I have a 4,000 sq ft home with a 1.7 cu ft wood burner. I also know there is no way to heat 4,000 sq ft with that stove. My stove setup warms the heck out of my living room where the stove sits, and the normal draft in the house takes the escaping heat and brings it upstairs to all the bedrooms. I actually love how the heat distributes itself in my home and don't wanna change it.
BUT .... there are times when I'd like to warm other rooms on the main level w/o ugly looking fans scattered about. My question is can I move the heat out of my living room where the stove sits by using my central air fan ? The return is right smack in the middle of my main floor, and if I can get the draft going there it should heat my main floor more and my upstairs less, which at times like when I have company or for w/e reason might be my choice.
My heat is hot water baseboard. My AC system is totally seperate. It has 2 compressors outside, 2 blowers inside, a return on each floor and various registers scattered throughout the house. If I put the fan on will the return move the warm air and then distribute it ? I've tried this for about an hour and I felt nothing. Does this work ? Shoiud I leave the fan on longer ? Or does this not work ?
BUT .... there are times when I'd like to warm other rooms on the main level w/o ugly looking fans scattered about. My question is can I move the heat out of my living room where the stove sits by using my central air fan ? The return is right smack in the middle of my main floor, and if I can get the draft going there it should heat my main floor more and my upstairs less, which at times like when I have company or for w/e reason might be my choice.
My heat is hot water baseboard. My AC system is totally seperate. It has 2 compressors outside, 2 blowers inside, a return on each floor and various registers scattered throughout the house. If I put the fan on will the return move the warm air and then distribute it ? I've tried this for about an hour and I felt nothing. Does this work ? Shoiud I leave the fan on longer ? Or does this not work ?