First let me try to explain what I am dealing with:
1 wing of my sprawling ranch house is 2x6 construction with vaulted ceilings. There are 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on the "main" floor. Directly underneath is an 8' high poured foundation basement.
I am in the process of finishing the basement space. There is a Fireplace Xtrordinair 44 Elite zero clearnace cat fireplace in the basement. The walls are finished with 2x4 framing, moisture barrier and fiberglass insulation. Currently I do not have the ceiling complete, but my plan was to sheetrock with 5/8".
I would really like the heat from the basement fireplace to flow up nicely and heat the rooms upstairs.
My thought is to put some registers low in the walls of each room (probably 1 8x12 in each of the small rooms and 2 in the large master, 5 total). I would duct them right to the ceiling in the basement where there would be another register directly underneath, so 5 registers in the basement ceiling. I would then leave the door to the basement open to allow a circulation of air.
Thoughts/suggestions/concerns/experiences/cursings/ramblings?
ac
1 wing of my sprawling ranch house is 2x6 construction with vaulted ceilings. There are 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on the "main" floor. Directly underneath is an 8' high poured foundation basement.
I am in the process of finishing the basement space. There is a Fireplace Xtrordinair 44 Elite zero clearnace cat fireplace in the basement. The walls are finished with 2x4 framing, moisture barrier and fiberglass insulation. Currently I do not have the ceiling complete, but my plan was to sheetrock with 5/8".
I would really like the heat from the basement fireplace to flow up nicely and heat the rooms upstairs.
My thought is to put some registers low in the walls of each room (probably 1 8x12 in each of the small rooms and 2 in the large master, 5 total). I would duct them right to the ceiling in the basement where there would be another register directly underneath, so 5 registers in the basement ceiling. I would then leave the door to the basement open to allow a circulation of air.
Thoughts/suggestions/concerns/experiences/cursings/ramblings?
ac