My fans aren't cutting it. What are you using?

[Bster13]

My one story ranch is having trouble distributing heat. Here is a walkthrough of my house prior to me receiving the stove:



I one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-2506-ta...d=1382970460&sr=8-43&keywords=oscillating+fan

And one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-3520-Cy...d=1382970460&sr=8-33&keywords=oscillating+fan

...blowing cold air into the stove/living room through the two archways.

I like them because they are not permanent, but my stove room is hot and I'd like to get that heat to the extremities of my home better. This morning the stove room was 74F, but my outer sunroom was 62F.

Some of this problem is no insulation w/ a sunroom full of windows, but also there are 3 separate doorways and door jambs the heat has to traverse to heat that room and a powerful 20in floor fan doesn't seem to cut it.

Is my problem I am not pulling the heat out up high as opposed to pushing the cold are in from down low?

Is everyone rocking doorway fans all over their house?
http://tinyurl.com/p68n62u

 

[mellow]

I have the Lasco Cyclone, got it last year and like it, noise is an issue at low speed however, I thought it would be quieter on low but the low is still pretty high.

 

[Jags]

Oscillating fans are good for mixing. Creating a thermal loop is not so much about mixing as it is about moving cold air so that the heated (hotter) air returning will replace it. Hence the "loop".

It is a fact that cold air (denser) is easier to move than hot air. You want to create a steady state loop with directed air. Mixing air works for some things (think cathedral ceilings).

 

[Bster13]

I have been trying to create the loop, and I have has some success, but those doorways stop up that hot air (even if some cold air is being pushed into the room the roll the hot air down and under the door way), so I feel like I need a fan in each doorway, ugh.

 

[Jags]

Some folks have reported that using the push-me/pull ya method improved air motion. Fans low on the ground to push cold air to the heat source, and fans up high (there are corner fans for door ways for this application) to help "pull" the warm air in.

You may be a good candidate for through wall fans, as well. Something like this strategically placed could help:

 

[begreen]

Whatever you use, try to get quiet fans. 4-5" computer muffin fans work well.

 

[Bster13]

The through the wall fan.... linky please? Then I'd need to learn how to cut through a plaster and lathe wall without cracking the entire wall.

 

[Jags]

The through the wall fan.... linky please? Then I'd need to learn how to cut through a plaster and lathe wall without cracking the entire wall.

There are tons. Google is your friend. I personally can not vouch for anyone over another, so do your homework.

 

[begreen]

This is a good one. It uses the wall cavity as a duct so that you can pull off air high and blow it in low or vice versa.
http://www.tjernlund.com/airshare_ventilation.htm

 

[Jags]

And this will get you started:
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i:aps,k:through wall fan

 

[Highbeam]

Your stove room could be much warmer. A ten degree drop from stove room to far rooms is pretty typical.

 

[Bster13]

I don't want it warmer, haha. Then we'll be sweated out of our stove room where we like to hang out.

 

[begreen]

I don't want it warmer, haha. Then we'll be sweated out of our stove room where we like to hang out.

If you are blowing cooler air into the stove room from an adjacent area that is less likely to happen.

 

[Bster13]

Yeah I've seen the difference. I guess I'm going to keep with those big floor fans as long as I can before cutting through plaster, those some of those wall fan may pass the wife's looks department scrutiny.

 

[Seasoned Oak]

YOU need bigger fans. I just got a 1500CFM straight thru 8" . THat should move some air.

 

[begreen]

Wear ear plugs. LOL

 

[macattack_ga]

I run my A/C... kinda of. I shut off the power to the compressor and set the thermostat in the main room with the wood stove to cool at 74. When the main room gets warm, the HVAC fan kick in distributing the heat, or as much as the HVAC system can.

 

[Seasoned Oak]

Wear ear plugs. LOL

I need most of my heat between midnight and 9 AM, So no problem running the larger fans then.

 

[Seasoned Oak]

Some folks have reported that using the push-me/pull ya method improved air motion. Fans low on the ground to push cold air to the heat source, and fans up high (there are corner fans for door ways for this application) to help "pull" the warm air in.

You may be a good candidate for through wall fans, as well. Something like this strategically placed could help:
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Exactly, for best results in a ranch type setting ,blow the warm air up above the stove and the cold air down at the opposite end of the house. using 2 fans also allows smaller fans which are quieter.
Im pushing heat up 3 floors this way.

 

[rowerwet]

ceiling fans in each room will do a great job of mixing the air between rooms

 

[Bster13]

I would certainly do this, by my HVAC vents run up into the uninsulated attic. I've only tried it once (should try it again) and I felt like it didn't do anything... that perhaps the heated air was being wicked away in the uninsulated attic?

I run my A/C... kinda of. I shut off the power to the compressor and set the thermostat in the main room with the wood stove to cool at 74. When the main room gets warm, the HVAC fan kick in distributing the heat, or as much as the HVAC system can.

 

[mellow]

Without having a well insulated return and ducts using the hvac for moving hot air is pointless.

 

[BrianN]

I place my small fan, on low in the laundry room. Which is farthest away from the stove room and living room. It pushes all the cold air down the hall and into the living area. Within a half hour I will notice a couple change. Both in the far end (living room, laundry room) heating up, and, the stove room cooling down.

 

[begreen]

I would certainly do this, by my HVAC vents run up into the uninsulated attic. I've only tried it once (should try it again) and I felt like it didn't do anything... that perhaps the heated air was being wicked away in the uninsulated attic?

The heat loss via the ductwork will most likely negate the gains in distribution.

 

[Bster13]

Should the floor fan be in the archways of my stove room (see video) blowing cool air into the stove room or should this floor fan be back in the bedroom hallway blowing cold air from back there?