If the space is conditioned it no longer is an attic and needs to be called conditioned space wiring within an area used as a plenum has to be in conduit.
Attic furnace no return plenum.
If you don t have a crawl space or a basement then it can be a challenge to place a furnace on the ground floor of the structure.
When you place a furnace in the attic to take advantage of its.
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Air handler platforms used as return air plenums can draw air from vented attics and crawlspaces through other connected framing cavities.
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That is why you need a cold air return image 1.
A return air plenum is the ducting that is attached to a furnace for that return air to flow through and is used as a central manifold for other return air ducting.
While none of these spaces makes an acceptable air pathway on its own some building cavities such as floor joists can make acceptable duct chases to contain an insulated air sealed metal or flex supply.
For the system to work you have to re circulate the air back to the furnace.
A furnace in the attic is a design that works for all homes.
If you had no return air in your room you would create a positive pressure.
That would then reduce the flow of conditioned air to that space.
An attic is a space not a structural component the space cannot support anything but air.