Hi all,
I was thinking about putting cold air returns and registers in each of my rooms on my main floor. Here's the question. Will putting 2 well placed holes in each room going to be enough to allow heat to rise to my rooms and cold air to return to the cellar where my pellet stove is? Under the premise that cold air is heavier then hot air of coarse.
The stove will heat my cellar up to 75 degrees with little problem in about 2 hours on high. It heats my living room and kitchen ,which are at the top of the stairs with an open banister to 70 degrees as long as I shut the bed room doors down the hall.
I would like to add the holes in my floors to get the heat to rise into the rooms and also let cold air return to the cellar to be heated. Will gravity be enough to allow this to take place naturally or will I have to intervene with fans and what not?
I guess I should have giving a little better explanation of my house so you will know what we're dealing with. It is a standard ranch style home,24'x 40'. Open living room,dinning,kitchen area with standard 8' ceilings and a Short hallway with 3 bed rooms at the end. Hopes this helps with the answer
I just installed the pellet stove on Sunday and love it. It is only 40,000 btu's at max out put but man what a difference. The furnace runs very little now and that's what I was looking for but now the wheels are spinning and my inner demons...LOL, wont let it alone.Have to try and make it better and maximize its potential
Thanks in advance for any help you can give and I just want to say this site rocks....
Jeff
I was thinking about putting cold air returns and registers in each of my rooms on my main floor. Here's the question. Will putting 2 well placed holes in each room going to be enough to allow heat to rise to my rooms and cold air to return to the cellar where my pellet stove is? Under the premise that cold air is heavier then hot air of coarse.
The stove will heat my cellar up to 75 degrees with little problem in about 2 hours on high. It heats my living room and kitchen ,which are at the top of the stairs with an open banister to 70 degrees as long as I shut the bed room doors down the hall.
I would like to add the holes in my floors to get the heat to rise into the rooms and also let cold air return to the cellar to be heated. Will gravity be enough to allow this to take place naturally or will I have to intervene with fans and what not?
I guess I should have giving a little better explanation of my house so you will know what we're dealing with. It is a standard ranch style home,24'x 40'. Open living room,dinning,kitchen area with standard 8' ceilings and a Short hallway with 3 bed rooms at the end. Hopes this helps with the answer
I just installed the pellet stove on Sunday and love it. It is only 40,000 btu's at max out put but man what a difference. The furnace runs very little now and that's what I was looking for but now the wheels are spinning and my inner demons...LOL, wont let it alone.Have to try and make it better and maximize its potential
Thanks in advance for any help you can give and I just want to say this site rocks....
Jeff