Natural heat convection links pics etc.

[Wyld Bill]

I'm trying to get the heat better dipersed through my house. I want to get as much natural airflow as I can but also have some fan powered set ups to move the hot/cold air better when I have power available. ANy websites or threads on this out there? Is it better to push the hot air out to remote places or pull cold air back??

 

[begreen]

I would guess that without exaggeration there are at least a few thousand posts on this topic. Many here have found that blowing the air from the cooler area toward the heat, low to the floor, is quite effective.

 

[firefighterjake]

I would guess that without exaggeration there are at least a few thousand posts on this topic. Many here have found that blowing the air from the cooler area toward the heat, low to the floor, is quite effective.

+1 . . . The "fan trick" works well at moving heat through the house . . . fan on the floor pushes cool air towards the heated stove . . . air is heated and rises . . . and moves out . . . it's not instantaneous . . . but it will help level out the heat in a house.

 

[jeff_t]

It's all trial and error. Taping a strip of TP at the top doorways will tell you how the air is moving. For me, moving the fan a few feet does provide an instantaneous change. I can feel the heat move, and the TP confirms it.

 

[Milton Findley]

I was curious about this in my house, which is a tri level colonial or so the real estate agent wanted to call it. I bought a couple of indoor outdoor thermometers and put one remote on each level. I have good convection because of the natural tendency for hot air to rise. I have seen no differences in remote temperatures with a fan on, or a fan off, cold air towards the heat. Somebody once posted that a house will find an equilibrium on its own. I am not done experimenting yet.

 

[Wyld Bill]

I just ripped out a wall tonight to improve airflow. Something I've wanted to do for a while.

 

[BrotherBart]

I just ripped out a wall tonight to improve airflow. Something I've wanted to do for a while.

Bad day at work? :lol:

 

[firefighterjake]

Now the real question Wyld Bill . . . the one that will tell us if you are a true Maniac or not . . .

Did you use your chainsaw to do this carpentry project?

 

[PapaDave]

I just ripped out a wall tonight to improve airflow. Something I've wanted to do for a while.

The "HULK" lives :lol:
Oh, and where are the pics?

 

[PLAYS WITH FIRE]

I was skeptical myself on blowing cold air toward the warm....Not any more! Real quick: stove in finished basement, centrally located stairwell. I used to push/pull the warm air up and it worked ok. I then switched to one box fan blowing on an angle down stairs and what a difference. I let the wife be the judge and she is perpetually cold. She says it works it works!

I will try the TP trick too.