{"id":464,"date":"2011-06-29T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/?p=464"},"modified":"2011-06-16T10:20:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T14:20:28","slug":"i-have-a-room-that-won%e2%80%99t-stay-warm-or-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/energy-savings\/i-have-a-room-that-won%e2%80%99t-stay-warm-or-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have a Room that Won\u2019t Stay Warm or Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you have a home heating or cooling system installed, you expect it to keep all areas of your home at the same temperature unless you tell it otherwise. But sometimes you\u2019ll find that one of the rooms in your home just won\u2019t stay warm no matter how high you turn up the heat. This can be a very frustrating situation, particularly if that room is one you use a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Insulation and Ductwork Checkups<\/p>\n<p>There are actually several possible reasons that a problem like this can develop. The first thing you should check is if there is adequate, proper insulation in the walls and the floor of the room. Even if you know that insulation is in place, it\u2019s worth it to have a professional come take a look to see if the insulation there is still adequate. Even the best insulation doesn\u2019t last forever, and once it breaks down, you could be losing a lot of heat to the outdoors in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>If insulation isn\u2019t the problem, it\u2019s time to have someone examine your ductwork to see if it\u2019s properly pressurized throughout or if there could be a break in the system somewhere leading to that room. If your home comfort system pumps heated and cooled air towards that room and that air is allowed to leak out along the way, you\u2019ll never be able to maintain the comfort level you want.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>Digging Deeper for Causes<\/p>\n<p>Even if there is no break on the way to that particular room, a leak or blockage somewhere else can throw off the balance of the entire system, reducing how much temperature controlled air can reach that part of your home. These are all things that a professional duct tester can find and fix for you relatively easily and inexpensively.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s always possible that uneven heating and cooling is a symptom of a larger problem in your home heating and cooling system. But if that\u2019s the case, you\u2019re better off finding out sooner rather than later because the problem will only get worse when not addressed. No matter what the ultimate underlying cause for your uneven heating and cooling is, you\u2019ll need a professional to come out and investigate before you can have it fixed for good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you have a home heating or cooling system installed, you expect it to keep all areas of your home at the same temperature unless you tell it otherwise. But sometimes you\u2019ll find that one of the rooms in your home just won\u2019t stay warm no matter how high you turn up the heat. This can be a very frustrating situation, particularly if that room is one you use a lot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[80,74,87],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-savings","tag-green-tree-scott","tag-south-hills","tag-west-mifflin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}