Heating Old Farm House Wth Stone Wall Basement
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Here are my cold air returns I built. I have 2 one opposite ends. I left the power vent from my oil furnace in just incase . Feeds plenty of cool air to the stove. I leave the upstairs door open . Heating around 2400 sq/ft. I had a buddy do the same with a 50-93 . Similar set up on a split level, his basement was mostly exposed above ground . My basement walls also have 3/4blue board on the outside . Im sure that dramatically helps a lot. The only fan I run is an eco fan on top of the stove .
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I know it's not what you meant, but I used to hang out at a guys house that when you went down the cellar stairs, they literally went both ways. Left-right and front -back. When you are afraid of heights and prone to motion sickness, you don't want to load the wood furnace there very often.
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Right. If air is rising to bring heat upstairs, it needs to be replaced somehow. My staircase acts like a conveyor belt. Warm air rises up to the ceiling and floats upstairs while cool air is coming down the steps, underneath it.
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I don't know if you remember when they built open stair towers in high rises but they were a sight looking down 10+ stories through the center on the stairwells. If the elevators failed I'm sure there would have been a lot of people that would have not made it down out of fear. Depending on what doors in the tower and the building were open it would create a massive suction in or a huge blast out of the tower. Why they didn't see they were building a massive chimney I don't know.waytomany?s wrote: ↑Fri. Jan. 13, 2023 4:00 pmI know it's not what you meant, but I used to hang out at a guys house that when you went down the cellar stairs, they literally went both ways. Left-right and front -back. When you are afraid of heights and prone to motion sickness, you don't want to load the wood furnace there very often.