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks everyone. Unfortuantely we don't have ceiling fans, though I can see why they'd be helpful. I think another issue is that the vents are in the floor, so I have a feeling the cool air is not getting up into the room very far. The house was renovated prior to us moving in, so we don't have a lot of history regarding how or why they did certain things.

NP here.

OP, I had ceiling fans installed for like $200/fan (including the fans, I bought them on sale at Home Depot).

I'd also look into mini splits, which are a great alternative. Ultimately, though, the cheapest and best for the environment would be to rebalance your vents and to install ceiling fans. It was 79 in our house last night (thanks, summer-like weather and tons of pollen so we couldn't open windows!), and the ceiling fan made me so cool I had to cover up with my blanket.

NP here, with similar problem as OP's. What do you mean by rebalance your vents?

Close vents downstairs in the summer so the A/C primarily goes upstairs. Close vents upstairs in the winter so heat primarily goes downstairs.

[Anonymous]

This was a big problem in our house. We had ceiling fans installed and life is good. It is so cool up here now that we even can turn up the a/c at night and save money. With searching we were able to find fans that match our decor and my ds loves looking at the fan. Win win.