eclecticcottage
Minister of Fire
raybonz said:Flatbedford said:raybonz said:That's a big house to heat with a fireview Steve.. If I remember right Woodstock says that stove is good up to around 1500 sq. ft. I bet the PH would get the job done nicely..
Ray
Yeah yeah. The single digits are tough. 20s and 30s we are fine. I don't know if the PH could do much better. I know it makes more heat longer, but I'm not sure I could get any of that heat into the far end of the main floor. As I said above, insulation and air sealing what I really need now. Or, maybe a second small stove in the dining room.
That sounds like the best solution to me to prevent cooking yourself out of the stove room..
Ray
+1
Even though technically the Republic is WAY oversized for us (it's rated for 1200-2000 sq ft), the layout we have in addition to location (open fields and lake), older cottage with questionable insulation, leaky windows (two are definately original and we will recaulk them but I'm not replacing them even if they are single pane) and two 6' sliding doors, we still installed a backup ventfree in the dining room to help that part of the Cottage stay warm when it gets really cold. Additionally, I like knowing it's there just in case, since we don't have any other heat source (no furnace).