Hello all,
I'm a new member.. I just recently found this excellent resource. I wish I saw it before I purchased my stove.
I'm having a really hard time heating my house with my Harman Oakwood. I bought a new Harman Oakwood in September '11. This is my first season with the stove.
My house is an 1820's farmhouse -- stripped down to studs and renovated in 1996. It is about 2200 sq ft on 3 floors. The main floor is an open floor plan with living/family room one on side and kitchen on the other. The dining room is in it's own room with two open entrances (no doors). The stairs to go up is open all the way to the 3rd floor which is a bit like a loft. So, theoretically, it should be pretty easy to heat the house.
When the house was renovated in 1996, the fireplace and internal chimney was removed. We recently (early 2010) built a new fireplace and chimney; all masonry, about 30 feet tall on the side of the house in the family room. It has an excellent draft.
The Oakwood is installed sitting on our hearth about 1/4 of the way into the fireplace -- the majority of the stove is out of the fireplace, but the secondary burn chamber is inside the fireplace. Btw, a chimney liner was also installed with the stove.
I can get the secondary burn running no problem (zero smoke from chimney).
My problem is I get very little heat from the stove. Is this normal? I thought I'd be able to heat my entire house. I've put a fan on the floor in front of the stove blowing air underneath the stove and into the fireplace, which cause the hot air from behind the stove to blast out from the top. This and a second standing floor fan to move that hot air into the rest of the house has pretty much done the trick. But w/o this the room takes a long time to get warm -- forget about the rest of the house.
Also, I find I can get about 8 hour burn time by turning the air down to about 3-4 -- but when I come downstairs in the morning, I'm having a hard time breaking 62' in the room.
I talk to friends (Dutchwest w/ Cat, Lopi insert) and they're able to have 75' mornings. I dont need 75', but 68' would be nice! Another friend of mine has a Quadrofire and man, you can't even stand in front of his, it's throwing so much heat.
What am I doing wrong?
I'm burning red oak seasoned about 11 months.
Thank you.
I'm a new member.. I just recently found this excellent resource. I wish I saw it before I purchased my stove.
I'm having a really hard time heating my house with my Harman Oakwood. I bought a new Harman Oakwood in September '11. This is my first season with the stove.
My house is an 1820's farmhouse -- stripped down to studs and renovated in 1996. It is about 2200 sq ft on 3 floors. The main floor is an open floor plan with living/family room one on side and kitchen on the other. The dining room is in it's own room with two open entrances (no doors). The stairs to go up is open all the way to the 3rd floor which is a bit like a loft. So, theoretically, it should be pretty easy to heat the house.
When the house was renovated in 1996, the fireplace and internal chimney was removed. We recently (early 2010) built a new fireplace and chimney; all masonry, about 30 feet tall on the side of the house in the family room. It has an excellent draft.
The Oakwood is installed sitting on our hearth about 1/4 of the way into the fireplace -- the majority of the stove is out of the fireplace, but the secondary burn chamber is inside the fireplace. Btw, a chimney liner was also installed with the stove.
I can get the secondary burn running no problem (zero smoke from chimney).
My problem is I get very little heat from the stove. Is this normal? I thought I'd be able to heat my entire house. I've put a fan on the floor in front of the stove blowing air underneath the stove and into the fireplace, which cause the hot air from behind the stove to blast out from the top. This and a second standing floor fan to move that hot air into the rest of the house has pretty much done the trick. But w/o this the room takes a long time to get warm -- forget about the rest of the house.
Also, I find I can get about 8 hour burn time by turning the air down to about 3-4 -- but when I come downstairs in the morning, I'm having a hard time breaking 62' in the room.
I talk to friends (Dutchwest w/ Cat, Lopi insert) and they're able to have 75' mornings. I dont need 75', but 68' would be nice! Another friend of mine has a Quadrofire and man, you can't even stand in front of his, it's throwing so much heat.
What am I doing wrong?
I'm burning red oak seasoned about 11 months.
Thank you.