My Basement Floor Is Freezing

When the ac or heat is set to 71 the basement temp is 52 and my bedroom on the 3rd floor is 75.

My basement floor is freezing.

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. 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. I had insulation blown in the attic in 2011. Another bedroom upstairs is even warmer.

The basement walls were insulated between the foundation and drywall. Including a new central air system. Heat rises in your home and because basements are generally underground those floors are often the coldest place in the house. But you can expand your living space with in floor heating.

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. This lifts part of. I have an operating attic fan. 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.

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. My basement was refinished last year. There are two basic mechanisms which can cause a basement to move because of freezing temperatures ice block formation and ad freezing frost heaving.