Hi all!
Today, my husband and I bought a free standing wood stove. Some back story: I have never had wood heat, but Tom grew up with it. His parents have a stove and he was the primary fire builder when living there. There's 80 acres of hardwood Forrest in the family in eastern Ohio, which is where our wood is coming from. Our house has 2600 sq ft in 2 stories with a walk out basement, adding 1400 sq ft. Built in '05 with fairly good insulation. Stove will be installed on first floor. We do also have a heat pump, but would like stove to be most of our heat. We typically keep our thermostat at 64.
So...?s
Bought a PE summit. Went back and forth between this and DW lg...did we make a good choice? Tried to read reviews and knew my I laws were not completely happy with their hartman(?)
Will this stove be sufficient for our heating needs?
There's wood that's been sitting, cut, but not split. We have no idea how much we should cut and we really only have now to early nov to do it in. Any suggestions? Next spring, we can be significantly more prepared.
Dealer said we'd need to install on first floor to get sufficient heat to second floor. Basement installation would leave second floor cold. Is this accurate?
Thanks in advance! I've read and learned a bit already from this forum
Today, my husband and I bought a free standing wood stove. Some back story: I have never had wood heat, but Tom grew up with it. His parents have a stove and he was the primary fire builder when living there. There's 80 acres of hardwood Forrest in the family in eastern Ohio, which is where our wood is coming from. Our house has 2600 sq ft in 2 stories with a walk out basement, adding 1400 sq ft. Built in '05 with fairly good insulation. Stove will be installed on first floor. We do also have a heat pump, but would like stove to be most of our heat. We typically keep our thermostat at 64.
So...?s
Bought a PE summit. Went back and forth between this and DW lg...did we make a good choice? Tried to read reviews and knew my I laws were not completely happy with their hartman(?)
Will this stove be sufficient for our heating needs?
There's wood that's been sitting, cut, but not split. We have no idea how much we should cut and we really only have now to early nov to do it in. Any suggestions? Next spring, we can be significantly more prepared.
Dealer said we'd need to install on first floor to get sufficient heat to second floor. Basement installation would leave second floor cold. Is this accurate?
Thanks in advance! I've read and learned a bit already from this forum