Holes in floor not closed off

[diandtom]

Why does carriage leave holes in floor, where wiring and pipes are ? I don't like seeing daylight when the bay doors are open. It will be a easy fix but it should have been done when built.

[eastex]

Carriage considers the living area and basement area as one big compartment.  This can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what you store in the basement and how much space you want to pay to heat and cool.

In extreme cold conditions, it keeps your basement and associated holding tanks from freezing.  In really hot climates, it keeps the items in the basement relatively cool.  However, the trade-off is that you must heat/cool the extra space of the basement.  And, the outside compartment doors don't provide much insulation value.

I closed off the vents in the floor going to the rear basement just so I wouldn't have to cool that area last Summer.

I agree that it is kind of tacky looking in the utility areas below the sink and lavatory.   

[diandtom]

I am going to get some Great Stuff and close it off. I would think the the heat duct would give enough to keep anything from freezing. My old fiver it was closed off.

[letsrun100]

I noticed two heat registers "under" the sofa in our new 35SB3. My first thought was, "how is warm air supposed to circulate with them way under the sofa like that." I went outside and looked in the rear basement to see how the ducts were run. I discovered no ducts at all, just two holes in the floor. I doubt we'll loose any heat because heat rises. As tight as the unit is, I don't think much, if any, cold air will come in from the outside unless we have the A/C, furnace or fan running. When they are running we probably want air to come in for proper circulation. At this point I'll probably leave them as is.

And there's a really big open space under the kitchen sink, you can see all the way to the basement. There are a lot of water pipes under there and I can see that keeping it open would prevent freezing. I'm not sure what I'll do here.

[fulltimer5er]

They are not heat registers Carriage had a problem with moisture and smell in the rear storage area so they put in the registers and it stopped, when I had new carpets put in I had them put the carpet over them and havent had any problems.Jim

[chainreaction]

Wrong. The two rear vents are part of the return air system for the furnace. If you block them off you will restrict the return air flow and the defeat the basement heating design. Leave them open.

[eastex]

Wrong. The two rear vents are part of the return air system for the furnace. If you block them off you will restrict the return air flow and the defeat the basement heating design. Leave them open.

There's a huge opening directly into the basement under my fridge for return air from the basement to the furnace.  I can't see any heat ducting to the rear basement at all.  It's a completely enclosed compartment, except for the two holes through the floor. 

I don't care to heat and a/c the rear basement so I closed the holes off.

[diandtom]

The problem I see with the large holes is.  I leave compartment doors open on cool days when outside and the cool air gets up into the living area.  We had a Arctic Fox before this Cameo and we were warmer in the Cameo than the Arctic Fox, so something must be better.