Petty Vents III

[caseydog]

Does your home have a basement?

No. Homes down here don't have basements due to the unstable clay soil. It expands and contracts greatly depending on rain/drought conditions. It would crush a normal basement. The cost of building a basement that could handle the movement of the soil would be too much for reasonably priced homes.

CD

 

[Kathleen]

@Linda0818 I like cold weather too.

 

[taxlady]

My petty vent is that my backyard is still full of snow. I can't see down to the ground anywhere.

 

[Andy M.]

No. Homes down here don't have basements due to the unstable clay soil. It expands and contracts greatly depending on rain/drought conditions. It would crush a normal basement. The cost of building a basement that could handle the movement of the soil would be too much for reasonably priced homes.

CD

For A/C ceiling vents make sense. Around here, where homes have full basements, the furnace/AC is in the basement and floor vents are the easiest (cheapest) way to go.

 

[caseydog]

For A/C ceiling vents make sense. Around here, where homes have full basements, the furnace/AC is in the basement and floor vents are the easiest (cheapest) way to go.

Up North, it also makes sense to put the vents in the floor because hot air rises, and you have longer winters. Down here, we run AC 70+ percent of the year, and cold air sinks, so we build with high ceilings and vents in the ceilings.

My HVAC systems are in the attic, which is not ideal, unless you spend the money to make the attic a conditioned space. Otherwise, you just have to use heavily insulated ductwork.

CD