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HOW TO WARM AND COOL A
FINISHED BASEMENT
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Upgrade Your Current System
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If you have an older furnace, or you don’t like the quality of your furnace that much, you will probably just want
to go ahead and upgrade it to the capacity that you need to warm your basement as well. Make sure that you
hire professionals to come in and size out your home properly for the furnace change, so that you can get just
the right amount of power to keep your home running smoothly and to give you all the horsepower you need
for nice warm conditions throughout the year. Upgrading your existing furnace system is a desirable choice in
some situations, but if you just had a new furnace put in, chances are good you won’t want to replace it for
your basement, instead you’ll want to add on a supplementary system.
Adding on Another System
• Sometimes it just makes more sense to add another heating and cooling system to your home for the
basement itself. This comes with a few different benefits. The first is that you can set your heating and cooling
levels independently of one another, meaning that you don’t have to keep that finished basement space as
warm as the rest of your home if you don’t want to, and you can adjust down the temperatures if the area isn’t
being used that often. Not only that, but you can go with a ductless system in your basement and minimize the
amount of additional ducts that must be run for your space to work properly.
• A mini split unit is often the option of choice when it comes to adding heating and cooling to a basement. You
can add one or more of these units to your space and forget all about ducts and a bunch of extra work that
comes with most other heating systems. They’re simple to install and highly efficient as well.