Recommend a decent brand of woodstove

[jonb96150]

I always wondered about the outside air intake for mobile homes. Should actually be required on all stoves because as you said, all that combustion air is being pulled from the outside. I keep the nearest window to the stove open just a little to try to minimize the drafts everywhere else in my 30 y.o. pre-tyvek wrap house!

 

[haystax]

I always wondered about the outside air intake for mobile homes. Should actually be required on all stoves because as you said, all that combustion air is being pulled from the outside. I keep the nearest window to the stove open just a little to try to minimize the drafts everywhere else in my 30 y.o. pre-tyvek wrap house!

I guess I should clarify, I am stick building but don't want to leave a window open, seems like if your furnace or boiler must draw outside air, why not your woodstove?

Any snow in Tahoe?

 

[turbocruiser]

Stupid Question: For those with the experience of using your wood stove to heat the whole house, other than the fan right on the stove, is there some sort of ductwork to take the heat to individual rooms around the house? How is the heat from that one central source distributed? Thanks.

 

[haystax]

Stupid Question: For those with the experience of using your wood stove to heat the whole house, other than the fan right on the stove, is there some sort of ductwork to take the heat to individual rooms around the house? How is the heat from that one central source distributed? Thanks.

Although I have seen some built-in fireplaces that are designed to heat water or combine ductwork and forced air to provide individual room heat, my method of heating the entire house is to build a really, really big fire

I didn't go with the fan, don't like the noise more than anything. Radiant heat from the stove moves w/o forcing air. Typically, an open floor plan is the best bet for heating a large area, back bedrooms usually need supplemental heat in my experience.

 

[jonb96150]

Although I have seen some built-in fireplaces that are designed to heat water or combine ductwork and forced air to provide individual room heat, my method of heating the entire house is to build a really, really big fire

I didn't go with the fan, don't like the noise more than anything. Radiant heat from the stove moves w/o forcing air. Typically, an open floor plan is the best bet for heating a large area, back bedrooms usually need supplemental heat in my experience.

x2. The bedrooms never get all that warm from the stove. We have a ceiling fan in the same room as the stove that distributes the heat a little faster in the open area. I always thought that having those windows that open above the doors (like in really old buildings) would help a lot with the bedrooms as the heat along the ceiling in the hall gets trapped by the header/wall above the door and doesn't make it into the bedrooms even with the doors open. I think there are ducts with fans you can install in that area, but I've never bothered.

We've rec'd about one foot of light powder at my house the last couple days.

 

[alia176]

Congrats on your new stove!

We have the Lopi Liberty and we like it but we're new to wood heat so we don't know any better!

I'd like to figure out a way to move the trapped heat in the family room Cathedral ceiling to our master bedroom on the second story.

Merry xmas to all.

 

[John Galt]

Ceiling fans are mostly decorative, they don't transfer air very well, just stir up the hot air trapped at the ceiling. A ducted fan with an inlet near the ceiling is the most effective way to move hot air.

 

[alia176]

Ceiling fans are mostly decorative, they don't transfer air very well, just stir up the hot air trapped at the ceiling. A ducted fan with an inlet near the ceiling is the most effective way to move hot air.

Agreed. Coming up with ducting with 6" of attic space is proving to be a tad difficult

 

[John Galt]

Agreed. Coming up with ducting with 6" of attic space is proving to be a tad difficult

It's best not to go into the 'attic space' . Usually there is a closet corner to run the duct. Place the fan at the bottom of the duct run. These inline fans are the best to use, 250 CFM will be enough.

 

[alia176]

hmm, interesting...let me have the link to the one pictured.

thanks.