# Need heating/cooling ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-heating-cooling-ideas/669764 "2013-09-27T00:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-heating-cooling-ideas/669764/1 "2013-09-27T00:30:31Z")
I share a house with family members. It’s a Bi-Level built on a slab so there is no easy access to ductwork. They live in the top floor and I’m on the ground floor. During the summer even with the vents closed it’s cold in my section because they are hot upstairs. In the winter it’s cold because the upstairs is warmer. I can’t open windows in the summer because they are concerned about someone entering through the window and I do have an oil filled heater for one room in the winter what can be done to make it more comfortable? Is there a way to turn this into a dual zone system that would not require ripping up walls to get to the ducts? ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-heating-cooling-ideas/669764/2 "2013-09-27T00:50:32Z")
Get an inline blower fan and a duct adapter, and shove their air right back at them. Cost you less than $150 including gas and duct tape. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-heating-cooling-ideas/669764/3 "2013-09-27T02:33:30Z")
Can you explain how and where to install this?