I want to suck the cooler basement air to my main living area.
2006-08-07 03:42:42 · 9 answers · asked by booger 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
My suggestion is this: Go to Home Depot/Lowes, etc and buy what the call a 'whole house fan'.
it installs in the ceiling (usually the highest point in your house) and when turn on, draws the hot air out into the attic or crawl space below your roof - You can go for the next step and install another fan to draw the hot air from your attic to the outside at the same time - but if your crawl space/attic is well ventalated, you shouldn't have to.
You keep the sunny side of the house closed up (window, shades, etc) and open up the cooler side, or if you want, just open an area from your basement - and turn on the whole house fan - all the hot air will go up and away and you'll have a cooler interior - saves money on A/C and works great - I do agree with the person that said you might have the 'stale' air smell from the basement - but after it circulates for awhile, it might be ok....
give it a try.
2006-08-07 03:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget all the inventions being suggested. Your furnace most likely as a setting on the thermostat that says 'Fan'. Most have 'Heat, A/C and Fan' positions. The furnace also most likely draws its fresh air from the basement, depending upon its age, model, style and type. But most draw air from the basement as I said earlier.
If this is the case, just turn the thermostat selector switch to the fan position. I just did this yesterday and allowed it to run an hour or so while I was closing the windows in the house, preparing to turn on the A/C. I checked and the air coming from the vents on the main floor was indeed much cooler than the ambient temp.
Now, if you do have a fresh air intake duct drawing air to the furnace, put a damper in the line so you could close it.
Easy enough? It works and you are so close.
2006-08-07 07:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, You might try putting a couple of fans on the floor of your basement and point the fans upward towards the stairs and into your house. Or you might install a ceiling vent that will pull the air up and into the house. Contact Home Depot.
2006-08-11 03:14:40 · answer #3 · answered by Merrilly C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could use a floor fan pointed up the basement stairs. I am afraid that is going to make your upstairs smell like an old basement though.
2006-08-07 03:47:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Opening windows on the opposite sides of the room will draw air into the room. Keep the hot sun out. Box fans are good to use. They can be put in front of windows or in a window. Making ice in gallon plastic jugs and soda bottles and putting them in a container in front of a fan will help. Drinking ice water, something cold and iced tea will help. Putting cold rags on the forehead and rubbing the arms helps too.
2016-03-27 02:15:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some air vents they make cool air all through the house not just in the basement
2006-08-07 03:49:20 · answer #6 · answered by Johnlennonlover777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some fans and put them on the stairs to pull the air up.
Keep your blinds closed so that the sun doesnt heat up the rest of the house while you are pulling up that air. Keep your celing fans on too to keep the air moving.
Good luck.
2006-08-07 03:47:34 · answer #7 · answered by Justin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a fan and put it in the basement doorway and turn it on.
2006-08-07 03:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by rookiewriter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should invent something, maybe something with spinning blades. You could call it, oh I don't know, A FAN!!!
You must be a genius.
2006-08-07 03:48:24 · answer #9 · answered by lampoilman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋