I'm looking for a cozy working environment in my basement with nice warm flooring on the first floor, and have a few questions.
My basement is 1000sq/ft with one corner a walkout with two windows and a door. The basement ceiling is insulated, and so is the walk out wooden walls, but the rest is concrete walls and floor.
I don't need to heat the other floors of the house, for my other pellet stove has that covered.
I'm looking at a Lennox Cascade that is rated at 30,000 BTU/hr, and a Heatilator Eco-Choice CAB50 that is rated at 49,900 BTU/hr for around the same $$, but I will consider other options (but not at twice the cost).
My priorities are reliable operation, efficiency (don't need a pellet hog), not having clean the stove every other day to keep it running well, and staying on a budget under $2500.00 (I will do my own install).
Any thoughts of what size stove makes the most sense, and any first hand experience with any of these stoves will be very helpful.
Should I be looking at removing the insulation in the basement ceiling to warm the first floor floors, or is insulation always a good thing?
Thanks,
1D
My basement is 1000sq/ft with one corner a walkout with two windows and a door. The basement ceiling is insulated, and so is the walk out wooden walls, but the rest is concrete walls and floor.
I don't need to heat the other floors of the house, for my other pellet stove has that covered.
I'm looking at a Lennox Cascade that is rated at 30,000 BTU/hr, and a Heatilator Eco-Choice CAB50 that is rated at 49,900 BTU/hr for around the same $$, but I will consider other options (but not at twice the cost).
My priorities are reliable operation, efficiency (don't need a pellet hog), not having clean the stove every other day to keep it running well, and staying on a budget under $2500.00 (I will do my own install).
Any thoughts of what size stove makes the most sense, and any first hand experience with any of these stoves will be very helpful.
Should I be looking at removing the insulation in the basement ceiling to warm the first floor floors, or is insulation always a good thing?
Thanks,
1D