On Feb 24, 12:23*pm, Art Todesco wrote:
I have a small room with a shower stall, toilet and pedestal sink.
The floor space is about 48" x 56". *It is located in the corner of
the house, so 2 walls are outside walls. *The house is in western
NC. *While the room is comfortable as far as air temperature, the
tile floor is cold. *There is one register in the floor on one of
the outside walls. *The area below is garage, so it could be
accessed from below by removing a piece of garage ceiling drywall
and insulation. *I would like to use the area below the the small
bathroom as a heat plenum, hopefully warming up the floor. *I know
people (including me) will say, "you can't do that ....." * But in
my house and in many other houses in this area, they put the heat
registers for the kitchen and bathrooms (not this bathroom, but the
other one) in the cabinet kick plate. *The duct just comes through
the floor and dies there. *The air just pressurizes the "kickplate"
area and it eventually comes out of the register mounted up front.
So if I were to wall off the area directly below the floor, insult
the sides and against the garage drywall, and just like the kitchen
cabinets, let the air find its way to the register. *I would have to
put a shut off on the duct for summer use or suffer an even colder
floor in the summertime. *BTW, the heat comes from a heat pump with
a propane furnace for backup heat. *Any comments pro or con or other
ideas?


LOL... Just get fluffier bathroom area rugs...

~~ Evan