Will Pellet Stove Heat 2,400 sqft home?

Phoenix Hatchling said:

In my case the ducting is run through the unheated attic, but the ducts have a 6 inch thick insulated layer. No loss or minimal at best. Running the fan helped significantly in warming all areas of our living space as the distance from the stove horizontally was great. Up until this winter we did not, and needed to have space heaters and/or fans placed in rooms to somewhat alleviate the problem. If the OP already has ducting in place, it may be beneficial to try. This was an easy and cost effective method for us. As an added benefit, the air inside is filtered constantly, and with windows traditionally closed in the winter you would be amazed at the rate of gunk accumulation.

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tjnamtiw said:

ABSOLUTELY it's worth a try! Wow, 6" of insulation on the ducting! I wish mine was that thick. One more thing to pay for! Too damn old to crawl in there anymore. Having a pool liner put in today. 10 years ago I would have gotten a couple friends, a case of beer, and did it myself but watching these guys makes me glad to pay them the difference.

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Snowy Rivers said:

Gonna jump in here and offer some personal experience.

A pellet stove as you have likely already heard (probably more than once) is a space heater.

IF you have a house that is laid out such that it will allow the warm/cold air to circulate on it's own via natural convection, then life gets far easier.

With a marginal circulation of air, the room with the stove will cook, and the rest of the house will stay cooler than you likely want.
Using the fan in your heating system to circulate the air can help, but the warm air tends to lose a lot of warmth after transiting the duct work. (been there tried that)

We have a 2300+ sqft Ranch style house that's very open with no hallways at all.
Our solution was to install 3 stoves in the house with the air from each aimed so as to allow it to flow from one end to the other.

During cold weather where the outside temps are below 30 F we run 2 stoves on opposite ends of the house, and this drives the warm air towards the center from each end.

We have two stoves in the living room, one is a large Quadrafire automatic and it is set to pick up the slack if it gets really cold outside, as it did this winter where we had some mornings that were at or near zero F

Multiple stoves are a good plan, with one being small, for those days that only a little heat is needed.


Just some thoughts

Snowy

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