I have a harman TL 300 that I bought last fall (2009). I got through the winter, but I was never happy with the way it heated my house. The house is 16 years old, with a partially exposed basement. I have attached a picture I drew up quick to show the floor plan of my house. I simply cannot get this stove to heat the upstairs of my house adequately, unless I'm here to keep feeding it wood every 2 or 3 hours. In fact, it won't even roast you out of the basement, which is why the upstairs won't get hot. Its in the low 20's lately here in northern PA and I can get the upstairs of my house to 65-67 degrees, with me here keeping it fed over the weekend. When I go to work, it will be 60-62 when I get home upstairs. Not ideal for me after spending all day out in the cold. As you can see, i have registers in floors all through the upstairs, leave the stair door open with a fan blowing up the steps. I also have a large fan directly above the stove hanging off the floor joist to blow hot air across the basement, another fan along the back wall to help it further across and yet another fan off the floor joists at the landing area on stairway to help blow hot air towards the master bedroom.
So, after all that, what can I do to heat my house adequately, get a wood boiler?. This is the biggest stove harman sells and it won't heat this place, unless I'm overlooking something. I will add I have natural gas HWBB heat, but I only use that when I go away and cant be home to feed the fire.
I'm burning dried hard maple, beech and cherry.
So, after all that, what can I do to heat my house adequately, get a wood boiler?. This is the biggest stove harman sells and it won't heat this place, unless I'm overlooking something. I will add I have natural gas HWBB heat, but I only use that when I go away and cant be home to feed the fire.
I'm burning dried hard maple, beech and cherry.