Longwood dual fuel furnace, located on north end of the shop. Separate duct work for the 20X40 living area. Good even forced air heat throughout the entire 2400 sq ft. All on a slab. Floor gets warm & stays that way all winter. Not real pretty, but hey, it's an auto repair shop, so no worries. Small propane back up for living area, that rarely sees any use.
Mine is in the living room, where we can see it. It does pretty well heating a mostly open 1600 sq ft. Most of the heat movement is currently radiant, as we don't use the hairdryer blower much and haven't upgraded yet. We keep the living room at 70, and the bedrooms are a little cooler, which is fine. So far tested to -16 degrees, and it gave what we needed. One thing I maybe would change is that the stove is on the South wall of the living room, I would consider putting it on the North wall instead in a do-over, as it would radiate directly into the kitchen, rather than around a corner. But then the wood would have to be hauled through the living room, so maybe not.
Basement install here. Unfinished 2200 SF down and 2200 SF up. Walkout basement to the drive way so we roll the wood cart in. Easy to clean the mess up. Have to burn the stove pretty hard in below 20 weather. Has turned the basement into a nice gathering/party place now. Every year we make improvements in air flow with fans and some vents. Very warm floors though. The first year we used no oil for the boiler just to see if we could do it. Now with oil so cheap we use it a little to take the chill off. It does take 2-3 days of 24/7 burning to get the basement walls up in temp, then it's cruising time.
This where I sit, 4 feet from my stove, on a rolling computer chair, in front of my laptop. Everything is within rolling distance, I hardly ever have to get out of the chair. Two pictures this morning with an outside temp of -1F. Oh, and that is my old hearth mat in front. Her name is Bloo.
Mine is right in the living room of our house, it does the trick. I'll post pics if I can find my camera later.
I’ve got a hydronic woodstove in the garage/basement right next to my HVAC unit so the heat exchanger can be plumbed into my air ducts. I only have 2 issues, one is with the location because there’s a finished wall separating it from the garage, so if/when it dies (it’s 30 years old and I know eventually it’ll leak) I’ll have to rip down a wall to get rid of it. It’s darn near the size of a VW bug! The other issue is I typically only burn one load a day for about 6 hours and that heats the house for 24 hours. The issue is my chimney is external, so every night when I light a fire it’s a challenge to get it to draft again. I even installed a fan in the ductwork to help. After growing up in a house where we had an insert and now having a wood stove that can control the heat by thermostat, I’m not sure I’ll ever go back! I love having every single room at 70° when I’m home, 68° at night, and 65° when were away during the day. I hate going back and visiting my parents or sister in the winter (both of whom have an instert) where their stove keeps their living room at about a blistering 80° and the rest of the house cools down the further away from the stove you get.
Nah one in sauna is all lined with rock wool sits on slate and fire boarded . Fire in the house has walls from floor to ceiling fire boarded just in case.
Mine is a basement dweller as well. Heating approx 1560 sq ft down and 1530 sq ft up of new construction. It sits directly across from my stairway so a fan blowing across the top of the stove and a fan blowing tipped down towards the floor at it from the bottom of the stairs is keeping the upstairs 70-72 w/out any struggle. I think the heat radiating up through the unfinished ceiling is helping as well. Almost afraid to seal it up when I finish the basement. I think floor vents will be the ticket at that point. Doing a great job of it with temps in the 20s and mid 30s. Going to get the test with highs in low 20s and lows of single digits coming after today.
I can't say I actually poke them, though I do let them know where I stand on such things. The thing is, I have posted that particular picture on several occasions. And each time someone had to speak up and say the wood was too close to the stove, it's a fire hazard, etc. And if it isn't referenced in that thread, I have seen it referenced in others. That's where my spark comment came in. "As for any sparking from the stove igniting the stacks along side, it would have to be one strange spark to be thrown from the stove and then find its way back a foot just to come in contact with the rack." So I decided instead to make the comment myself and essentially explain away some of the previous comments from other threads with temperature readings and so on. This was essentially being tactful, though I knew beyond the shadow of a doubt someone would have to make some comment against my setup. Why mine seems to come under fire is beyond me. I don't use negatively charged comments about other setups, and if I have to be a bit critical, I also explain why as well as try to give possible solutions. That is called "constructive criticism." So poking them? No! But rather drawing them out in the open so I can give them a well deserved cookie for doing such a good job as a Safety Officer. See, I'm just acknowledging their service to the community!
In the shed attached my bedroom window. Got one 8 inch duct running in the bedroom window foe the ti.w being
Figured I'd toss a pic up of mine since everybody else is. It's not pretty but it heats the house. If you look close in the upper right side you'll see the copper lines running to the heat exchanger in the ducts. My wife calls it the crematory, and the firebox probably is large enough to stuff a (small) body into! The only time I ever fill up the firebox is when the season starts and I need to bring the water up to temp from ambient. Other than that I just fill it halfway once a day to take the water from 150° up to just about 200°.
Ours is in our bedroom....and it is the worse place we could have put it. We have to be careful not over heat ourselves in attempt to heat the rest of the house. I've glearned how to keep things heated pretty evenly now, but it has taken a couple years of trial and error. I wish we could have placed it anywhere else, but with our VERY small house and how the house is laid out we really didn't have any options.
