Heating main floor with basement wood stove

[zachsmith]

When it’s cold expect to reload every 3-4 hours. I have a 1.7 cu ft for 2000 sq ft in the southern US. It’s not fun to push a small stove hard when it’s cold. If you don’t mind more cold starts and using your other heat source it’s possible but the basement will be 80+ and upstairs cold when it’s really cold.

if you have your heat distribution figured out the next question is how long of a burn time do you want?

Thanks for the insight!