Hello all,
I built my house in 2017 it’s a 2800 sqft 2 story. I installed an older central boiler 6048 when I built and it has been running amazing since I have installed it. I heat my hot water, forced air furnace and a hanging heater in my garage off of one loop. I monitor the temperatures with WiFi and all has ran very well the past few years. This year I finished my basement and I spray foamed the walls and did an accoustic drop tile ceiling that I thought would keep the heat above so the basement would level out. I have a zoned system and the basement is on it’s on zone but the issue I believe is the plex pipes running above the ceiling. When the rest of the house is 70 the basement is 77 and that is without the zone in the basement turning on at all. I am wondering what to do? I am thinking my options are to insulate the plex pipes in the ceiling, bring in outside fresh air to cool it down a bit( not ideal and I can’t use the furnace to do it because the heat exchanger is in there), or turn the temp down in the wood burner which it’s set at 185. Anyone have experience with this type of issue?
Thanks,
Henry
I built my house in 2017 it’s a 2800 sqft 2 story. I installed an older central boiler 6048 when I built and it has been running amazing since I have installed it. I heat my hot water, forced air furnace and a hanging heater in my garage off of one loop. I monitor the temperatures with WiFi and all has ran very well the past few years. This year I finished my basement and I spray foamed the walls and did an accoustic drop tile ceiling that I thought would keep the heat above so the basement would level out. I have a zoned system and the basement is on it’s on zone but the issue I believe is the plex pipes running above the ceiling. When the rest of the house is 70 the basement is 77 and that is without the zone in the basement turning on at all. I am wondering what to do? I am thinking my options are to insulate the plex pipes in the ceiling, bring in outside fresh air to cool it down a bit( not ideal and I can’t use the furnace to do it because the heat exchanger is in there), or turn the temp down in the wood burner which it’s set at 185. Anyone have experience with this type of issue?
Thanks,
Henry