stove/insert to get and heat flow for floor plan

[stoveliker]

Found it:

A non-commercial service in support of responsible home heating with wood - The Outdoor Air Myth Exposed

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This is a reliable website so the cfm a stove uses is likely ballpark correct.

 

[DuaeGuttae]

With about 2,000 square feet and nine-foot ceilings, I'd seriously consider whether you can make the Princess insert work over the Sirocco or the Ashford inserts. It's not as beautiful, but I think it would be more functional. It's rated to heat a slightly larger area, and you might just have an easier time making use of the more square firebox.

Is the hearth to your fireplace raised or flush with the floor? The first insert we owned was a Lopi Revere that stuck out about ten inches from the front of the fireplace in our finished basement. We had a raised brick hearth but needed ember protection for the carpeted floor in front of that. We built a small pad out of concrete and hardiboard, I think, and covered it with tiles. It worked quite well, but this was in a large basement room, so it didn't sit in a walking path or anything like that. We did not have a mantel so did not have to watch those clearances. That would be another thing to check.

We have a freestanding Blaze King Sirocco in our new home, and we do like the option of extending the burn. We heat mostly with wood but let the heat pump pick up the slack, if necessary. We figure that we're adding BTU's to the envelope, and everybody loves having a warm place to "bask." My kids sometimes object when I lower the thermostat, not because it's actually cold in the house, but just because they love the flames and the radiant heat. Turning down the thermostat comes at the price of sooting up the glass door in front, so there are trade offs. Because our house is new construction and well insulated and air sealed, we do appreciate having the low-end output that the thermostat provides.