Going to be getting rid of my pellet stove for next year and going with wood. My house is two levels (including basement) total square footage around 1850.
I have been upgrading insulation as I renovate and will be opening up the stairwell (go from floor to ceiling wall to railing) should be pretty well equivalent to R2000 home once Im done.
Stove will be located at one end of basement with stair case in the middle, bedrooms (2) upstairs at opposite end of house. There is already large grate in the floor above stove location and hallway outside of bedrooms that I think I will put a couple small duct fans in to move air.
Wood will be my main heat source, with baseboard back ups which are incredibly expensive!!
I live in Eastern Ontario north 1.5 hrs north of Ottawa so temps in the -20 to -30*C range are the norm in the middle of winter.
I will be burning a mixture of poplar, birch, maple, oak, and some pine as I live on 100acres and want to take advantage of the free fuel!! Currently splitting and stacking for next fall.
My main concern is burn time. I would like to be able to adequate burn time out of a stove so that I do not have to come home to a freezing house after work or in the morning (8-12hrs) and try and keep those pesky baseboards off.
So far I am seeing that the summit is quite a bit more expensive than the napoleon ($2550) which is alot to spend for me right now.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks!
I have been upgrading insulation as I renovate and will be opening up the stairwell (go from floor to ceiling wall to railing) should be pretty well equivalent to R2000 home once Im done.
Stove will be located at one end of basement with stair case in the middle, bedrooms (2) upstairs at opposite end of house. There is already large grate in the floor above stove location and hallway outside of bedrooms that I think I will put a couple small duct fans in to move air.
Wood will be my main heat source, with baseboard back ups which are incredibly expensive!!
I live in Eastern Ontario north 1.5 hrs north of Ottawa so temps in the -20 to -30*C range are the norm in the middle of winter.
I will be burning a mixture of poplar, birch, maple, oak, and some pine as I live on 100acres and want to take advantage of the free fuel!! Currently splitting and stacking for next fall.
My main concern is burn time. I would like to be able to adequate burn time out of a stove so that I do not have to come home to a freezing house after work or in the morning (8-12hrs) and try and keep those pesky baseboards off.
So far I am seeing that the summit is quite a bit more expensive than the napoleon ($2550) which is alot to spend for me right now.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks!