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Top 5 Options for Heating Your Basement (so your lady will snuggle with you)

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When these two eventually come into the basement, they will want it to be warm!

When these two eventually come into the basement, they will want it to be warm!

I get it, you'd like your finished basement to be warm, toasty and comfortable even on the coldest, darkest winter nights.

You didn't build that kick ass movie theater room just so you could freeze your butt off alone!

You need it to be warm so your lady will come down and snuggle with you. Get'cha snuggle on!

So what are your options for heating your basement?

I scoured the internet for weeks, collected pages of notes and asked hundreds if not thousands of my readers what they use. [Read more...]

HVAC for Finishing Your Basement - Will You Need to Change It?

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HVAC for your basement. Let's tame this wild beast.

First things first. What the heck does HVAC stand for? The exact definition is Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. I did list HVAC as one of my 8 phases of how to finish a basement but what you're probably wondering is:

  • Will it be to hot in my basement in the summer?
  • Will it be to cold in winter?
  • Will the air in my finished basement smell and feel fresh and clean.
  • Will Zack and Kelly eventually get married.

Ok, that last one I just threw in for fun, if you get that reference then you're old and dorky like me awesome.

What do you need to do to your HVAC before you finish your basement?

  • Do I need to expand my HVAC?
  • Do I need to run new ducts?
  • Can I just throw in some new registers?
  • How do I make sure my system will be balanced once I add my basement
  • Does my furnace have a large enough "capacity" to "service" my basement.

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Don't freak out me now. I know there are a lot of questions. Let's [Read more...]

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