sweetcheekz
Active Member
Hey guys, got a problem that I am looking for the best solution for. Any input is appreciated.
So...my air cooled lights currently vent to the outside from my basement. The house is on a hill, so the basement has one wall accessible from outdoors, the rest of it is in ground. I cut a hole in the wall showing to vent directly outside....
Now, it's a 3 floor (including basement) home, and I'd like to vent the heat back into the main floor so it'll warm up the house.
This is a big house, so I can keep this a secret from the kid while she's still living here (not home much and never enters basement)
Options,
Solution: Just cut an intake in main floor wall close to basement exhaust (but high enough to reach 2nd floor) and run venting so it makes a "U" and goes into the house
Problem:
- Even with filters, it's going to be noisy with the 745 cfm fan. I don't want the kid to hear this.
Solution: Build a storage room (which would be useful anyway) on side of house, vent into that room and have a passive intake into house
Problem:
- I'm a little lazy
- The room would probably look ugly and the wife would hate it
- The kid *might* be curious about the new attachment to house and go look at it, if she saw it. There's a chance she'd never see it
Solution: Build a box about 4'x2' and mount it vertically covering both the basement exhaust hole and main floor intake hole, but keep the two holes far apart
Problem:
- Once again, ugly, but not a big deal since it's the side of the house no one see's
- Possibly still to loud?
- Would have to well insulate box, as it'd get cold quick and start pushing cold air in as soon as the lights were off
Just trying to even out the bill a little by saving on heat
I'd love to hear more (and better) ideas!
So...my air cooled lights currently vent to the outside from my basement. The house is on a hill, so the basement has one wall accessible from outdoors, the rest of it is in ground. I cut a hole in the wall showing to vent directly outside....
Now, it's a 3 floor (including basement) home, and I'd like to vent the heat back into the main floor so it'll warm up the house.
This is a big house, so I can keep this a secret from the kid while she's still living here (not home much and never enters basement)
Options,
Solution: Just cut an intake in main floor wall close to basement exhaust (but high enough to reach 2nd floor) and run venting so it makes a "U" and goes into the house
Problem:
- Even with filters, it's going to be noisy with the 745 cfm fan. I don't want the kid to hear this.
Solution: Build a storage room (which would be useful anyway) on side of house, vent into that room and have a passive intake into house
Problem:
- I'm a little lazy
- The room would probably look ugly and the wife would hate it
- The kid *might* be curious about the new attachment to house and go look at it, if she saw it. There's a chance she'd never see it
Solution: Build a box about 4'x2' and mount it vertically covering both the basement exhaust hole and main floor intake hole, but keep the two holes far apart
Problem:
- Once again, ugly, but not a big deal since it's the side of the house no one see's
- Possibly still to loud?
- Would have to well insulate box, as it'd get cold quick and start pushing cold air in as soon as the lights were off
Just trying to even out the bill a little by saving on heat
I'd love to hear more (and better) ideas!
