I have read several posts where the stove is in the basement and used to heat the home. How do you get the heat upstairs?
Luv2BWarm said:Very good question - and I'll be very interested to hear from successful basement burners. Our stove is in the basement (it's where all the hook ups were). We only have a 1100 sf ranch, which seems to be very well insulated. We have 2 grates in the upstairs floor (one in the kitchen; one in the hallway). We installed a wooden screen door in place of the basement door. The stove is directly below the steps, but facing into the enclosed basement room.
We have no problem keep the living area at 70 or 71 when temps are no lower than 20*. But get any lower and we struggle. Also, our bedrooms don't benefit from the rising heat; our home inspector told us that the rooms are each fully insulated (was originally electric baseboard heat), so no heat gets in except thru the doorways.
We are seriously thinking of building another chimney and moving the stove upstairs next year.