Filled Up The Hearth

You can just visually see your wood is primo and dry....

Seems unusual you have that much cold air coming through your cold air return. I did HVAC work when I was a young man going through college.... If I recall, you had some background in HVAC also.... Could be the supply or returns are in uninsulated areas such as the attic or exterior walls which would cause this.

I would welcome having you visit, that would be great...! I am on SR 56.... You can see the stove in action and we can talk saws, wood and other stuff. I just picked up a used 044 mag that I would love to show off........

 

You are correct I worked in the HVAC field for about ten years and still do it now on top of my day job. Everything in the attic is sealed up well and insulated however none of the ductwork in the basement is. I honestly think I just notice it more than others my basement is significantly colder than most peoples. 37-42 degree air blowing out of a register doesn't feel good at all lol.

I would love to come check out the stove and we will have to make it happen in fact I'm getting excited just thinking about it . Right now my wife an I are coaching my daughters basketball team so Saturdays are pretty much shot but after about the First week of March I will shoot you a PM and we can make it happen. I have been dying to see one of the IS Stoves in action up close and personal and of course looking at chainsaws is just about a tie with looking a wood stoves!

 

My crawl space is cold but my hot air furnace kicks on in the early am, so I can't block off the duct work. I improvised and put folded up dish cloths over them and taped across the middle so when furnace runs they lift up and let the hot air out and then when furnace stops the cloths lay back over the grates and blocks off the cold air again, works pretty good but not real pretty to look at...

 

Great idea on the cloths over the registers! I would try something like that if I had the furnace hooked up. It really is crazy how much cold air comes through the duct work. I'm sure some peoples setups aren't as bad especially if you have duct board or insulated sheet metal ducts but for my setup it is horrible.

 

I have a very similar routine. I feed two stoves, one in the family room/basement which has a walk-out exit to the woodpile. I don't always have that basement stove lit, but I keep it stocked from the woodpile, and then from there I feed the upstairs wood box beside my main stove. I try to keep the job small and it takes less out of my body even if it does make more trips a day, and it maybe doesn't but just spreads it all out through the day.

Also retired.

 

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