My fans aren't cutting it. What are you using?

When I had my hvac system installed back in 09 I had the installer use the thick rigid board for creating an air return and sealed it up good, I was only to get R6 duct work but the distributor was out of it and I got R8 duct work instead for the same price, that made it a bit easier to pay someone to install the system.

That R8 duct work makes all the difference in transporting that heated air to other parts of the house.

+1 ceiling fans

in the entry to the furthest room you want heat

Bster13 said:

This guy went through his attic with similar insulated ducting as I see in my attic, I wonder how it works for him?

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that seems pretty easy to do, wood be nice for my back bedroom. Anyone have any luck with this?

Bster13 said:

I would certainly do this, by my HVAC vents run up into the uninsulated attic. I've only tried it once (should try it again) and I felt like it didn't do anything... that perhaps the heated air was being wicked away in the uninsulated attic?

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Does't the same happen in summer,the hot attic draws the cold out of your ductwork?

Tripping over Fans in doorways get old fast. I push warm air up thru a floor vent above the basement stove and then tha cold air down another floor vent at the opposite end of the house on the floor above the stove to get a circulation loop going. The air will find its way thru all the doorways. Both my fans are somewhat hidden.

So let me get this straight, as i am trying to get more heat up stairs should i put a fan in the doorway of my bedroom pointing towards the stairs, or should i put the fan in the back of the room pointing towards the doorway? Please let me know the right way. also there is a ceiling fan in the bedroom that is on reverse sucking the air up. Should i use that instead of fan, or both ways, or just the floor fan?

yup did the TP for the bedroom got some looks for it

if you do want a purely directional fan that is portable that pushes air further, I'd stick with a vornado type or a blower type such as this one http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-Pro-Performance-Blower-4900/dp/B001DNGSCM (the blower nozzle on this can be rotated so that it can blow across the floor, up to a ceiling or even down a stairway)

I have a similar layout. Fireplace/insert in the middle in LR, (my openings between LR and DR and LR and foyer are larger though). Bedrooms down a hall one way. Family room and kitchen the other way, FR at end beyond kitchen. FR and MBR are coldest rooms. I use 2 fans similar to the first Lasko (table fan) on the floor on low (very quiet and energy efficient). One about 6' inside FR beyond doorway between FR and kitchen blowing towards stove room. Other is about 5' inside doorway on floor in MBR blowing out towards stove room. Typically with stove running and with fans, LR area will be 72, FR 70, MBR 69. Without fans MBR (shoulder 67, cold winter (20's outside) low 60's), FR (shoulder 69, cold winter 65),

Another thing that might help with heat into sunroom and kitchen is putting an opening between LR and kitchen, either a door way or a counter height pass-through, might help with access also (long trip from FP in LR to kitchen), if it can get approval.

so is it better to blow into the cold room or blow out of the cold room?

I just got one of these bad boys. Puts out 1500 CFMs, way more than the Lasko carpet dryer type. I think the Lasko puts out about 200-300 CFMs
Paid $61.60 from Harbor Freight .it was $77 and use one of those 20% off coupons you can get anywhere. I also got the 20Ft expandable vent hose for it.
http://www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-portable-ventilator-97762.html

Bster13 said:

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The temps would be fine for me. How much do you use the sun room that's the only one slightly chilly. No reason to get crazy trying to make the heat even throughout the house. I chalk it up to this is what happens when you heat with wood. Who wants to sleep in conditions much warmer than the mid 60's anyway!?

I'm heating just under 2k, 1100ish main level rest is bedrooms upstairs. My staircase is L shaped and not open so air movement is lousy at best. If the stove room is mid 70's, the hallway leading to the steps is usually low 70's and upstairs usually has a 6-8 degree swing from the lower level which puts the temps where I like to sleep.

Wow you guys like it cold. Theres Not a room in this 3000SF house under 76. Basement Stove room get up to 85-95

Honestly for the cool rooms it would probably be easier just to run a small space heater while you're in those rooms. If the room is mid 60's and you want it to be in the upper 60's it won't take much for that to happen. We run a space heat with a t-stat set 68-69 in my 18 month old daughters room and it's not even a blip on the electric bill.

Seasoned Oak said:

Wow you guys like it cold. Theres Not a room in this 3000SF house under 76. Basement Stove room get up to 85-95

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If I could afford to keep the house 70ish all year round I would. Do you keep the house that warm in the summertime? Can't imagine 80+ being remotely comfortable!

rdust said:

If I could afford to keep the house 70ish all year round I would. Do you keep the house that warm in the summertime? Can't imagine 80+ being remotely comfortable!

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I dont spend time in the stove room.Too hot. Most rooms in the living space are mid 70s. The harman TL-300 just overwhelms the 20x20 stove room even on the lowest air setting.

I think the lasko blower that I linked is rated around 350-375 CFM from what I can find. Other than being able to point it in most any direction, I find the noise level to be acceptable, being that it's a squirrel cage most of the noise is the rushing air itself (unlike the traditional shaped wire cage floor fan I used to have that sounded as though they stole it off a commuter airline's wing and took up enough floor space that it might as well have been that)