jdonna said:I am going to not try and be biased here on my plug for the fireview because every ones preferences are different. I'm heating 2000 square feet of an old, old log home here in MN which is partially drafty the majority of the time.
Last I checked with the stove running, the farthest reach of the house was at 60 degrees with a zero degree night and 10 mph winds. Granted, I have to load more frequently, but anyone that has seen the stove comments on the beauty of the stove, a sacrifice well worth the effort IMO. I put the stove in this fall and have other stoves in the house but this is the only that has primarily ran.
Seems that managing air movement in and out of the stove room is key, I see that as a common thread among a lot of different stove users.
Going from running a cast iron stove to the soft gentle heat my stove room does not blast me out and keeps the house temperatures creeping up. My upstairs temps are much more comfortable as well. The nice thing too is the shoulder season heat is much more manageable.
That is pretty much how I feel about mine. The Fireview makes enough heat, its just moving it around. In my case, I don't know if a bigger stove would help any without a better way to move the heat through a 28" doorway to the rest of the first floor.