Why is my room the hottest room in the house.?
I live in a prefab trailer in sc. 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms. And no matter what. My room is the hottest in the whole house. I do not have a heater or anything running. But even with the ac, my ceiling fan, and my air purifier (which blows out somewhat cool air and keeps it circulating) You can EASILY tell the difference when you walk in and out of my room. Its useful in the winter. But in the summer I hate being in my room. Does anyone know why this might be. I don’t think there is anything under the house producing a lot of heat, at least not that I can tell. So why is it that my room is so hot compared to the rest of the house. Even the master bedroom (which is bigger.) is cooler. And there is another room connected to my (separated by a wall of course) But that room does not have the same problem. Can anybody help me figure this out.
I am not sure is the room is in the southern part of the house. I will try to figure that out in the morning. My house has centeral air. And the ac unit is outside the house but it is only maybe 20 feet from my window. Cold and hot air seems to come out of the vent fine. When I put my hand over it I can feel the cool air coming out. The windows outside my room are not really shaded by trees, but it is so hot even all night.
I only have 1 wall that faces outside. The others face the hallway, living room, and my spare room. We have central air in the house. And I have no idea what the house is insulated with.
would you do a follow up and answer these questions. Which direction is the room exposed, North south east west, Obstructed daylight, or is it not shaded by anything? Is this room above tha garage or utility room? Does the air blow through the vent when the AC / heat kicks in. Better yet what type of heating cooling system do you have? What type of insulation in the house protected with. LOL sorry they are needed.
OK ty, your vents are assembled to get the max airflow to all the vents in the house. The further away you get the smaller the vent, so the more force you get. I would agree it was insulation factor or a venting factor if you had said it was freezing cold in the winter, but you said it extremely hot. Your facing the south, so your not getting the Heat from direct sunlight, so wall insulation is not the factor. I believe your issue is the lack of circulated air. Even if you have a forced air vent in your room, you need a return air to circulate the hot air out. So you either don’t have one or it is blocked off. Try taking a fan and sitting directed to your hallway door, this should start the circulation. It is not the prime idea but it works. If not we,ll try the next thing
Could be that your room is farthest away from the AC unit and/or your room is on the South side or South end of the home.
Either of these situations would make your room hotter.
If possible, you may want to put a small 5000btu or less window AC unit in your room.
You could keep it on a very low setting just enough to supplement the main AC unit for the house.
The unit can be purchased for under $100, maybe even $75. and it would cost you $10 or so a month to run. Maybe even less.
Where is the room located. Means you need a compass. If it is the southern room it is suppose to be that way because it is in the sun 24/7. If you had a shade tree outside your room, that is south of you, it would shade the room.
You did not say so but it may be the western most facing, perhaps the most unshaded (on the window) side of the house. The underpinning should be complete and fairly tight. Just moving the air around actually heats it…. Plus, manufactured housing is notorious for inadequate insulation….
There may be a duct work problem connected to that room; with any lack of underpinning, the critters always seem to crush something. Make sure the damper is open in the floor…
if you must run a fan, put it on a table and point it at the top of the open door; the warmer air is displaced by cooler air that will rush in at the bottom…
There are several possibilities:
Is your room at the end of the trailer where it has 3 outside walls instead of one or two?
Are you the farthest from the AC unit.
Is there anything restricting the AC to the room. Try making sure the grill is all of the way open or better yet, remove it completely. Can you feel cool air blowing out of the supply grill? You can try to force more cool air to your room by partially closing the grills to other areas. Do you have a return grill in your room? If not there must be space under the door to let air get out and back to the furnace (or you can leave the door partially open).
Everything electrical adds heat including your air purifier, lights, computer, TV etc. Shut off anything you don’t need.
You can try to close the vents half way in the other rooms to get more air into yours
You can balance the air in the house by shutting the vents down a little bit or all the way in the cooler rooms, or the rooms that arent used. This will increase the air coming to your room. If you like to have the door closed, and that door doesnt let much air underneath it, this costs you airflow as well.