Floor Return Air Duct

A return air duct is what carries air back to the furnace after it is dispensed throughout the home through the supply duct.

Floor return air duct.

The illustration above shows a floor joist cavity used as a return air duct by nailing material such as gypsum board sheet metal foil insulation or osb to the bottom of the floor joists. For pricing and availability. From basic designs to decorative victorian we have many styles to match your decor. Air vent covers block air coming from registers.

The return vent pulls cold air from the bottom of the room and returns it to the furnace to be reheated and returned as warm air. If the supply ducts are in the floor then the return air should be located up high. They can be placed into staircase cavities stacked closets that run one on top of the other or in stud cavities in the wall. Unlike supply vents return vents do not need to be cased in metal.

Ventilaider air vent extender for under furniture includes installation tapes improved stronger plastic material fits floor registers up to 11 wide extends from 17 30 by ventilaider 15 99 15. These can be found in a variety of finishes styles and materials. The furnace or air handler ahu in the drawing below pulls air through the return ducts conditions that air and then sends it through the supply ducts back into the house. Floor mounted grilles are used as return air inlets to ducts.

However using panned floor joists as an hvac air. It differs from a register because it does not have a damper to control airflow. Imperial 6 in x 6 in galvanized steel round duct elbow. There are manufacturers that advertise insulating panning sheet products that aid in this practice.

Ideally it s a closed system with as little duct leakage as possible and the air that it s conditioning comes from inside the house. Floor registers serve a decorative function as well as supplying heated or cooled air to the room. Imperial 4 in x 300 in insulated polyester flexible duct. Without a return air duct the air would not properly circulate and your energy costs would rise.

Find floor registers in many different styles. The return air vent openings need to be on the opposite side of the room so the conditioned air is pulled across the room. This pulls the air across your body. Accord select charleston dark oil rubbed bronze floor register duct opening.

We are a distributor offering a wide variety of floor registers return air grilles and other air vents select from many materials designs and colors of floor registers return air grilles or air vents to best fit your space. If the supply ducts are high or in the ceiling then the return air ducts or grills should be low on. Return air ducts usually use ceiling joist spaces as the actual duct.