I need some wisdom from yall more experienced fellas on here. So i installed a wood insert into an existing fireplace in the living room which is a huge room with vaulted ceiling. I need tips on how to distribute the heat output from the insert. I recently installed a fan on the cross beam (which is about 14 feet high) in the living room. My question is what setting should my ceiling fan be on to help distribute the warm air? The vaulted ceiling is steep and about 22 feet tall and the ceiling fan is on the cross beam at about 14 ft high. Thanks for the input fellas.
Try it both ways. Give each try a few hours to confirm its effect. What make and model insert did you install? Pics and description of your install details may help.
Make that fan blow air up towards the ceiling when heating. That'll move the warm air around. Works great for us. Blow down in summer for a cooling breeze.
I have a Drolet 1800i. It does a decent job heating the big living room, but i was just wondering the best way to keep the heat from settling up close to the ceiling. Thanks
Ceiling fan on low, blowing up...then use a small fan sitting on the floor at the back of the house (wherever you are trying to get the heat to) blowing toward the stove, and again, running on low....the theory here is that it works better to move cool air than it does to move hot air.
I have a similar situation as yours. 20 foot ceilings, open layout with a loft. I have fans in both the loft and main living area running 24/7. Mostly in reverse, blowing up, unless the AC is on. Things stay pretty comfy here. My heater runs about an hour when I get home from work while the stove heats up until the stove cools sometime in the middle of the night. Until the house falls below 64 where I have the thermostat set. My house is a single level except for the loft. When my stove is running it stays around 70 unless it gets below 25 for highs during the day. Also, I went with a free standing stove as opposed to an insert hoping for more heat output. We've only been in this house a little more then two years. I'm still building my wood supply so the stove has only been supplemental heat so far as opposed where we came from when I got almost 90% of my heat from my wood stove. I'm thinking about a small floor fan in the loft blowing towards the main room. Keeping the air circulating slowly seems to be the key here.
