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Upstairs airflow dilemna
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Posted by jbriss (My Page) on Tue, Nov 17, 09 at 20:34
Our house is a cape, with the master bedroom being located upstairs. The stairway serves as a great escape for any heat our steam-based radiators give off. You can literally stand halfway up the stairs, at the height of the main-level ceiling and feel the hot air rush past your head. I've included a couple of pictures but basically our issue is that we have no idea on what our options are to close off this area so the warm air generated downstairs stays downstairs and does not escape upstairs. Any ideas? We've thought about the unappealing option of just walling it off and putting a door there but I'm looking for any creative options out there that would help alleviate or reduce hot air moving up the stairway. I've thought of an air curtain or some type of fan that blows down the stairs but noise and other obvious reasons make that option not that attractive. Links to pics:
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5017/photodr.jpg
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8063/photo2y.jpg
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RE: Upstairs airflow dilemna
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| Without wanting to close it off, the first thing that comes to mind is a reversable ceiling fan set for downdraft. |
RE: Upstairs airflow dilemna
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a slow moving ceiling fan will take care of most of your problem. buy a good one not a cheep one and it will do the job
going slow and quiet at the top of the stairs. paulbm |
RE: Upstairs airflow dilemna
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| Can you adjust the radiator valves so that most of the heat goes to the first-floor radiators? Then having the hot air rise won't be such a problem, and you'll get the heat where (I assume) you need it. Heat rises, so you're trying to make water flow uphill here. |
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