With the cold temps quickly on the way I am about to start a project that I am looking for some advice on. I have installed Floor register covers before to move air from the basement upstairs when I had a Pellet stove and it did the trick. It was only after I did it did I find out that it was a no-no. I simply cut a hole to fit the register cover in the floor and another in the ceiling cause a straight through penetration. Apparently according to fire codes this is not acceptable. So my question is, "what is acceptable?"
My current set up has me in a 2 year old split entry home well insulated with Ice block foundation in an unfinished basement. The stove is located directly at the bottom of the stairs, open the front door look down the stairs and there she be, throwing all kinds of nice warm air up the stair well. This warms my upstairs living room/kitchen area just fine. I don't currently have any issue with the bedroom area but I can tell that it will be with the cooler temps. I have a small bit of wasted space in the hallway that I would like to put a register in, could fit a typical 8" x 14" grill there no problem. Since my basement is unfinished location downstairs wont be an issue, yet. But that I can plan around.
If I simply add ducting offset with a 90deg bend, will that be code compliant? I know the only real way to answer this is to get an inspector, or some over priced dude to come in a sign off, but where I live, that could take months and the answer I got would not leave me satisfied. Contractors here are horrible. Any experience doing this, any advice? Thanks in advance.
My current set up has me in a 2 year old split entry home well insulated with Ice block foundation in an unfinished basement. The stove is located directly at the bottom of the stairs, open the front door look down the stairs and there she be, throwing all kinds of nice warm air up the stair well. This warms my upstairs living room/kitchen area just fine. I don't currently have any issue with the bedroom area but I can tell that it will be with the cooler temps. I have a small bit of wasted space in the hallway that I would like to put a register in, could fit a typical 8" x 14" grill there no problem. Since my basement is unfinished location downstairs wont be an issue, yet. But that I can plan around.
If I simply add ducting offset with a 90deg bend, will that be code compliant? I know the only real way to answer this is to get an inspector, or some over priced dude to come in a sign off, but where I live, that could take months and the answer I got would not leave me satisfied. Contractors here are horrible. Any experience doing this, any advice? Thanks in advance.