So was wondering what all the great minds here had to say. As many know I put a convection deck on my slammed nc30 this year. Also I know have a baby to keep warm (essentially I burn way more wood then normal). My question is about trying to move more warm air upstairs. I have 4 bedrooms upstairs only two of which need the most heat. I have the doors closed on the non used rooms. So here is a look at my setup. The fireplace is in the bottom right corner and I usually place a small fan on the Ottoman in front of the cat some towards the stairs. My thought is blow some of the warm air coming from the convection deck towards the stairs. Am I expecting to much? The stove room will be 73 and the room middle of the hallway(babies room) is 64. Should I place another fan aimed right up the steps? Any other ideas or input is great.
Have you tried a fan at the top of the stairs angled down, blowing cool air low, down the incline of the stairs? But really, it looks like an unobstructed path for the hot air on the downstairs ceiling to make its way upstairs. Maybe the fan would strengthen the natural convection, though...I would try it. If it doesn't work, you may have to put a heater in the baby's room...
Ceiling fan on low, pushing up. Small fans on low speed on floor pushing cold air back to stove. No fan near stove trying to push warm air. That just doesn't work because warm air is not as dense and is harder to move. If your stove room is only 73 degrees, it seems that your stove may be under sized. How many sq ft is your house? Is your wood at 20% moisture content or less?
AireShare™ Transfer Fans : Room to Room Fan : Crawl Space Ventilation : Dryer Booster : Tjernlund Products, Inc. I have one of these (the AS1 model), and the quality is good. Mine helps a little, though not as much as I had hoped. I am moving warm air 11 feet down, which is backwards to how it wants to go, so I suspect that is part of the problem. It might help in your situation if left running continously, though 73 degree moving air will not feel warm.
How is your insulation? Air sealing? Could you put thin film over your windows? I've found that it's not too hard to move heat upstairs since it wants to go that way naturally. Keeping it from escaping out to the attic or through the walls and windows proves to be a bit more challenging.
It's shoulder season so I am not crushing the heat output. Usually start a fire at night the downstairs is 64-66, warms up to mid 70s in stove room and low 70s for the entire downstairs.
Insulation is decent. New windows were put in the nursery but I do lose a bunch from the other windows they are original from 1986.
I see. Thought that seemed a little off as those nc30's are quite the stove. Any way to drive the cold air back down will be the key to getting heat up to the nursery
