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Re: my earlier toot.
Honest question - is a "utility room" some sort of Midwestern thing?
Talking about how to avoid running ducts through attics, it occurred to me that it might be.
Here, if you don't have a basement, there's usually a room with your furnace/air handler, water heater, and washer/dryer. Plumbing often routes there, too.
Sometimes it's less of a room and more of a closet, but we can't just stick the washer and water heater in the garage 'cause they'll freeze.
@TechConnectify My Orlando home, built in 1989 has the air handler in the garage, which is common. Utility rooms are not. At least not for this vintage. More common in apartments, from my experience.
All ductwork routed in this single story home is in the attic space, and is insulated. The cold air does not stay put in the attic long enough to be largely effected by the attic heat.
@RGPphotog Yeah but I bet there are some leaks. No ducting is perfect, and this is why I'm staunchly opposed to it being in the attic at all.
Even if you're only losing 10% of your cooling to the attic through leakage and thermal transfer, that's 10% extra on your power bill all because running ducts through attics became normalized somehow. It's also 10% more grid capacity needed for homes.
So I remain firmly opposed to it as normal practice, yet it continues to be...
@TechConnectify I don’t disagree.
There’s absolutely leaks. I’m 15 years overdue for duct cleaning/ audit.