I'm brand new to the forum so forgive me if I should be in another thread. I have just replaced a wood stove in my basement with a 25 pdvc for my 1300 sq ft house. I realize that a pellet stove is a far cry from a wood stove but my unit seems like it is just not putting out much heat. My wood stove would get my basement hot and then naturally rise up the stairs and through the floor to living area and keep furnace from kicking on. My basement is unfinished and maybe 800 sq ft. and after running it all day in 45 degree weather to test it out, my basement was just room temp. maybe 70-72 degrees and upstairs was 70. This was on a 45 degree day!! I am afraid come winter this stove is not going to cut it. It didn't seem to matter if I ran it on 3-3 or 8-8. I didnt feel hot until I stood about 2 feet in front of the stove. I read on the forums of how people are getting cooked out of the room with this stove and I cant get my basement hot. The flame seems to be burning good and a bag of pellets lasted about 14 hours burning on various heat settings throughout the day. It is in the D mode and bottom buttons are at factory 6-4-1 settings. Anyone know why this stove is not cooking out the basement? I know it is not like a wood stove, but after 8 hours my basement should be toasty hot don't you think? does it burn hotter in C mode? is that an option? Help...feels like I may have just wasted $900 on stove and venting pipe!