- Mar 24, 2012
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I recently purchased a less than efficient 3,000-square foot home in NH. There are three fireplaces and one of the chimneys is lined for a woodstove. Where the stove would go, however, is in a part of the house that was added. It's in a big room (17x24) on the eastern end of the home. It has ten foot ceilings and there are some bedrooms above the room. There is just a normal size doorway between the room and the rest of the house. This bigger room does sit down a few steps from the rest of the house.
I've thought about opening up heating vent between the room and the hallway upstairs to allow the woodheat to flow up there. But I'm trying to weight the size of the stove I should get. I'm really intrigued by the Woodstock stoves but not sure of the size I should get. I'd love that woodheat to flow into the rest of the downstairs of the house, but my fear is if I go to large, I'll just make that great room intolerably hot. I'm looking at the Progress and the Fireview models. Would the Progress just be too large with this space, even if I opened up a vent? Are there other options I should consider?
Thanks so much.
Ian
I've thought about opening up heating vent between the room and the hallway upstairs to allow the woodheat to flow up there. But I'm trying to weight the size of the stove I should get. I'm really intrigued by the Woodstock stoves but not sure of the size I should get. I'd love that woodheat to flow into the rest of the downstairs of the house, but my fear is if I go to large, I'll just make that great room intolerably hot. I'm looking at the Progress and the Fireview models. Would the Progress just be too large with this space, even if I opened up a vent? Are there other options I should consider?
Thanks so much.
Ian