Really happy with this stove, getting better at moving heat around the house Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes we have a blower on this model and it is on high. The struggle is moving air from the basement corner(where the stove is located) to the furthest corner upstairs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That's the challenge for all basement installs. Trying to blow hot air towards cold space is close to futile unless you have a way to encourage the cold air in that space back to the stove. Some have installed floor vents at the outer perimeters of the upstairs rooms. This may allow cooled air to drop back down into the basement as return air enhancing circulation. Either way it seems that blowing cool, dense basement floor level air towards the stove room to help displace/move the hot air out is worth a try. Good luck.
Best achieved by creating a duct or chase that extends downward to within 6-8” of the basement slab- gives the upstairs colder, denser air a better chance to descend than having to compete with heated basement air trying to come up through a floor grate. Additionally, basement stairwells alone oftentimes cannot allow the 2 different air masses to efficiently pass each other.
We have a duct between floors about 10 feet in front of the wood stove on the first floor. Warm air goes up, pushing colder air toward the stairwell. When things are rocking and rolling a cold blast hits you as you go up the stairs. This works pretty good, keeping the bedroom in the low to mid 60's.
Just curious, do you have a gas furnace installed in the basement with the cold air return? If so, could you run just the blower, sucking the warm air out of the basement and distributing it throughout the house, in turn, pulling cold air back with the cold air return? How many square feet of house are you trying to heat (how far away is the furthest point)?
We do have a furnace and I have wired a separate switch to run the fan independently from the heating cycle. I will say that it helps and I have gone as far as closing off the air intake upstairs, that way the intakes in the basement are drawing in the 30c heat that hangs up at the ceiling. The house is an older bungalow 1400 sqft and built with 2x4 construction. The stove is in the south most corner of the basement with the stairs on the north side Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That seems like it should be the ideal solution, but many have tried this, and it generally doesn't work for most, at least not well, certainly didn't for us.
Ahhhh, good information for sure. I don't have a furnace. My brother heats with a pellet stove, and I suggested it to him several years ago, and after trying it, said it was a total game changer. Weird how it works for some and not others. Heat is a crazy beast sometimes.
