My home has about 900 sq feet per floor, 1st floor has a fairly open floor plan w/ four rooms and a half bath. 2nd floor has three bedrooms(each with a large walk-in closet) and two full baths. On the first floor fairly out of the way is one return, that is the only return on the floor. The second floor also has only one return and it is centrally located in the hallway. Will I get better and more even heating/cooling by leaving all doors open? One of the bedrooms is a guest bedroom so the door is always closed to keep the pups out. Also, the returns are both fairly loud, when we first moved in I actually thought there were fans running behind the vents. A friend of mine suggested the contractor didn't provide enough duct size to handle the quantity of air being moved. What would be the best solution to improve efficiency and reduce noise? It's that loud... Thanks!
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18 years ago