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One room colder than other rooms in the house

newproject858
5 years ago

I live in IL, where it's very cold during winter and hot during summer.


I bought a house with a bedroom on 1st floor. That room is a lot colder than other rooms in the house. It is a room that previous owner added, and it has it all: two outer walls, no rooms above (actually there is a sky light window), crawl space that is extremely cold below and extra large windows.


So I brought in two guys: one insulation guy and one HVAC guy.

The insulation guy suggested air sealing and insulation throughout the house, cost $4.4K.

The HVAC guy suggested to block some vents in other rooms first, so that cold room will have more air, but I found it is not enough. His next suggestion was a wall heating/cooling unit, cost $3-4K. I asked about air balancing, but he didn't sound very promising about it. Also, it will cost at least $3K.


Which option will be better for me? Are there any other better option?



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