Hi guys- just found your forum so I apologize if I ask things that have been covered 127 times.
I live in Maryland, on the peninsula, close to the water so we typically don't get too cold in the winters but spend a fair amount of time between high twenties and low thirties.
I have a 111 year old house, 3 stories, with two separate heating systems. First floor has a brand new hvac unit, not sure of the tonnage, second and third floor have a separate unit, again no clue as to tonnage.
We are looking at pellet stoves for our first floor, as this is where the majority of our propane consumption comes from. We have been in this house for 3 years and are averaging around $5,000-6,300 a winter in propane.
The first floor is probably in the neighborhood of 1400-1500 square feet, plaster and lathe walls with not much in the way of insulation, and big single pane windows everywhere.
When we went to our local stove shop they took me immediately to the Harmon P68 and the Quadrafire Mt. Vernon
Do we need something this big to heat one floor with five rooms? (Three of these rooms including the room where the stove would go, are open and the two that are not open have multiple doorways and fans with winter settings)
Another downside is there is a staircase in the front of the house that cannot be shut off, and a stairway in the back of the house that can be shut off. The heat tends to flow readily upstairs as we keep that thermostat set at 60 and never have an issue.
Either way our house hasn't been warmer than 64 for three years and I have already spent more on propane than I spent on my first four cars.
HELP! Please!
I live in Maryland, on the peninsula, close to the water so we typically don't get too cold in the winters but spend a fair amount of time between high twenties and low thirties.
I have a 111 year old house, 3 stories, with two separate heating systems. First floor has a brand new hvac unit, not sure of the tonnage, second and third floor have a separate unit, again no clue as to tonnage.
We are looking at pellet stoves for our first floor, as this is where the majority of our propane consumption comes from. We have been in this house for 3 years and are averaging around $5,000-6,300 a winter in propane.
The first floor is probably in the neighborhood of 1400-1500 square feet, plaster and lathe walls with not much in the way of insulation, and big single pane windows everywhere.
When we went to our local stove shop they took me immediately to the Harmon P68 and the Quadrafire Mt. Vernon
Do we need something this big to heat one floor with five rooms? (Three of these rooms including the room where the stove would go, are open and the two that are not open have multiple doorways and fans with winter settings)
Another downside is there is a staircase in the front of the house that cannot be shut off, and a stairway in the back of the house that can be shut off. The heat tends to flow readily upstairs as we keep that thermostat set at 60 and never have an issue.
Either way our house hasn't been warmer than 64 for three years and I have already spent more on propane than I spent on my first four cars.
HELP! Please!