Cold Air Return In Unfinished Basement
There is no cold air return.
Cold air return in unfinished basement. Image 1 wrong setup let s say you have cold air return mounted near the ceiling like in image 1. You can warm the basement by cutting a hole in lower cold air return of the furnace to improving the air flow. This will draw the cold air off the basement f. When the hot air is coming out of the register from the ceiling all of the hot air will hang out around the middle of the room and up to the.
That allows for the cool air from the basement to be pumped into the upper stories. A friend who used to install furnaces told me to cut a return in the cold air return to the furnace near the floor. So turn the cold air return 90 degrees through the wall so that it actually draws the air from the room next to the furnace room or from the hallway of the basement. During the summer leave your basement returns open.
When it is chilly outside still leave your basement return closed. We have four warm air outlets in the basement with no cold air returns. There are 15 pictures of tools and materials and 12 pictures of actual installation. Basement cold air return in pictures.
We have a 1 440 square foot basement under a full two storey home heated with a high efficiency gas furnace. This is how an adequately positioned cold air return vent will help make your basement warmer. I m assuming because cold air sinks and the ceiling isn t insulated. If it is open it means that your heat pump is having to also warm the cold air from your basement.
Even with the vent closed that area of the basement stays pretty cool even in the hottest part of the summer. Pictures which represent installation are set in a sequence in which the installation was executed. Cold air return in basement unfinished. On this page you can see pictures of all materials and tools necessary for installation.
If your basement is unfinished there is really no need to be concerned about a cold air return vent. In fact many people prefer this approach. One other caution is to have the cold air. It is currently taped shut.