Hi all,
I'm about to purchase a Lopi Republic 1750 insert for my ~2300 square foot colonial home. It's rated to 1900 square feet in my Zone, and after closing a few rooms I expect to be right around 1900-2000 square feet.
Now I realize that this is so dependant upon exposure, insulation, air-loss, and how much hot air I expel myself. All well and good.
My question is really: when you put a stove in a home that's bigger than the stove can heat, which of the following happens (assuming ALOT of good airflow away from the stove and about 20 degree ambient temp with little wind):
1. The stove heats the immediate room to 80 degrees, the "nearby" rooms to 75 degrees, and everywhere else is 60 degrees
2. The stove heats the immediate room to ~75 degrees and the rest of the house to 60-65 degrees, with cold spots at the far corners.
3. The stove heats the closest 1000 square feet very well and then keeps the other 1000 around 50-55 degrees
I'm ASSUMING it's #1, where you get a zoned heating effect where the immediate living space is toasty, nearby feels fine, and the rest of the house is cold. Is it more of a distinct zone than that?
What I'm trying to ascertain is this: I'm probably going to expect too much out of this stove in terms of heating the entire house, so I'm prepared to accept some cold zones. But: will I simlpy need to run my central oil furnace to heat up the house another 3 degrees, or will I need some sort of zoned heat (i.e. an electric-oil radiator) because most of the house will be fine but there will be 2-3 rooms that just won't get warm.
Hope that made sense.
Thanks all,
Joe
I'm about to purchase a Lopi Republic 1750 insert for my ~2300 square foot colonial home. It's rated to 1900 square feet in my Zone, and after closing a few rooms I expect to be right around 1900-2000 square feet.
Now I realize that this is so dependant upon exposure, insulation, air-loss, and how much hot air I expel myself. All well and good.
My question is really: when you put a stove in a home that's bigger than the stove can heat, which of the following happens (assuming ALOT of good airflow away from the stove and about 20 degree ambient temp with little wind):
1. The stove heats the immediate room to 80 degrees, the "nearby" rooms to 75 degrees, and everywhere else is 60 degrees
2. The stove heats the immediate room to ~75 degrees and the rest of the house to 60-65 degrees, with cold spots at the far corners.
3. The stove heats the closest 1000 square feet very well and then keeps the other 1000 around 50-55 degrees
I'm ASSUMING it's #1, where you get a zoned heating effect where the immediate living space is toasty, nearby feels fine, and the rest of the house is cold. Is it more of a distinct zone than that?
What I'm trying to ascertain is this: I'm probably going to expect too much out of this stove in terms of heating the entire house, so I'm prepared to accept some cold zones. But: will I simlpy need to run my central oil furnace to heat up the house another 3 degrees, or will I need some sort of zoned heat (i.e. an electric-oil radiator) because most of the house will be fine but there will be 2-3 rooms that just won't get warm.
Hope that made sense.
Thanks all,
Joe