Raised hearth and air flow?

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Ash

Ash

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Jan 19, 2013
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Northern Minnesota
A question for anyone here with a raised hearth. I was looking through some prior posts about raised hearths and I like the look of many of them. Just wondering if I raised one of my hearths to 10 inches like some have do you think my floor would feel cooler or have more of a draft.
 
Cool air is gonna move. Over the floor headed back to the stove raised hearth or not. I have a raised hearth and can't imagine that floor level draft would be more just because it is raised? You obviously feel the draft at floor level of the cool air coming back to the stove now and you are going to feel it after you raise the hearth. But the stack of bricks ain't gonna change the volume or velocity.

This post reminds me of when we had a sectional couch in the family room and the flow of cold air that would come up and over the top of the back of the section facing the stove. And give frostbite on your neck. That piece of furniture went away.
 
How about heat output directly in front of the stove? Maybe I'm over thinking it but warm air only flows up and does 8 or 10 inches make a difference in that process.
 
Wood heat warms everything in the room and as air moves along the objects in the room the air is warmed. So think circulation in the room to warm it.
 
You must have a drafty house.
The worst draft is cold air leaking into the house.
If you caulk good everything outside and reduce draft then the issue of cold drafts should be less as the house heats up. The mass of the house is like a storage unit for heat if you dont have a drafty house.

Insulating the house is an expense but pays off in the long run.

I put in new windows and extra insulation in the attic in 1995 I am sure it paid for its self and I am so glad I did it.
 
My hearth is raised about 6 inches. I don't see that it makes any difference.
 
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