Heat ducts by ceiling return vents by floor

clintonb · 2007-01-20T21:11:27+00:00

I have a house that was built in 1951. The heat ducts are near theceiling and the return ducts are by the floor. I always found thatunusual since heat is supposed to rise. Is that how houses were builtback then? What was the purpose behind setting stuff up that way?- Clint