My Basement Floor Is Freezing

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My basement floor is freezing.

The basement walls were insulated between the foundation and drywall. Including a new central air system. It cascades into your basement through windows ducts vents pipes spaces around intrusions around the rim joist header joist and from non conditioned rooms overhead. If you want to be able to use your basement as a playroom guest bedroom apartment or theater you need to first understand why your basement is so cold before you begin with measures to warm it up.

Heat rises in your home and because basements are generally underground those floors are often the coldest place in the house. My basement was refinished last year. I had insulation blown in the attic in 2011. With a dry basement and the right materials on hand you can cozy up a cool basement with the radiant floor heating offered by warmlyyours radiant heating.

I have an operating attic fan. Q we have a two story house and in the summer the basement is cold. There are two basic mechanisms which can cause a basement to move because of freezing temperatures ice block formation and ad freezing frost heaving. But you can expand your living space with in floor heating.

A form of ice block formation occurs when moist soil lies under the foundation footings and the frost line or freezing point penetration reaches deep enough into the earth to form expansive ice directly under the footings. Is there a way to get this cold air into the rest of the house and minimize use of the air conditioning. Another bedroom upstairs is even warmer.