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Posted by dpb on November 4, 2009, 5:32 pm
mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:
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> Ductwork is all uninsulated in a full basement.
Well, DOH!!! Nice and toasty down there, I'd wager...
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Posted by on November 4, 2009, 6:24 pm
>mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:
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>> Ductwork is all uninsulated in a full basement.
>Well, DOH!!! Nice and toasty down there, I'd wager...
Standard procedure in a full basement is to use bare, uninsulated
ducts. I'm 100 miles or more north of Rochester in Ontario -
50,000/75000 BTU (2 stage) 80% efficiency furnace keeps my 1300 =/- sq
ft house warm for under $700 a year.AFAIK it has never kicked up to
high rate.The 600 sq ft basement is also heated.
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Posted by dpb on November 4, 2009, 6:42 pm
clare@snyder.on.ca wrote:
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>> mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:
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>>> Ductwork is all uninsulated in a full basement.
>> Well, DOH!!! Nice and toasty down there, I'd wager...
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> Standard procedure in a full basement is to use bare, uninsulated
> ducts. I'm 100 miles or more north of Rochester in Ontario -
> 50,000/75000 BTU (2 stage) 80% efficiency furnace keeps my 1300 =/- sq
> ft house warm for under $700 a year.AFAIK it has never kicked up to
> high rate.The 600 sq ft basement is also heated.
Well, certainly isn't here and it gets pretty cold as well...0F and
below pretty common...
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Posted by cshenk on November 4, 2009, 7:03 pm
> dpb wrote:
>>> Ductwork is all uninsulated in a full basement.
>>Well, DOH!!! Nice and toasty down there, I'd wager...
>
> Standard procedure in a full basement is to use bare, uninsulated
> ducts. I'm 100 miles or more north of Rochester in Ontario -
> 50,000/75000 BTU (2 stage) 80% efficiency furnace keeps my 1300 =/- sq
> ft house warm for under $700 a year.AFAIK it has never kicked up to
> high rate.The 600 sq ft basement is also heated.
Yup. Deliberate too. It's to protect the pipes from freezing.
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Posted by dpb on November 4, 2009, 7:22 pm
cshenk wrote:
>> dpb wrote:
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>>>> Ductwork is all uninsulated in a full basement.
>>> Well, DOH!!! Nice and toasty down there, I'd wager...
>> Standard procedure in a full basement is to use bare, uninsulated
>> ducts. I'm 100 miles or more north of Rochester in Ontario -
>> 50,000/75000 BTU (2 stage) 80% efficiency furnace keeps my 1300 =/- sq
>> ft house warm for under $700 a year.AFAIK it has never kicked up to
>> high rate.The 600 sq ft basement is also heated.
>
> Yup. Deliberate too. It's to protect the pipes from freezing.
Well, here it isn't--they'll duct it normally w/ vents in used space.
Seems a terrible waste otherwise to heat w/o any control all that volume.
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