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Unregistered 07:56 AM 01-06-2012
Originally Posted by Ariana:
I have a walkout so we getlots of light but it's still chilly. I basically have a 3 story house so what I do in the winter is close all the floor vents upstairs, close 80% on the middle floor and leave all of them open in the basement (then I do the reverese in the summer). This forces heat in the basement and since hot air rises the whole house gets heated. In the morning when the furnace kicks in the basement is quite toasty!
This is exactly what we do as well. I have also removed the ceiling vents in the basement and just put in the coverings that are a large hole rather than a vented hole. When we shut the vents in the two upper floors, it forces all the hot air into the basement. We actually keep the thermostat at 65, and the basement gets toasty warm.
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