DexterDay said:
If you put vents in the floor. I hope they are fire safe fusible links? Otherwise it may be a code violation. In the event of a fire (god forbid) your Ins Co. might not pay...
Moving air is hard. But pushing cold air to the warm air with small fans and running ceiling fans on low and in reverse works well. In most cases (Most) if you use your furnace to circulate the warm air. It will only cool the warm room. The ducts are cold and only circulating 75* air is not going to be very efficient. The stove room will cool off, but it will not help the upstairs much. Evening out the temps. Yes... Helping to raise the temps.. No....
Try a small fan at the top of the stairs. Blowing Down the steps. Cold air finds warm air easier than warm to cold...
I use through the wall fans and ceiling fans. 2,180 sq ft and the whole house is within 1*-2* of the 75*-76* we keep it at.
Also are you running the stove constantly? Running Stove temp or Room temp?
I have found by running 24/7 I can heat my area running on a lower setting. But running it all the time. Ran all night last night. Woke up it was 75*. .
Running the stove longer and lower keeps not just the air warm. But all the items in your home warm. Keeping a better "Soak" temp. Thats my experience anyways. Everyones house, stove, insulation, windows are different. Results will vary.
you make some interesting points Dexter my bedroom upstairs above the garage is cold its big about 30x30 my thermostat ( for the regular furnace ) for upstairs is in the hallway just before entering my bedroom and i get in within a couple degrees to downstairs so i am happy about that so the heat is reaching there just not enough to warm it or go thru the doorway i was going to put a fan at the top of the stairs blowing the warm air in,to blow down the hall into my bedroom but if i read correctly i should be blowing the cold air out ?
another theory im debating i have a ceiling fan in there i was thinking if i set the fan to draw upwards i would be trying to pull the warm air into the room now im thinking maybe i should reverse it and push it in the down direction. your thoughts ?
btw im running on low setting and letting it run all it wants if i need a little more ill bump it up accordingly for a bit
i am pretty impressed what these pellet stoves are capable of so far
one more thought, what about closing the returns on the duct work so the heat dont escape thru it ? do people do that ?