This tip on how to cool upstairs of a 2 story home depends on if you re using a central air conditioner or one of the supplemental air conditioning units we mentioned above.
Upstairs and downstairs air conditioning.
As a result two story homes are commonly cooler downstairs than they are upstairs.
Enough air must go through the air conditioner.
If you re trying to get the most efficiency out of a central air conditioner.
Increasing the air conditioning in.
As air heats the density decreases.
If you ve been having problems sleeping during the summer because it s too hot upstairs you re not alone.
Be careful not to fully close all downstairs air supply registers.
A lower cooling load in upstairs living spaces allows more moderate a c thermostat settings and avoids over cooling downstairs rooms.
It happens because of the laws of thermodynamics.
During the summer heat energy accumulating in the attic can.
Central air conditioners work by blowing chilled air into the home.
Why is my air conditioning working upstairs but not downstairs.
You are literally rerouting the circulation of the air pushed out through your air conditioner.
Opening upstairs cold air supply registers fully and all but closing downstairs air supply registers helps direct the cold air upstairs.
Leave all of the upstairs doors open.
Key reasons it gets hotter upstairs.
So your upstairs has a natural tendency to be warmer than lower levels.
Your roof absorbs a ton of heat from the sun unless you have a lot of shady tree cover.