Circulate Air Between Floors

The larger 100kbtu system is zoned for the 1st and 2nd floor.

Circulate air between floors.

I don t see a lot of air mixing between floors in my partly finished house. By installing pass through air grilles in bedroom doors or jumper ducts in the ceiling between rooms to convey supply airflow back to the central return duct neutral air balance in each room is. If you don t you ll simply feel the chill from the cool breeze they create. The smaller 40kbtu system is zoned for a large south west facing 1st floor office with many widows and the basement.

The level to level ventilator fan shown moves existing cool air from one level from the basement or a mini split system for example to another level of the house through an adjustable sleeve installed through the floor ceiling. What surprised me is that this morning the temperatures were the same. Have a professional contractor install a cold air return gadget in your basement. Within a few minutes the temperature should equalize between the floors there s another more advanced and much more expansive way of improving air ventilation and air circulation in homes especially multi story buildings.

In the summer the cool air sinks to the basement and the heat must run to keep it at 69f. This is by using supplemental mechanical balanced heat recovery ventilation systems. An inline booster fan would push or pull air depending on the season. This tool promotes cool air circulation through duct work and other house passageways use weatherstripping and.

Keep the forced air system thermostat fan on instead of auto position to help circulate the air during the hottest and coldest periods of time. First if you also have forced air turn the fan on to help circulate heat. This doesn t surprise me as hot air obviously rises plus the 1st floor has the benefit of the slab heat sink. And also keep them running at their lowest speed.

There are 2 hvac systems both sitting in the basement. A ventilator fan can blow conditioned air up or down depending on the position of the blower unit.