I think multiple issues but just curious. During our last trip, we had some low 30s nights and my son was complaining about his deodorant melting in the bathroom vanity when I ran the furnace at night. Coincidentally, we were sweating in the bedroom with the furnace on - 10 degrees hotter in the bedroom. The other night I flipped the furnace on to check heat loss outside and distribution inside. Minimal hot air coming out of the single register in the bedroom and bathroom. I noticed a 30 degree difference in the thermostats and when I put my hand on the bedroom wall, it was hot. So, I opened the vanity door and wow did I get a blast of hot air. Inspection showed the following hole in the wall behind the vanity where the 110V romex is plumbed to feed the GFCI on the vanity. I have no idea what the blue 'romex' is for - it terminates at the GFCI. I can't imagine this is normal heat distribution or hole - looks like someone went wild with a jig saw. So what should this look like? Heat coming out there can't be correct. Directly on the other side of the back wall and up is the bedroom thermostat which read 89 while the main floor was at 57. I could imagine the duct going to the bedroom register disconnected, but I still can't explain what's in the picture.
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Originally posted by Country Campers View PostYou will have to remove the rear wall in the pass thru storage and get a look at the duct work and see where it goes from the furnace to the bathroom.
Brian
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Are you certain the register behind the toilet is not the return air? On both the GD and non GD 5er's the return was behind the toilet.
You may need to pull the false wall or see if you can access the back side of the furnace through the hutch and check to see if one of the lines has become pinched. By chance did you have critter issues? Critters may have gotten into the under belly of the unit and blocked the heat duct that runs in there causing the system to do strange things.Joseph
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Originally posted by Jlawles2 View PostAre you certain the register behind the toilet is not the return air? On both the GD and non GD 5er's the return was behind the toilet.
You may need to pull the false wall or see if you can access the back side of the furnace through the hutch and check to see if one of the lines has become pinched. By chance did you have critter issues? Critters may have gotten into the under belly of the unit and blocked the heat duct that runs in there causing the system to do strange things.
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Took the wall off. No crushed flex ducts. There are four 4" ducts and looks like two 2". The 4" ducts go to the 2 registers on either end of the island, the side of the coffee bar, and the end of the aluminum distribution duct to feed the bedroom. The 2" ducts appear to go to the bathroom and the Nautilus. The aluminum distribution duct in the pictures is between the aluminum joists centered 36" or so from inside wall. It's got a hot air discharge (white round register) into the pass thru. I have no registers anywhere near the shower or wall it butts up against. I did notice that the pressboard under the water heater tank seems to be caving in on top of the furnace reducing the air flow gap.
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Could you take a picture down thru the large hole in the cabinet to see if there is anything there resembling the rectangular duct work? There may be a hole in the top of that duct that is allowing hot air to come out of the hole in the cabinet. This is fairly strange, just trying to figure out where the hot air is coming from.
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ajg617 -- I'd fire it up and do an inspection (visual and by feel) for air escaping from the ducts. What looks good now may be quite different with air pressure from the furnace.Forum moderators are not GD employees--we are volunteers and owners presumably just like yourself. Unless specifically mentioned otherwise, we have nothing to gain should you choose to purchase a product or engage a service we discuss on this forum.
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Originally posted by Country Campers View PostCould you take a picture down thru the large hole in the cabinet to see if there is anything there resembling the rectangular duct work? There may be a hole in the top of that duct that is allowing hot air to come out of the hole in the cabinet. This is fairly strange, just trying to figure out where the hot air is coming from.
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Originally posted by ajg617 View Post
Brian, I can try. False wall is only a little over 1" gap - think my phone camera is far from the case edge. I could also disconnect the 4" connection to the bedroom distribution duct and that will probably stop the hot air coming out the hole in the wall. Distribution duct is held in place by welded cross members so I don't want to drop it to see - still under warranty. You are correct - this whole thing is very strange.Dan & Jan
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Originally posted by GoodH20 View Post
I had the same issue with our 345GK. The vanity cabinet would get extremely hot when the heater ran. The duct for the bedroom is under the right side of the bathroom vanity where it connects to hole in the floor directly above the metal duct you saw below in the storage compartment. I found they had only attached the duct flange with one screw and the hot air was escaping into the vanity cabinet and wall. I screwed the duct flange down and sealed it up with foil tape and wrapped insulation around the flex duct. That solved the issue off of the hot wall and vanity. Here is a picture of the flange connection before I secured and sealed it.2022 Solitude 310GK-R - Dual pane, factory solar, factory gen, 8K axles with discs, W/D, Heat Pump, Gen 2 Goosebox, Battleborn
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Originally posted by GoodH20 View Post
I had the same issue with our 345GK. The vanity cabinet would get extremely hot when the heater ran. The duct for the bedroom is under the right side of the bathroom vanity where it connects to hole in the floor directly above the metal duct you saw below in the storage compartment. I found they had only attached the duct flange with one screw and the hot air was escaping into the vanity cabinet and wall. I screwed the duct flange down and sealed it up with foil tape and wrapped insulation around the flex duct. That solved the issue off of the hot wall and vanity. Here is a picture of the flange connection before I secured and sealed it.
Thanks,
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Originally posted by ajg617 View Post
OK, have to ask. What's the trick to removing the false bottom in the vanity? There are three screws but it looks like the front stringer is stapled and glued to the front face of the vanity.
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John
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Originally posted by GoodH20 View Post
Unfortunately the bottom does not come out. The Vanity was installed after the duct for the bedroom was installed. I did not want to remove the hole vanity so I cut a hole in the false bottom leaving about a 2” lip around the edges to get access to the duct flange. Then cut a piece of 1/4” plywood to creat a new bottom for that section of the vanity.Last edited by ajg617; 11-26-2022, 04:16 PM.2022 Solitude 310GK-R - Dual pane, factory solar, factory gen, 8K axles with discs, W/D, Heat Pump, Gen 2 Goosebox, Battleborn
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