Cold Air Return Basement Ceiling

Essentially that allows the warm air to circulate better.

Cold air return basement ceiling. Unlike supply vents return vents do not need to be cased in metal. In the basement to avoid chimney backdrafting the return air duct should be only half as large as the sum of the hot air ducts. It is currently taped shut. Place your cold air return vents on the inside walls of buildings at the lowest point.

The finished section has one large room with 2 heat ac vents and one small room with one heat ac vent all vents in the ceiling. The only places ive ever seen cold air returns in the ceiling is undeveloped basements easyier for the builder and developed basements where the contractor didn t sell lowering the vent and now they have a cold basement. What is different in the basement is that most of the ductwork is on the ceiling. Even with the vent closed that area of the basement stays pretty cool even in the hottest part of the summer.

The basement one should be on the floor not the ceiling of the basement. The return vent pulls cold air from the bottom of the room and returns it to the furnace to be reheated and returned as warm air. Main level is 1300 sq and basement is 650sq ft finished and 650 sq ft unfinished. The basement is no exception to the rule.

In the upper stories of the house the return air duct openings on each floor should be approximately equal to the sum of the hot air outlets. There is an ac heat vent cut into the ceiling. This is how an adequately positioned cold air return vent will help make your basement warmer. I would like to put at least one cold air return in the basement if recommended.

This video alone solve many common issues with basements. There is no cold air return. Often people have their cold air return mounted at the ceiling or up close to the ceiling and by doing this you are not moving the cold air only the warm air. Cut into the cold air return that is on the ceiling and drop a duct down to the floor.