In fact many people prefer this approach.
Cold air return in unfinished basement.
I m thinking about adding a cold air return near the bottom of the floor and uncovering the vent.
Basement cold air return in pictures.
This is how an adequately positioned cold air return vent will help make your basement warmer.
Image 1 wrong setup let s say you have cold air return mounted near the ceiling like in image 1.
When it is chilly outside still leave your basement return closed.
There are 15 pictures of tools and materials and 12 pictures of actual installation.
There is no cold air return.
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.
Cold air return in basement unfinished.
If it is open it means that your heat pump is having to also warm the cold air from your basement.
Pictures which represent installation are set in a sequence in which the installation was executed.
We have a 1 440 square foot basement under a full two storey home heated with a high efficiency gas furnace.
I m assuming because cold air sinks and the ceiling isn t insulated.
On this page you can see pictures of all materials and tools necessary for installation.
By putting the cold air return on the floor it will vacuum up the cold air on the floor and draw down the warm air from the ceiling.
Even with the vent closed that area of the basement stays pretty cool even in the hottest part of the summer.
During the summer leave your basement returns open.
This will draw the cold air off the basement f.
If your basement is unfinished there is really no need to be concerned about a cold air return vent.
You can warm the basement by cutting a hole in lower cold air return of the furnace to improving the air flow.
One other caution is to have the cold air.
It is currently taped shut.
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.
We have four warm air outlets in the basement with no cold air returns.