Heating ducts?

Question

Ok here it is We have heat DUH!!!! lol

Ok serious i want to put heating ducts in the basement . And i want to knwo if anyone know of a sight where i can do this tsep by step . WE are making 2 bedrooms down there and well it's cold in both rooms you can see where the a guest i will call them tubes go through the basement to go pass the heat or air to other rooms. we where just going to cut into 2 of them and put the ducts in or the little thingies you know o the venst that what they are callde this way the kids wont freeze when they are hanging down there with friends or when i am in my office i wont come out a popsicle stick .

Ok i want to know if this is ok or if i have to go thrugh a hole big thing or what i should do i want to do it myself so if you know of an online vedio or a step by step illustration . It would be nice.

Thanks

M

Answer 1

You want to know, than listen; ...Go to Home Depot right now, they're open today. Tell them what you want to do and ask them their opinion. I've been in the construction business for forty years. I would tap in to an existing duct with a 6 or 10 inch expandable tube to the room I want it for. Story over. I've had this done in mine and it works well at a small cost.

Answer 2

DON'T cut into the round piping that feeds the upstairs.
You can do it a couple of ways.
You can install a tee boot inline with an existing round pipe. Keep in mind that you'll have to shut the upstairs register down to force more air downstairs.
You can cut a hole in the side of the main duct and install a register you can get at Home Depot, Lowes, etc. 10" x 6" or 12" x 6". Problem is there, if the duct is hung next to a beam which is common, you have to cut a hole in the top of the duct and get a tap and duct to the other side, which is next to impossible unless you're experienced.
You can buy a dual boot which will feed a lower and upper register. These may be hard to find. If you have floor registers upstairs, you can remove the boot at the end where the register is and install the dual boot. It will feed your new basement register too.
Then if you want, you can eliminate the floor register upstairs and use the round duct for the basement register. I wouldn't recommend removing 2 from the same room. I also wouldn't do it if you were installing a drywall ceiling in the basement. It would be hard to change it back.
You'll need a pair of sheet metal snips and some other basic hand tools. If you don't feel comfortable modifying your ductwork, try to find someone to do it on the side who does it for a living. I've seen some butcher jobs from people who didn't know how to cut it properly.
Keep in mind, IT WILL ALWAYS BE COLDER IN THE BASEMENT no matter what you do unless you use individual room heaters. There are some nice electric heaters you can recess mount in the wall.

Answer 3

First, what is covering the basement floor? Is it just tiles or carpet? If you plan to use these rooms for many years to come, see your hardware store for an insulating underlay that will not promote mould. This one step will make the rooms much warmer.
Heat rises, so you want the ducts at or near floor level. You can buy galvanized steel pipes, 4 or 5 inch, that snap together and feed them to the heat ducts. One run should be enough for the two ducts, which is simple to do if walls unfinished. Asimply pair of tinsnips does the job, and duct tape seals the joints when you have it all cut properly.
Try to tap into existing ductwork in the basement closest to where you want to run the new ductwork down to the room ducts.
Take your measurements and drawing to the store and ask for help to piece it together. It's not at all difficult. If you are coverage the walls, ENSURE you tape it all well, and attach the piping to the framework so that you don't get noisy vibrations each time the furnace comes on.
Do you use your office very much? If so you can run another length of ductwork to that room, or buy a small , quiet heater with a thermostat that will keep the room comfortable and when you use it you can turn up the thermostat for fast instant heat.

Answer 4

youtube has all sorts of do it yourself videos. I added on a rec room that is only used for a few hours a day and put in a cute electric fireplace. No ductwork needed and I avoided popsicle-hood. One thing to think about when you cut into the existing ductwork if you go that route. The closer to the heater unit, the more air pressure will be leaving by the new hole. It's kinda like a hole in a waterhose. You might wind up with a toasty basement and frozen upstairs. Good luck.

Answer 5

You can probably get a book at your large box home improvement store that will tell you how to do this. It is simply a matter of getting the duct pipes and installing them in the hot air plenum and running them over to a ceiling register in the proposed bedrooms. The basement should also have a cold air return installed in the cold air plenum which returns the air to the furnace for recycling.

Answer 6

All ducks need to be feed daily. This will put energy and they can pass the gas down stairs . Make sure u have proper poilet light for the the gas.

Now if the ducks go quack quack. you know you have it done right.