Had much fun doing the firebrick in the old QF. Now that I have a diamond blade, I got to thinking about cutting up some granite left over from a kitchen project a few years ago and putting about 3" of it on top of the stove.
Here's the thinking:
The QF has a cowling in the back (rear heat shield) that the blower forces air through. It comes up about an inch higher than the stove top and directs air in a roughly laminar flow across the stove top to help heat the room. The blower is on a thermal switch that cuts it off when the back wall of the firebox drops below about 200 F.
The stove cycle keeps the blower on through most mornings, until time to reload. I usually get up to a reasonably warm downstairs, of say 66 F, prior to reloading the stove. Let's say the room was about 76 F when the stove was set for the night.
What I'm wondering is, would putting maybe 3" of granite on the stove top act as enough of a heat storage sink to give us a little warmer morning temperature in the room?
I would anticipate three layers, with the bottom layer having a couple of channels in it for the air to flow through from the back of the stove.
I hear all the love for the soapstone stoves, but the old QF is what I have, as well as some spare granite and now the means to shape it.
Thoughts?
Here's the thinking:
The QF has a cowling in the back (rear heat shield) that the blower forces air through. It comes up about an inch higher than the stove top and directs air in a roughly laminar flow across the stove top to help heat the room. The blower is on a thermal switch that cuts it off when the back wall of the firebox drops below about 200 F.
The stove cycle keeps the blower on through most mornings, until time to reload. I usually get up to a reasonably warm downstairs, of say 66 F, prior to reloading the stove. Let's say the room was about 76 F when the stove was set for the night.
What I'm wondering is, would putting maybe 3" of granite on the stove top act as enough of a heat storage sink to give us a little warmer morning temperature in the room?
I would anticipate three layers, with the bottom layer having a couple of channels in it for the air to flow through from the back of the stove.
I hear all the love for the soapstone stoves, but the old QF is what I have, as well as some spare granite and now the means to shape it.
Thoughts?