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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Noob question:
I understand why you'd want to put the warm air vents at floor level, but why the cold air returns? I'm reading that it's more important to put the cold air returns at floor level compared to the warm air vents. Seems counter intuitive to me.
I probably will be finishing my basement in about 5 years as the kids grow. I need to start learning.
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In a nutshell, cooler air will fall to the floor and into cold air returns where it will eventually find it's way to your furnace to be heated up. It's quite intuitive IMO. Same reason you ideally would want to have AC vents in the ceiling.