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YES! If you do not have a cold air return on your furnace, you will have much higher heating bills as you will not be circulating the cold air from your home back to the furmace to be heated again.
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Why a cold air return is needed in a furnace?
A cold air return is similar to a return air grille, which is needed for air to travel to the furnace to be filtered, heated OR cooled and then recirculated.
How do you make a cold air return for your furnace?
We can laser cut our grilles any size that you need.
What is the purpose of cold air return in a house?
The air moving away from the furnace has to be replaced.
Can you cover your cold air return for more heat?
No You can't cover the return air. Because the limit switch in the furnace will trip. If the furnace was working ok before I will check for air leaks in the return air. Good luck
Does not having a cold air return in your home cause health issues?
Probably not. The issue is that your furnace needs several cold air returns thru the house to work efficiently and avoid damage to the furnace.
Should the return at the bottom of the wall be open or closed when the furnace is on?
Open, that`s where the cold air is.
Do the return vents attached to furnace need to be closed when air conditioning is running?
Not really, there's not much airflow when the furnace is not running.
Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
What type of furnace do you have?electric
Ruud furnace only blows cold air no heat?
ruud furnace only blows cold air, no heat
How much will a cold air return cost to have it added to your furnace?
The cost is determined by the size of the grille. $.40/square inch
Do you need a cold air return in each bedroom?
You actually "need" only one cold air return for a forced hot air/AC system to function; however, one cold air return per level or floor improves the efficiency of the sytem.
Want to install a convector type heater in basement. Only available wall is above a cold air return to furnace. Will the cold air return distrurb the convector functionality or vice versa?
It shouldn't unless they are both drawing air from the same source.
