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Originally Posted by PaulS
Just knocked down the wall between my old kitchen and dining room and the beam put in. They had to move the 2 registers which were in the wall each facing a different room). They put them in the floors in front of the windows. Wife said she wished they were in the walls. I told her most new construction has them in the floors. Is it more common to put them in the wall or in the floor? Thanks
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Not sure about Mass or Connecticut, but VT and NY both require ductwork outside the envelope to be insulated.
If you put the ductwork in the wall instead of insulation you pay to heat the outside air and also can have air leakage issues from the ductwork.
Here's a more lucid explanation.
https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/...place-put-duct