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Thread Number: 87998
/ Tag: Air Conditioners
Round ceiling diffusers |
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Post# 1125775 , Reply# 1 8/14/2021 at 11:52 (985 days old) by MattL  (Flushing, MI) |
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The placement of heating and cooling runs are generally placed where the temperature difference is the greatest, usually bu windows and out side walls. This is done to counteract the loss. Central locations are poor at doing this. | ||
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Post# 1125927 , Reply# 2 8/16/2021 at 11:00 (983 days old) by nanook (Seattle) |
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I can't say I'm a particularly big fan of round diffusers used in residential homes; although in commercial applications they strike me as just fine. (Go figure). I would say round registers tend to 'make a statement', whereas rectangular units tend to sit flush to the ceiling - or close to it.
Obviously, the airflow from round registers is fairly uniform, so placing a single register in the middle of a room would be "most efficient". Rectangular registers [generally] have more options for directional control. There are numerous reasons for placing registers along the perimeter of rooms - such as, if the cold air near the window is heated, the whole room stays comfortable with less energy. There's no need to heat the warm air, just the cold air, etc. | ||
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Post# 1125928 , Reply# 3 8/16/2021 at 11:33 (983 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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I think the round ones look good in a modern, industrial style house, especially if the ductwork is exposed. I was in a model home of that type a few years ago; lots of concrete, steel, and glass, and exposed round ducts with round diffusers. | ||
| Post# 1125933 , Reply# 4 8/16/2021 at 12:41 (983 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 1126324 , Reply# 5 8/20/2021 at 01:56 (979 days old) by gredmondson (San Francisco, California 94117 USA) |
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The house my folks built in 1959 had round diffusers. In the center there was a handle that regulated the airflow and by the time I was 14, I was tall enough to reach it. I thought they were cool at the time. But, what I really liked about that house was the central forced air and refrigeration in Bakersfield, California. The HVAC man said to set the thermostat to 72 F. It stayed there for decades.
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Post# 1126512 , Reply# 6 8/21/2021 at 13:37 (978 days old) by Searsbest (Attleboro, Ma) |
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Round diffusers
Our summer home in Maine was built in 1950, some of the ductwork is still wrapped with Sears Homart insulation. Which really makes me wonder how much more of the house had Sears building products in it. There have been some updates, a new furnace in 1983 ( still running strong) bath, and kitchen have been updated twice (second time due to a water issue). The house still has its original diffusers, all painted their original colors. The house has textured plaster walls and ceilings, all painted in matching pastels. The front porch was enclosed in what I could guess was the 1970s and it has a square diffuser. I really love them all and think they really add to the appeal of the house. My camera didn't pick up the color in the ceilings as it should have, the paint matches the diffusers almost perfectly.
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Post# 1126519 , Reply# 7 8/21/2021 at 14:54 (977 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1126629 , Reply# 8 8/23/2021 at 04:05 (976 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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