As a result two story homes are commonly cooler downstairs than they are upstairs.
Upstairs and downstairs air conditioning.
Central air conditioners work by blowing chilled air into the home.
Be careful not to fully close all downstairs air supply registers.
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.
So your upstairs has a natural tendency to be warmer than lower levels.
You are literally rerouting the circulation of the air pushed out through your air conditioner.
Why is my air conditioning working upstairs but not downstairs.
Key reasons it gets hotter upstairs.
Less dense air rises above colder more dense air.
A lower cooling load in upstairs living spaces allows more moderate a c thermostat settings and avoids over cooling downstairs rooms.
Leave all of the upstairs doors open.
Enough air must go through the air conditioner.
The temperature differences are more pronounced the greater the height of the column of air.
Your roof absorbs a ton of heat from the sun unless you have a lot of shady tree cover.
It happens because of the laws of thermodynamics.
If you ve been having problems sleeping during the summer because it s too hot upstairs you re not alone.
If you re trying to get the most efficiency out of a central air conditioner.
Increasing the air conditioning in.
Opening upstairs cold air supply registers fully and all but closing downstairs air supply registers helps direct the cold air upstairs.