Window mount pellet stove

personally, I'm a bit freaked out by the window stove. Honestly, you might be doing ok with just the 1 stove downstairs because the heat is gonna get displaced and end up upstairs anyways. thats going to do next to nothing for your basement, but thats another thing all together. Maybe wait till you get into the place and figure out how your current stove does before you consider dropping more $$. A lot is going to depend on how the place is built/insulated and whatnot.

There's been a lot of posts/discussion about the window mount stoves. They caused a number of house fires last year. Look into this thoroughly before purchasing.

Take your pick from the following as possible causes for the fires:

1: Bad metal that allowed burn through in a short amount of time just above the burn pot causing the fuel to ignite in the hopper.

2: Controller was over firing the stove (we never did get any information on user adjustability with that controller but other stoves by the same maker could have both their low and high firing rates changed and some may have even left the plant set incorrectly).

3: Lack of user attention to monitoring or cleaning.

The above list is in no particular order and is not exhaustive.

If you did enough searches, you will find one owner that had good luck with his unit. The others have all had bad luck.

As Smokey said, there have been a couple reports/plis pics of the top of the firebox burning through Not good.. IMO

What are your other options for heating that second floor? The risks outweigh any potential savings with a window mount, IMHO.

im not sure you can use that window stove in a bathroom(i may be wrong)

also FWIW that window unit has not had a very good track record from what i have read, i doubt seriously i would put one in my home

Yeah, I'm that guy that loves mine! search under my name and you'll find my posts about it. I'm leaning to #3 in Smokey's list as the cause of most of the problems. I saw those pics of the metal above the burn pot where the guy's caught on fire... mine still looks brand new.

Following stoveguy's golden rule, "when you invite fire into your home, do so under the utmost care." I like it. I do. Taking it very seriously and with an over attention to care, safety and maintenance.

I think most of the people that are disappointed with them are trying to use them for more than they can handle. It's a glorified space heater. It's not going to heat a 2300 square foot home. It's not really going to heat 1000 square feet, unless the space is wide open and well insulated. If you have a small space, and are going to use it for supplemental heat, and are willing to clean it out every day, I think you'll be just fine. Although I don't think I'd put it in the bathroom, either...