We're NOT trying to heat totally with wood. I think that would be tough for us, doable, but tough. We want to run the oil burner as minimally as possible. We've got a Jotul 118 downstairs and we'll be insulating the basement (walkout) and the attic all summer long until we're sealed a little better - a lot better.
We're looking at this: (broken link removed to http://www.morsona.com/index.php/contemporary-morso-stove/morso-7642.html)
Morsø 7642 is the stove model.
Rated to heat roughly 1200 sq. ft. My entire house is 1650 upstairs, which is the portion I've included here. My main goal is to keep the family room, dining room and kitchen warm. This is where we spend a majority of our time and we typically only sleep in the bedrooms. It would be nice if some of that heat moved into bathroom 1. Our idea is to remove the wall in Red and place this stove where the Green circle is.
Our basement is under the entire house except bedroom 3. Once properly insulated, I think we'll see some gains down there, but in the future we may opt for a newer, cleaner, more efficient, LARGER stove down there. One that is rated to heat at least 2000 sq. ft. Then we can burn small hot fires and have the option to really crank it up.
I guess the question is, do you think this is sufficient to do what we want? I know it only takes 11" logs, but I'm already planning for that and I think I may cut some small in the next week to begin preparing. We are not looking for overnight burns, I'd like to just run the oil during the nights. That would give us 8 hours, roughly, of oil time (or heat pump if I can afford to change over this year).
Any suggestions, thoughts, feelings? Thanks for any help and comments.
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We're looking at this: (broken link removed to http://www.morsona.com/index.php/contemporary-morso-stove/morso-7642.html)
Morsø 7642 is the stove model.
Rated to heat roughly 1200 sq. ft. My entire house is 1650 upstairs, which is the portion I've included here. My main goal is to keep the family room, dining room and kitchen warm. This is where we spend a majority of our time and we typically only sleep in the bedrooms. It would be nice if some of that heat moved into bathroom 1. Our idea is to remove the wall in Red and place this stove where the Green circle is.
Our basement is under the entire house except bedroom 3. Once properly insulated, I think we'll see some gains down there, but in the future we may opt for a newer, cleaner, more efficient, LARGER stove down there. One that is rated to heat at least 2000 sq. ft. Then we can burn small hot fires and have the option to really crank it up.
I guess the question is, do you think this is sufficient to do what we want? I know it only takes 11" logs, but I'm already planning for that and I think I may cut some small in the next week to begin preparing. We are not looking for overnight burns, I'd like to just run the oil during the nights. That would give us 8 hours, roughly, of oil time (or heat pump if I can afford to change over this year).
Any suggestions, thoughts, feelings? Thanks for any help and comments.
(PIC NOT TO SCALE)