HOME INSPECT PROS
  • Home Page
  • MY PROMISE TO YOU
  • Where I Inspect
  • HOME TIPS
  • Blog
  • For Realtors

Should I Run my Furnace fan all the time?

1/15/2018

0 Comments

 
What are the benefits of running my furnace fan?
The benefit to running the furnace all the time is better circulation of your home’s heated or cooled air. This is especially true for larger homes or multi-story homes. If you have a two or three-story home with a large staircase, Mother Nature is going to try and heat the upstairs and cool the downstairs, and obviously, we want our home to be the same temperature in every room.
Combating the stack effect & keeping your home comfortable
Because hot air is lighter than cold air, hot air will naturally rise and cold air will naturally fall. In a closed space like your home this process is called the “stack effect” — it is the same process that allows your fireplace to draw smoke out of the chimney. In fact, a large staircase can easily be compared to a chimney pulling all of the hot air in the home to the upper floor, allowing cold air to fall to the lower floor. This is why in some houses the basement is always cold and the upstairs is always warmer.
Your home’s heating and cooling system will help to balance these issues but it does not run all the time and in milder months in may only run for a few minutes every hour. This is where running the furnace fan all the time can help by constantly pulling the cold air from the lower level and warmer air from the upper level, blending the two, and then redistributing a more stable, even temperature throughout the home.
.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    John Olson

    Home Inspector
    President 'Home Inspect Pros'

    Archives

    January 2018
    May 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    April 2016
    August 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015

    Categories

    All

'Home Inspect Pros'
John V. Olson
310 Fulton St. 
De Pere Wi. 54115

(920)-639-7260
Picture
Picture
Picture

Services: Home Inspector  Green Bay | Home Inspectors Appleton | Home Inspectors Wisconsin | Home Inspector WI | Licensed Home Inspector | Certified Home Inspector | Find a Home Inspector  Residential Home Inspector | Home Inspector | Home Inspectors | Professional Home Inspector | Wisconsin Home Inspectors | Residential Inspections | House Inspections | Wisconsin Home Inspector | Housing Inspector | New Home Inspector | Home Inspection | Residential Inspection | Home Inspections Wisconsin | Wisconsin Building Inspector | Inspect a Building   Door County Home Inspector

Home Inspection  Green Bay,  Allouez WI, Ashwaubenon WI, Bellevue WI, De Pere WI, Denmark WI, Green Bay WI, Greenleaf WI, Hobart WI, Howard WI, New Franken WI, Oneida WI, Pulaski WI, Suamico WI, Wrightstown WI, Outagamie County Wisconsin, Appleton WI,  Bear Creek WI, Black Creek WI, Combined Locks WI, Freedom WI, Grand Chute WI, Greenville WI, Hortonville WI, Kaukauna WI,  Kimberly WI, Little Chute WI,  Seymour WI,  Door County Wisconsin, Sturgeon Bay WI, Baileys Harbor WI, Sister Bay WI,  Kewaunee Wi, Forestville Wi, Algoma WI.