I saw this article about heating and cooling and also talked with Brandon, and I'm thinking I'm gonna try these things first, before I go and spend money.

So when I get home today, I will close the other vents in the basement (it's always cold down there (family room already closed)) and then either partially or all the way close the vents on the main level, to force the air upstairs. Since heat rises and cold falls, the coldness should come back down. And even if the vents are closed, that doesn't meant that coolness won't get out.

The other thing that I'm gonna try, if that doesn't work, is to leave the fan running. That will circulate the air more...so in theory it will push more of the already cold air upstairs.

So it's worth a shot, and I'm trying not to spend money I don't have to.

I know the previous owners had a small window air unit in the furnace room (yeah it's not there anymore).

So we'll see how that goes.