how do you move the heat around ur house
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See my previous post.
It is possible to efficiently move the heat, heat a home and still have a hearth and stove that doesn't look like something from the Red Green show. Not trying to be funny . . . well maybe a bit . . . but please don't take it too heart. Stick around . . . and you may learn a lot . . . heck, I'm still learning stuff.
Don't worry. Not taking it to heart it's the Internet. I know it doesn't look nice but ,more of getting the heat where I need it to be then making it look pretty
Charles1981
Minister of Fire
I know you have heard it a bit from a few others (with much much more experience than I), but just wanted to re-iterate most of the posters are concerned about the safety factor to you and inhabitants of your house than we are that it may look a little funky or isn't up to our aesthetic desires. That setup isn't safe. We just want you to be safe too.
I think your setup probably works just great and probably will continue to work well, but you are assuming some amount of risk running it.
I think your setup probably works just great and probably will continue to work well, but you are assuming some amount of risk running it.
Kayak, betcha wish you never put that pic up LOL.
Do what you gotta do man, just be safe. Stay warm.
Do what you gotta do man, just be safe. Stay warm.
Kayakfisher what i do is have a ceiling mount fan "which aint for everybody" and a low pushing fan at the end of hall aiming back out towards the stove which works great on those sub freezing cold nights. On somewhat normal temps i dont need the fan at the end of hall running.
Keeps the main bedroom nice and warm
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Keeps the main bedroom nice and warm
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Ashful
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Two stoves at opposite ends of the house, with two different ways of moving heat .
Stove 1: large ca.1994 room with cathedral ceiling , open to ca.1894 kitchen, two ceiling fans. Fan above stove set to pull up, fan at far end of room set to blow down . Creates nice loop.
Stove 2: ca.1773 kitchen in four-square house with some large doorways. Keep a small desk fan on the floor in an adjacent old dining room, pointed at stove. Cool air coming in forces hot air out the far door, which is front foyer and then living room. Keeps living room and second floor near top of stair warm . Second desk fan at far end of second floor hall pushes cool air from farthest rooms toward top of stair, circulating warm air to those rooms. Third floor is kept closed, except when we have guests.
Stove 1: large ca.1994 room with cathedral ceiling , open to ca.1894 kitchen, two ceiling fans. Fan above stove set to pull up, fan at far end of room set to blow down . Creates nice loop.
Stove 2: ca.1773 kitchen in four-square house with some large doorways. Keep a small desk fan on the floor in an adjacent old dining room, pointed at stove. Cool air coming in forces hot air out the far door, which is front foyer and then living room. Keeps living room and second floor near top of stair warm . Second desk fan at far end of second floor hall pushes cool air from farthest rooms toward top of stair, circulating warm air to those rooms. Third floor is kept closed, except when we have guests.
.........can you say "electric blanket"......just kidding. I understand. sometimes it does get a little cool in those back bedrooms or those furthest away from the heat source.
That's what I use in my master bedroom which doesn't get nice and toasty like the rest of the house . . . most nights I don't turn it on . . . but on those very cold nights it's mighty nice . . . just set on low and it's the cat's meow. As for the master bathroom which also gets chilly at times . . . a small electric space heater.
Christopix
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This is likely not possible but, have you considered installing a laundry chute from the basement to the 3rd floor? We have our stove install in the walkout basement, which is unfinished but insulated, and benefit from heat rising up our laundry chute (approximately 5' from the stove).
Did a fun little science experiment with my daughter the other day where we took a down feather (one of the ones that float in the air for ever) and held it at different places in the house to see how the air moved. Air moved right up the chute and cold air carries it back down the stairs at the stair tread level. Hold the feather over head on the stairs, the feather takes a ride up to the next level. I was shocked how well it worked.
Is a laundry chute an option for you?
Putting a second wood stove in our living room was the second best heating decision we ever made. Opening up part of the wall between the living room and kitchen provided great air flow to the coldest areas of the house without overheating the upstairs bedrooms. The best heating decision that we made was turning off the oil to our 40 year old furnace/boiler and installing a stove in our basement.
tom dee
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I use a 55 gallon drum.
Put the cover on the drum near the stove.
Roll it into the cold part of the house.
Take the cover back off to let the heat rise out of the barrel.
Tip the barrel on its side to scoop the cold air off the floor.
Tip back up, put cover on, tip back on its side, roll back out to stove.
Stand barrel next to stove to heat the air up inside and start all over.
Put the cover on the drum near the stove.
Roll it into the cold part of the house.
Take the cover back off to let the heat rise out of the barrel.
Tip the barrel on its side to scoop the cold air off the floor.
Tip back up, put cover on, tip back on its side, roll back out to stove.
Stand barrel next to stove to heat the air up inside and start all over.
Christopix
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I use a 55 gallon drum.
Put the cover on the drum near the stove.
Roll it into the cold part of the house.
Take the cover back off to let the heat rise out of the barrel.
Tip the barrel on its side to scoop the cold air off the floor.
Tip back up, put cover on, tip back on its side, roll back out to stove.
Stand barrel next to stove to heat the air up inside and start all over.
Yeah, I think that wheel barrel of fire might be easier.
Yea the chute is a good idea but won't work. 55 gal is an awesome idea don't know how I missed that idea
As an experiment, pull off the box from the duct and reverse the fan so that it is sucking cold air out of where it is currently blowing warm air. Have it suck from upstairs and blow cool air into the stove room. You will find hot air rising to the upper floor if that is where the duct ends now.
HybridFyre
Burning Hunk
Question about circulation...a lot of you guys mentioned setting a fan on the floor blowing cooler air so the warmer air circulates higher creating a loop. I need to do this on a higher floor. I have the insert in our cathedral ceiling great room with a 25' ceiling. It opens up to a hallway above and that hallway closes off once you get past the wall of the greatroom and leads to the other spare bedrooms and bonus room over my garage. This is the furthest and coolest part of the house. So far i've put a fan at the beginning of the hallway right above the stove to push the warm air down the hallway towards the spare bedrooms and bonus room. Would it be better to put a fan on the floor of the bonus room blowing cooler air down the hallway towards the great room that has the insert even though this is one floor above the stove room and that cool air isn't really blowing 'at' the stove? I'll try to upload some pics so you can see the hallway in relation to the stove. The insert is below the tv in this pic
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Yes, give that a try with the fan down low on the floor. We have a master bedroom that has a similar issue. I tried the low fan blowing out into the warmer hallway and found a 5 deg increase in the room in about 30 minutes.
HybridFyre
Burning Hunk
I know there are burners that are designed for flue hook ups. Mine is a ZC insert and has two spots for ducts to be attached from the top. For safety sake look up some of these things and maybe they will better. Maybe it's cost that is an issue and that is a serious issue when things are tight. We just want to see you safe and back here as often as possible. As far as CO emissions, how about a CO alarm, those are cheap at the stores all over.
What I did was to place a fan in the hallway that from the other end has the stairs from second floor and blow the fan into the warm room. That forces the warm air up. I have one more fan I use from my first try to figure this out but the hallway fan works so well I might disconnect the first one.
What I did was to place a fan in the hallway that from the other end has the stairs from second floor and blow the fan into the warm room. That forces the warm air up. I have one more fan I use from my first try to figure this out but the hallway fan works so well I might disconnect the first one.
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