trunk line
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:17 pm
Ok. I've been in my manufactured home for about 8 months. It's a 1996 Palm Harbor double wide. The previous owner had the air condensor replaced. And shortly after moving in I noticed that my bedroom and master bath have really weak air flow. The rooms are on the same line as the air handler. As you go from the air handler to my room, the register flow gets weaker and weaker. Everything on the other line flows great. One thing I found was a large hole near the incoming lines from the condenser to the a-coil. The ducts are made of some sort of rigid insulation with a silver coating. I put some sheet metal and mastic over the hole and it seems to be fine. But the air flow to my room is still pretty sad.
I took a picture from inside the duct pointing towards where the air handler is connected. It seems the duct is around 4 inches inside the line. I think most of the air is getting pushed to the other side of the home because of this. I'll have to include a pic for this to make sense.
Also the trunk line is a rigid line with no insulation. This does not seem right. And the worst part is that part of it is sitting on the ground. Again, that seems wrong.
I am curious what my options are. I am sure I have some mold in the ducts due to the condensation that has built up in the trunk line. I'd like to fix this sooner than later.
I feel a like a multizine ductless system would be better in a manufactured home. I relaize it is a little costly, but I think it would be less of a head ache. I will upload pictures soon.
I took a picture from inside the duct pointing towards where the air handler is connected. It seems the duct is around 4 inches inside the line. I think most of the air is getting pushed to the other side of the home because of this. I'll have to include a pic for this to make sense.
Also the trunk line is a rigid line with no insulation. This does not seem right. And the worst part is that part of it is sitting on the ground. Again, that seems wrong.
I am curious what my options are. I am sure I have some mold in the ducts due to the condensation that has built up in the trunk line. I'd like to fix this sooner than later.
I feel a like a multizine ductless system would be better in a manufactured home. I relaize it is a little costly, but I think it would be less of a head ache. I will upload pictures soon.