My Basement Floor Is Freezing

If you fix these on grade sources of cold you will address most of the cold air entry points into your basement all without ripping out floors or walls.

My basement floor is freezing. There are two basic mechanisms which can cause a basement to move because of freezing temperatures ice block formation and ad freezing frost heaving. 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. I had insulation blown in the attic in 2011. I have an operating attic fan.

We have run the. 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. 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. Including a new central air system.

When the ac or heat is set to 71 the basement temp is 52 and my bedroom on the 3rd floor is 75. Heat rises in your home and because basements are generally underground those floors are often the coldest place in the house. Q we have a two story house and in the summer the basement is cold. The basement walls were insulated between the foundation and drywall.

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. Another bedroom upstairs is even warmer. My basement was refinished last year.