Quadrafire Mt. Vernon AE for home addition?

[Bryan3800]

We are building a 450sqft living room addition onto the first floor of our colonial type house. The first floor is currently 950sqft of attached garage and second floor is 950sqft of living space. We currently heat the upstairs with a propane monitor heater. It is very efficient but doesn't heat like a wood fired stove. The house is fairly new and insulated very well, no drafts.
I've done a lot of research on pellet stoves and although it's very expensive the Quadrafire Mt Vernon AE seems to be the best choice. My wife likes the fact it's quiet and simple to operate, not as much cleaning as other stoves and can be battery operated if we lose power. The only problem is it might be too much heat for our new addition (where we would be placing the pellet stove). We are hoping that it will also heat the upstairs some as well. The addition is right next to the stairwell but the heat would have to be pulled through a doorway opening in the living room then upstairs.
I'm debating on putting in a return somehow from upstairs to keep the air circulating.
Any thoughts or experience with the Quadrafire Mt Vernon AE (freestanding)?

 

[Wilbur Feral]

We have a Quad MVAE in our family room, and a six foot wide door that opens from it into the rest of the house. The stairwell to the 2nd floor is about 8 feet from that door, through a small foyer. We put the family room thermostat at about 74/76, which is just off from the path of the stove's air path to the left side of that door (the stove's blower is aimed roughly toward the right side of that door, across the room). The far end of the room is 2 - 3 degrees cooler. It heats much of our house through all but the very coldest days. If the air can circulate out of that room through the door, you will likely find the stove is fantastic, as we do. But even with three returns in our family room, we find that the fan of the heating system does little to circulate heat through the rest of the house. We also have another stove in the basement and have returns there, and it's the same story. Large doorways and stairways seem to work well. Fans, not so much. And remember, the thermostat will control the heat and limit it to whatever you set it at. If you don't mind the room being just a bit warmer than the rest of the house (we really like that, and we're talking mid-70's at most), then it's far from the experience one has with a wood stove, and much more even and comfortable.