Thought I would show this off quick. We finally got a wood stove put in this weekend. It works great and keeps the cabin nice and cozy!! I have 13 acres of woods so that's why I went with a wood stove. Otherwise I might have gone pellet but in my current situation that made no sense with all the wood I have! LOL.
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When I asked Dski if we should put one into our garage/apartment project, it got voted down. She did not want the inherent smell in the home, nor the cleanup and maintenance. More than that, when I went out to get quotes for homeowner's insurance, it was one of the top items they want to know about before quoting.
Would one of those work on an upstairs loft? I know heat rises, but if a loft was the only practical place to put it and you used pellets....shorter pipe too...could you heat a small cabin with a stove basically "upstairs"?
Would one of those work on an upstairs loft? I know heat rises, but if a loft was the only practical place to put it and you used pellets....shorter pipe too...could you heat a small cabin with a stove basically "upstairs"?
IMO it would not be very efficient but might work if you have a ceiling fan running in winter mode to pull the cold air up. A ducted stove with a blower would be even better.
Would one of those work on an upstairs loft? I know heat rises, but if a loft was the only practical place to put it and you used pellets....shorter pipe too...could you heat a small cabin with a stove basically "upstairs"?
Lugging the wood upstairs and the ashes down would get old. With a fan moving the air it could be done though.
A ducted stove with a blower would be even better.
could the ducts be in a crawl space?
That is done all the time. IMO do your homework on duct insulating wrap so you are efficient and also don't end up with condensation or other issues.
Maybe food for thought....If you have access to anthracite coal, you might want to look at the pros and cons of that vs wood or wood pellets. A stove that can burn coal or wood keeps the options open.....coal can be a PITA to light though!
Hopefully, one of the forum HVAC pros will chime in with some thoughts.
Last edited by Bill D.; 12/18/1709:10 PM. Reason: After thought
We have a wood burning furnace that sits in our garage along side our central heat and air system and is ducted together. It heats the whole house and is rated and has draft settings for coal, although I have never tried coal. I think it is a Woodchuck brand.
Fortunately the last few years we have had little occasion to use it.
We have a wood burning furnace that sits in our garage along side our central heat and air system and is ducted together. It heats the whole house. Fortunately the last few years we have had little occasion to use it.
That's interesting snrub. I will look into that.
I hope I never have to use mine either...really the main reason I want one is for when "all hell breaks loose" some time down the line...and hopefully I'll be gone by then anyway. It's more of an insurance policy for me. With no power I think I could survive the summers, but would want some heat even in the Texas winter.
our house is 2 story, with the downstairs being a poured wall basement. it is completely finished and has its own hvac system. our staircase leading downstairs (basement) has no doorway to close the top from the bottom. I have the best fireplace ever. It will run you out of the house if you aren't careful, but no matter what we do we can't push the heat downstairs. i can run ceiling fans up stairs and down but it just doesn't heat the downstairs. we keep the upstairs in the mid to low 70's but the downstairs can get in the low 60's without running the downstairs hvac. it isn't an issue for us since we don't use the downstairs much. the wife has an exercise room down there, a sitting room we never use, and then my room that will one day be my gun room. spray foam insulation sure helps everything, except humidity,haha.
Zep another popular type of stove up north is a fully external one that sits outside the home in its own shed. Probably overkill for you though.
If I was a stay at home kind of guy (I'm not) that wanted to heat fully with wood, that is what I would have. Fire is stoked and clean out is outside the house so no mess. Usually large enouh fire box so only once or twice a day needs stoking. Some use circulated liquid through the fire box into the house, some just duct heated air directly.
But like I say, probably overkill for your location and situation.
It will run you out of the house if you aren't careful, but no matter what we do we can't push the heat downstairs. i can run ceiling fans up stairs and down but it just doesn't heat the downstairs.
We have a propane stove on the first floor of our cabin. Fairly certain it is the biggest propane stove you can buy. The upstairs is what I would call a 3/4 loft. 1/4 of the upper floor is open above the living/main room of the cabin where the stove is. This past Winter in the cabin we were running the propane stove full blast and on the really cold (0 degree) windy days we had a hard time keeping the bottom floor above 60 degrees. The upstairs would be 80 degrees! That's with two big ceiling fans running full tilt as well. IMO, the ONLY way you could force hot air downstairs is with duct work.
I really like Snrub's direction of putting the stove outside. That solves LOTS of issues IMO. I had planned on adding one of these Iowa made stoves to our cabin at some point. I would just duct the heat into the crawl space of the cabin and cut in vents in the appropriate places. http://www.jimbonham.com/Stove/stove.html
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