Why it REALLY gets hot upstairs w/ Alex Meaney

HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs · Nov 17, 2022 · 49m

Alex Meaney returns to the podcast to explain why it REALLY gets hot upstairs and what we can do about it. He also talks a bit about his new business.

Heat technically doesn't rise; warm air is less dense than cooler air, so cooler air sinks as warmer air rises. In many cases, people blame stratification and the stack effect for warm upstairs areas, but there may actually be other issues at play, especially if the issue only seems to happen in the summer.

Many apparent convective problems are actually due to building science errors, especially poor insulation when walls are exposed to attic…