Hello All:
We're in the process of finishing our daylight basement (ranch style home) which has 42" concrete walls and standard drywall, insulation and windows above. We are then putting up straight 2x4 stud walls from floor to ceiling (9' ceilings mostly) effectively doubling the wall thickness since everything above grade was already drywalled and insulated. We plan to insulate the new stud walls as well. The basement should be very cozy and heat loss should be at a minimum.
We plan to install the Harman XXV in the new living room downstairs which is directly below the existing master bedroom. Master bedroom + bath and living room below are basically the same square footage (about 425 square feet). There is a second large room adjoining the living room downstairs so the heat from the pellet stove will be able to flow easily to about 900 square feet of living space. There is an open staircase in the center of the house, separating the 2 large rooms, so we anticipate some heat running upstairs as well.
We have a traditional wood stove on the first floor in the center of the house and it keeps the master bedroom at about 67 degrees...we still plan to run the wood stove, but maybe a little less after the pellet stove install...
We're concerned about noise first, then I'm concerned about whether we'll get too much heat from the basement up into the master bedroom. Any thoughts or experiences that would help me decide whether to insulate between the living room below and the master bedroom or not??
Thanks in advance for any feedback
We're in the process of finishing our daylight basement (ranch style home) which has 42" concrete walls and standard drywall, insulation and windows above. We are then putting up straight 2x4 stud walls from floor to ceiling (9' ceilings mostly) effectively doubling the wall thickness since everything above grade was already drywalled and insulated. We plan to insulate the new stud walls as well. The basement should be very cozy and heat loss should be at a minimum.
We plan to install the Harman XXV in the new living room downstairs which is directly below the existing master bedroom. Master bedroom + bath and living room below are basically the same square footage (about 425 square feet). There is a second large room adjoining the living room downstairs so the heat from the pellet stove will be able to flow easily to about 900 square feet of living space. There is an open staircase in the center of the house, separating the 2 large rooms, so we anticipate some heat running upstairs as well.
We have a traditional wood stove on the first floor in the center of the house and it keeps the master bedroom at about 67 degrees...we still plan to run the wood stove, but maybe a little less after the pellet stove install...
We're concerned about noise first, then I'm concerned about whether we'll get too much heat from the basement up into the master bedroom. Any thoughts or experiences that would help me decide whether to insulate between the living room below and the master bedroom or not??
Thanks in advance for any feedback