Home is about 1900 sq/feet total.
I have a large main room living area (about 1400 square feet, includes great room with vaulted ceilings, kitchen, dining area, breakfast room, foyer.)
About 9 floor vents in all for the above listed living area of 1400 sq/ft.
I only need to heat or supplement heat the 1400 sq/ft living area with a simple operated wood furnace (such as the Summers Heat sold at Lowes. I do not want an expensive complicated unit.
I would like to make my own separate floor vents for the wood furnace. Plan would be to cut out 2 vents in the floor which would be close to where the wood furnace would be. I do not want to use the existing vents because it would require extra ductwork cutting, plus adding in backflow dampers, and basically just interfering with the operation and flow of the propane furnace whenever it kicked on.
I have a couple worries:
1) If the duct work comes out of the furnace and directly into 2 floor vents approximately 10 feet away, would the temperature be dangerous or excessively hot coming out of the vents?
2) Would 2 vents be adequate venting to heat 1400 square feet?
I cannot put the wood furnace next to my propane furnace because the only exit for the flue would be about 40 feet away then...
I have a large main room living area (about 1400 square feet, includes great room with vaulted ceilings, kitchen, dining area, breakfast room, foyer.)
About 9 floor vents in all for the above listed living area of 1400 sq/ft.
I only need to heat or supplement heat the 1400 sq/ft living area with a simple operated wood furnace (such as the Summers Heat sold at Lowes. I do not want an expensive complicated unit.
I would like to make my own separate floor vents for the wood furnace. Plan would be to cut out 2 vents in the floor which would be close to where the wood furnace would be. I do not want to use the existing vents because it would require extra ductwork cutting, plus adding in backflow dampers, and basically just interfering with the operation and flow of the propane furnace whenever it kicked on.
I have a couple worries:
1) If the duct work comes out of the furnace and directly into 2 floor vents approximately 10 feet away, would the temperature be dangerous or excessively hot coming out of the vents?
2) Would 2 vents be adequate venting to heat 1400 square feet?
I cannot put the wood furnace next to my propane furnace because the only exit for the flue would be about 40 feet away then...
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