It's an 85 degree basement when the rest of the house is much cooler. It's like bizarro world. I would be checking everything like I was looking for the antidote.I mean, to be fair, the furnace is probably the last thing one would have suspected.
I didn't give you permission to post this picture. Shame on you.
Well, turning off the furnace and boiler mean no hot water in the showers and inability to do laundry.So did you or did you not yet turn EVERYTHING off and see what happens? If the temp gets lower, you could then turn things on one at a time and................ah nevermind.
I asked this earlier, but didn't see an answer:Well, turning off the furnace and boiler mean no hot water in the showers and inability to do laundry.
As I am married and have women in the house, that's a non-starter.
Temperatures on various things in/around the furnace and boiler using temperature gun:
Furnace plate - 107
Furnace face - 95
Furnace right side plate - 89
Furnace aluminum pipe - 82
Furnace copper pipe - 94
Blue boiler body - 88
Blue boiler top - 93
Readings done 9:15pm Saturday night.
More like the last couple. And there really have been no changes/additions to anything in the basement in that time.I asked this earlier, but didn't see an answer:
Have you had this issue every summer you've been in this house?
How about changes to the family? More kids & their activities, laundry, showers, etc...?More like the last couple. And there really have been no changes/additions to anything in the basement in that time.
No new children (done there), no more laundry or showers or anything like that.How about changes to the family? More kids & their activities, laundry, showers, etc...?
I'm betting it's your HW heating system and that nothing is "wrong" or "broken".
I mentioned before that my brother has the same type of set up. His boiler and HW heater are in a utility room that has a door to the rest of the house and a window in the room, so he can control the ambient heat somewhat.
I don't know how your basement is set up, but maybe isolating/exhausting that area will help.
Wacky idea, but get your laundry done, and have everyone take a shower, then turn it off. VERY simple, cmon man.Well, turning off the furnace and boiler mean no hot water in the showers and inability to do laundry.
As I am married and have women in the house, that's a non-starter.
Temperatures on various things in/around the furnace and boiler using temperature gun:
Furnace plate - 107
Furnace face - 95
Furnace right side plate - 89
Furnace aluminum pipe - 82
Furnace copper pipe - 94
Blue boiler body - 88
Blue boiler top - 93
Readings done 9:15pm Saturday night.
Dont call that guy back.No new children (done there), no more laundry or showers or anything like that.
Could very well be the hot water heating system because the furnace guy left me a vmm asking me to let him know the temperatures for various things using a temperature gun INCLUDING the boiler. Don't recall him checking that when he was out here last year.
Temperature is fine upstairs.ghostguy123 said:Dont call that guy back.
Questions. When the basement is 85, what is the temp upstairs?
WHy isnt this a problem in the winter? Is the basement warmer in the winter also?
Yes, it is. What the #### is the problem?the temp is "fine". Excellent answer
I was in your neck of the woods last week. It was hot af, and I am from Arkansas.Do any of you suffer from this?
My basement through much of the summer is really hot. This summer has been the worst. In the hottest times, it averages 85/86/87 degrees.
We do have a fairly new dehumidifier that runs and keeps the moisture level at 50%.
We have had our furnace checked out and it is not that either.
The house was built in 1999. It is in southeastern Mass
Any thoughts?
No.does exposed insulation kick off a lot of heat?
our old house had exposed insulation in the attic crawlspace and it was a ####### sauna in there, bah gawd
Heat in the attic doesn't have to do with insulation.does exposed insulation kick off a lot of heat?
our old house had exposed insulation in the attic crawlspace and it was a ####### sauna in there, bah gawd
This solved the problem. He just needs to pull the cord with the snowflake on it. CLEARLY that turns on the basement cooler transducer.
Am I misremembering, or didn't Spike say he inspected the ducting from the dryer?
Damn, beat me to it.I see the problem - that air conditioner is not plugged in.
No I’m making a joke. He said the vent was out of view.Am I misremembering, or didn't Spike say he inspected the ducting from the dryer?
This is a ventless dryer? No duct?
AhhhNo I’m making a joke. He said the vent was out of view.
Dryer vent is connected properly to the dryer, totally cleaned out and correctly vented out of the house.Am I misremembering, or didn't Spike say he inspected the ducting from the dryer?
This is a ventless dryer? No duct?
Unfortunately, there are no screened cellar windows available so I can introduce cooler air into the basement.I'm thinking that the insulation is the issue here. The furnace/boiler/whatever is putting off some heat. The room is mostly underground (which acts like great insulation and doesn't let heat escape - and then the ceiling itself it insulated, not letting the heat escape upward (it's natural path), and is trapping it all down there. If you have windows, or a vent, or exhaust fan or something similar like that to just bring in some (theoretically cooler) outside air, that would help.
It looks like you have small slider windows down there. You can get or even build screens for those - as well as fans that are built that size. If you get fans, get two - one for each end of the cellar - one "pulling air" in, the other "pushing air" out. Given the high ambient outside temperature, and all the radiant heat produced by the boiler/furnace, and older (non energy efficient) dryer, all that heat simply has no where to go. It just builds up and sits there. Introducing outside air would help the temperature, but could also increase humidity down there.Unfortunately, there are no screened cellar windows available so I can introduce cooler air into the basement.
This HAS been the worst combination of heat and humidity for any summer that I can remember. Maybe that has something to do with things.
If it is an opening to hell there's a pretty good chance a hot scantily clad female will show up to close it.I haven't read the thread but it's a week old and assuming people have thrown out ideas and no one has solved it yet my two are
1) There is an opening to hell in your basement. I saw a movie/documentary like this once and I think it's technically possible. Please watch for demons.
b) Check for raging fires
as a point of comparison, we have a below ground basement, no insulation in the ceiling. it has been brutally hot & humid here for long stretches (middle 90s, dew points in the middle 70s). my basement is always noticeably cooler than the rest of the house.Unfortunately, there are no screened cellar windows available so I can introduce cooler air into the basement.
Goid idea, though.
This HAS been the worst combination of heat and humidity for any summer that I can remember. Maybe that has something to do with things.
Basements are notorious for being cold, dank areas that homeowners avoid as much as they possibly can. The heat from your home can quickly escape through the basement and its immediate connection to the ground. This connection leads not only to the cold air associated with the basement but a higher moisture content that makes the basement unpleasant to be in. The basement also conducts heat from the main floor of your home, leaving that floor colder and raising energy costs. Basement insulation is often the answer many homeowners come to, but too many homeowners take short cuts causing them to re-install different insulation after no more than a year or two.