I've got a fireplace down my basement, where we're pretty much living until the upstairs is refurbished. We had our first fire last night. It was awesome!! But most of the heat went up the chimney instead of into the home. Now this fireplace has heatilators and made the room VERY toasty...but upstairs, it wasn't nearly as warm.
Now since I joined here the toss up has been whether to put the wood stove upstairs in the living room or down the basement. I do have two flues so I can put one in both rooms if I want. However, based on the kind of heat the fireplace threw last night, I'm guessing a stove would make this room unbearable to sit in with a stove burning.
So I'm curious, does anyone have a wood stove AND a fireplace....and uses both? I'm guessing, the fireplace would be only used sometimes...but still I'm curious.
Now what I'm debating is whether to buy a cheap used stove for a few hundred bucks to put down the basement or just leave it as a fireplace.
Thanks!
-Emt1581
Now since I joined here the toss up has been whether to put the wood stove upstairs in the living room or down the basement. I do have two flues so I can put one in both rooms if I want. However, based on the kind of heat the fireplace threw last night, I'm guessing a stove would make this room unbearable to sit in with a stove burning.
So I'm curious, does anyone have a wood stove AND a fireplace....and uses both? I'm guessing, the fireplace would be only used sometimes...but still I'm curious.
Now what I'm debating is whether to buy a cheap used stove for a few hundred bucks to put down the basement or just leave it as a fireplace.
Thanks!
-Emt1581