I've been using ceiling fans, box fans, corner fans and anything else that blows over the last 5 plus years to try and heat the house a little more evenly. Some work some didn't and some the financial account manager ( aka wife) didn't like tripping over fans at 3am . Why, I haven't the foggiest?
I live in a ranch style house with a 14x 20 addition added on the back with cathedral ceilings and huge windows in the room. The stove is in the corner kinda facing the kitchen. Obviously, the addition stays very warm but moving air back to the bedrooms is challenging. I can turn on the fan only on the forced air furnace and within a hour the thermostat in the hall will climb 5-6 degrees easily. I would prefer not to use this fan if I can help it.
My idea is to buy a 6" inline centrifugal fan that has around 450cfm and install it in the forced air duct that is located 2 feet from the wood stove. I can easily tie this duct into the cold return air side of the furnace, which would pull cold air from the duct in the hall and back bedrooms and blow this cold air 2 ft from the stove. I would think this would help to move the warm air out of the stove room. If this works, I then could hook up a thermostat to control the fan? Any thoughts on this idea?
I live in a ranch style house with a 14x 20 addition added on the back with cathedral ceilings and huge windows in the room. The stove is in the corner kinda facing the kitchen. Obviously, the addition stays very warm but moving air back to the bedrooms is challenging. I can turn on the fan only on the forced air furnace and within a hour the thermostat in the hall will climb 5-6 degrees easily. I would prefer not to use this fan if I can help it.
My idea is to buy a 6" inline centrifugal fan that has around 450cfm and install it in the forced air duct that is located 2 feet from the wood stove. I can easily tie this duct into the cold return air side of the furnace, which would pull cold air from the duct in the hall and back bedrooms and blow this cold air 2 ft from the stove. I would think this would help to move the warm air out of the stove room. If this works, I then could hook up a thermostat to control the fan? Any thoughts on this idea?