Venting situation

[cahydro99]

Venting situation basement type room, original exhaust vent is actually located at the floor lvl, also ave a chimney in another room... main concern is heat rises, my question is,... with a decent inline vent fan can it push the hot air down and out at a respectable rate or will i be stuck with an extreme amount of ambient heat, should i start cutting and find an alternative higher up source for venting?

 

[lovethestuff]

I use my chimney, works good about a 25' run. You don't see much heat exhaust by the time it hits the roof.

 

[cahydro99]

ya ive been considering it... and i think i will go into the chimney, requires some demolition to part of a wall to get to it, but hey whatever it takes to get it done, right? lol

 

[Proliferation]

hot air rises, heat goes to cold.

slight difference but the semantics do make scientific difference.

 

[HeadMed]

Duct from the floor fan to the top of the room. make it straight up and at the ceiling if you can. Make sure to get a fan capable of moving more than enough CFMs.

Friend vents by placing an inline between the 2 reflectors. it pulls from one and blows into the other... then just soft ducted from the 2nd reflector through the floor. Works great.