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New House HVAC installation-Energy Savings advice mrscherry2000 05-10-2007
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Posted by on May 10, 2007, 8:49 am
We are in the process of building a new home (modular). We are
tearing down our existing home and intend on using the heat pump we
purchased 3 years ago in the new house. The new house has a
basement. We were looking for a way to tie in the natural coolness of
the basement so that the cool basement air can be circulated through
our ducts reducing our energy consumption in the summer. In the
winter, we'd like to use a wood stove in the basement and also
circulate the hot air from the wood stove through the house.

Is this feasible? Can we simply install an air intake above the
woodstove and the basement air would just be pulled in through the
system? BTW we are on top of a hill and do not expect to have
problems with moisture in the basement (at least not as the result of
leaking walls)


Posted by daytona° on May 10, 2007, 6:59 pm
Won't happen....it's not as cool as you thing...especially to be used in the
other areas of the residence. Not worth the money input for the cooling
output

> We are in the process of building a new home (modular). We are
> tearing down our existing home and intend on using the heat pump we
> purchased 3 years ago in the new house. The new house has a
> basement. We were looking for a way to tie in the natural coolness of
> the basement so that the cool basement air can be circulated through
> our ducts reducing our energy consumption in the summer. In the
> winter, we'd like to use a wood stove in the basement and also
> circulate the hot air from the wood stove through the house.
>
> Is this feasible? Can we simply install an air intake above the
> woodstove and the basement air would just be pulled in through the
> system? BTW we are on top of a hill and do not expect to have
> problems with moisture in the basement (at least not as the result of
> leaking walls)
>



Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on May 10, 2007, 8:55 pm
mrscherry2000@msn.com wrote:
> We are in the process of building a new home (modular). We are
> tearing down our existing home and intend on using the heat pump we
> purchased 3 years ago in the new house. The new house has a
> basement. We were looking for a way to tie in the natural coolness of
> the basement so that the cool basement air can be circulated through
> our ducts reducing our energy consumption in the summer. In the
> winter, we'd like to use a wood stove in the basement and also
> circulate the hot air from the wood stove through the house.
>
> Is this feasible? Can we simply install an air intake above the
> woodstove and the basement air would just be pulled in through the
> system? BTW we are on top of a hill and do not expect to have
> problems with moisture in the basement (at least not as the result of
> leaking walls)
>
Oh boy, should I even bother to read the rest of the posts?

Did a lot of research there you fundie idiot?

Posted by geothermaljones on May 11, 2007, 7:26 pm

> We are in the process of building a new home (modular). We are
> tearing down our existing home and intend on using the heat pump we
> purchased 3 years ago in the new house. The new house has a
> basement. We were looking for a way to tie in the natural coolness of
> the basement so that the cool basement air can be circulated through
> our ducts reducing our energy consumption in the summer. In the
> winter, we'd like to use a wood stove in the basement and also
> circulate the hot air from the wood stove through the house.
>
> Is this feasible? Can we simply install an air intake above the
> woodstove and the basement air would just be pulled in through the
> system? BTW we are on top of a hill and do not expect to have
> problems with moisture in the basement (at least not as the result of
> leaking walls)
>

Sure...
Just add a couple supply air grilles & more importantly a couple returns in
the basement
Mount those returns low...
You'll get a little bit of cooling, but not a bunch as the basement will
warm up.
What will happen is you'll decrease the damp/dank basement space.
The added cost for a couple supplies & returns are well worth it...
Keep that blower on constantly, variable speed preferably, & further reduce
the hot & cold spots.

good luck
geothermaljones
st.paul,mn.





Posted by Bob Pietrangelo on May 11, 2007, 10:54 pm





> We are in the process of building a new home (modular). We are
> tearing down our existing home and intend on using the heat pump we
> purchased 3 years ago in the new house. The new house has a

Does the new home have the same exact heat load as the one you are tearing
down???

> basement. We were looking for a way to tie in the natural coolness of
> the basement so that the cool basement air can be circulated through
> our ducts reducing our energy consumption in the summer. In the
> winter, we'd like to use a wood stove in the basement and also
> circulate the hot air from the wood stove through the house.

aren't you the least bit worried about recirculating carbon monoxide also.
>
> Is this feasible? Can we simply install an air intake above the
> woodstove and the basement air would just be pulled in through the
> system? BTW we are on top of a hill and do not expect to have
> problems with moisture in the basement (at least not as the result of
> leaking walls)
>

Do the the job right and have a properly sized and designed system installed

--
Bob Pietrangelo
bobp3@comcast.net (home)
bob@comfort-solution.biz (work)
www.comfort-solution.biz



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