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OT---Vents in floor from basement?

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Brian in NY

08-24-2006 05:45:29




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I have been heating my house with woodstove. Switching to corn burner this year as don't have time to cut enough wood.
My question is this. Corn stove is in basement.
My basement is mostly finished.
I want to cut some fresh air vents into the floor so that the warm air from downstairs can more efficiently rise upstairs.
Is this a good idea, or is there a better way?




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Don L C

08-24-2006 16:45:28




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 Re: OT---Vents in floor from basement? in reply to Brian in NY, 08-24-2006 05:45:29  
Years ago when this heating your house with wood stoves started, my uncle put a big wood stove in the basement..... he placed it near the cold air trunk line..... he had a large hood made and placed it over the stove and ducted directly to the cold air return.....I think he ran the house furance fan on manual.....on real cold days you could run the furnace and fan on automatic.....this way he heated the whole house evenly..... .

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TimV

08-24-2006 15:54:46




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 Re: OT---Vents in floor from basement? in reply to Brian in NY, 08-24-2006 05:45:29  
My folks have a similar setup in their house--wood stove downstairs with a register above it, and a cold-air return at the back of the house. Works great. They also have a small fan blowing hot air upwards above the stove and through the register.



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Mattlt

08-24-2006 13:19:56




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 Re: OT---Vents in floor from basement? in reply to Brian in NY, 08-24-2006 05:45:29  
Keep in mind, if you ever have a fire in your basement, there's nothing to stop if from traveling up to the rest of the house.

I know, many old houses have vents cut in the floor, including the old farmhouse that I grew up in.

Just something to think about.



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K-Mo

08-24-2006 10:00:13




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 Re: OT---Vents in floor from basement? in reply to Brian in NY, 08-24-2006 05:45:29  
We have an old farm house. The old heating system had large registers on the interior walls which could be opened and closed. We installed new heating and A/C and installed registers at the exterior walls. We kept the old registers in place and just removed the duct work. We open them in the winter when we use a wood burning stove in the basement for supplemental heat. We close them in the summer to keep the first floor A/C air from falling into the basement.

K-Mo

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cj3b_jeep

08-24-2006 08:33:54




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 Re: OT---Vents in floor from basement? in reply to Brian in NY, 08-24-2006 05:45:29  
You definately need a "cold air" return.



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Midwest redneck

08-24-2006 08:16:23




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 Re: OT---Vents in floor from basement? in reply to Brian in NY, 08-24-2006 05:45:29  
You may be able to run the regular furnace fan (without the burner running) to circulate the heat. (my 2 cents.)



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RB/CT

08-24-2006 06:33:10




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 Re: OT---Vents in floor from basement? in reply to Brian in NY, 08-24-2006 05:45:29  
Have two eight by 12 or 14 vents through the floor into two bedrooms, my alaska Stoker Coal Stove is below in a family room. They were an improvement, but i too discovered the heat coming UP the downstairs stairway naturally. I would install them again though. Tried the triangular small fan that goes in the doorway upper corner in that hallway, but it didn't work and a brought it back, it had a small motor and not enough cfms. Good luck with the stove, stay warm this winter.

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H. Bowder

08-24-2006 06:24:54




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 Re: OT---Vents in floor from basement? in reply to Brian in NY, 08-24-2006 05:45:29  
Yes great idea.

I did this once between 1st and second floors. Had a small commercial refrigerator fan in the duct on a ceiling fan speed control blowing hot air UP into room above kitchen. NOTHING HAPPENED.

I discovered by using smoking kitchen matches that the natural air flow of heat was UP the main stairway. This volume of flow totally overpowered the small duct despite the fan. I flipped the fan over and had great results. I blew the cold air down into the corner of the kitchen -which luckily was no big deal due to the forced hot air heating ducts in the kitchen floor.

The moral is you will probably need to have a cold air return duct somewhere else in the basement.

Watch out for the hot air pressure (which after all lifts up balloons) in the basement stairwell. It could suck cool air down onto the corn stove resulting in heat not going up where you thought it would. Especially if you have gaps around your cellar door letting the heat up.

Hope this helps

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