Hallway partition for aircon

ClintonL on 17/01/2017 - 17:57

Hey guys, have a weird one. I recently had an aircon installed in my living room which is connected to my hallway and my room is the first one down the hallway. So on hot days i've been leaving the aircon on and closing all the rest of the doors apart from my room so the aircon can flow through.
It kinda works but doesn't get full cold as expected due to it cooling the whole hallway past my room as well. I'm looking for a solution which won't look too out of place which i can quickly put up near the hallway after my room so the aircon stops cooling past there. I know it won't stop it fully unless it's properly sealed etc but anything would help. So far i'm thinking those like portable paper standing blind/wall things you see in old japanese places? Or is there any other decent solution.

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  • Gronk on 17/01/2017 - 18:11
    +2

    A nice powerful fan to help push the cooler air further throughout the house?

  • holdenmg on 17/01/2017 - 18:17

    Cold(est) Air is going to be closer to the floor.
    Maybe something like https://www.target.com.au/p/target-box-fan-3-cm-tarbf2/59468… in the hall could port the air into your room.

    Or possibly:
    https://www.google.com.au/search?q=cane+hall+divider&client=…

  • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2017 - 19:22
    +4

    Get a collapsing shower rail and a ring curtain suspend the curtain in the hall so the hem has no gap at the bottom

  • tristanium on 17/01/2017 - 19:25

    is this a split (so the air in the living room is circulating and being chilled by AC) or a ducted where the air is coming out in the living area, and then moving down to hall to a return air vent in the hall and being pumped back into the living area (through the attic or a bulkhead)?

  • oscargamer on 17/01/2017 - 19:30
    +2

    you need a fan, nothing passive will do

  • outlander on 17/01/2017 - 19:30
    +1

    I have the same issue! Here was my quick, easy (and lets be honest, lazy) solution!
    https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/24621/45833/img_201701…

  • havebeerbelywillsumo on 17/01/2017 - 21:27

    Have exactly this issue at my place…have just lived with it as the lounge room where the air con is situated is where you are during the day and it is cool enough still.

    When you think about it you certainly don't want a track across the hallway floor which would preclude most solutions….a tall room divider/screen which you just lift and place against the wall when not in use or wanting to access the rest of the house? Stability would be an issue and whatever feet the screen had would get in the way but best I can think of……hmmm or a light tall swing door attached to the hall wall?

  • FirstNameLastName on 17/01/2017 - 21:30
    +1

    i assume you own the place, as you've installed aircon.

    so you could consider a duct system that draws air into the floor/ceiling, then sends it to the room. inline fan is quietest option.

    duct/fan supplier website would have more info and advice.

    tricky/costly solution tho.

    (i ran 6m of 150mm inline duct from bathroom to outside.. prob cost $250 or something.. i had existing gpo in celing to connect to tho)

  • noyesmaybeok on 17/01/2017 - 22:39

    I have almost the same problem - downstairs has a unit, however it flows up the stairs. Some sort of pull down partition to block that off seemingly would be great.

    Hard to judge how much cold air is being lost though. Given heat rises, maybe having somewhere for the hot air to 'flow off to' isn't that bad?

    • Kevan2 on 18/01/2017 - 00:21

      Whilst I have ducted air, our kitchen has air but sunroom off the kitchen does not. 1946 owner room by room build.

      Our solution was it install a pull down roller blind for when we want to limit air runoff, or privacy. Works well. On the other hand also works well to bleed air con air into non aired sun room. Other rooms to sunroom are bedrooms and not on that air line.

      For us it was cheep, out of way when not in use (we tried screens- the cheep ones fell over or in way and we could not afford designer ones or make with special fabric or wallpaper )

      Good luck 🍀 op love to read your end solution.

  • ClintonL on 17/01/2017 - 23:43

    Yeah i own the place, I've got 2 big fans. One which drives the air down the hallway then one faces into my room so it blows into it. It's a split system. Those wooden partitions don't look too bad however they look like they're not solid (like meshy). Is there any of those which are made out of canvas or something.
    Also thinking of ghetto'ing a couple of hooks on my roof (maybe use 3m command hooks)..Then find a solid piece of canvas to hang it down from or if i'm smart think of making it retractable/pull down.

  • PVA on 18/01/2017 - 00:28
    +1

    Hang a heavyish curtain where you want to block the air flow.

    • Euphemistic on 18/01/2017 - 08:42

      My parents have a curtain they put up at the top of the stairs, they remove it when the weather is 'nice'. Seems to work well.

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