re: So I got two routers on my network now, but having speed issues

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It could be using the router with the poorest throughput, simply because that was its last configuration and it's still receiving packets, despite it being a fraction of the throughput of another nearby channel.

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This.

In general, if a device has a signal, it's going to keep using the original connection. Let's use you're phone as an example. You connect it where you get the strongest signal and speed. All good. Now you walk your phone to a different area and expect it to pick up the better signal. Nope. It's going to keep using the degraded signal from original source. Same goes with 5ghz and 2.4ghz on same SSID. You figure you're going to roam, no issues. Nope. You connect your device where 5ghz is the strongest signal and it stays on 5ghz. Then when you're out of range it switches to 2.4ghz. Okay cool. But when you're back in range of 5ghz, does it switch back? Most likely not going to happen.

Setting up roaming in my experience requires higher end equipment designed for that purpose.

In my house, I run separate SSIDs for 5 and 2.4. Switching over a network an a phone or laptop takes less than 10 seconds. For your wired devices you shouldn't have a problem.