I was looking for some help and soem stove advice and i was hoping this was the place to get it. The room that i have my Jotul Kennebec in is centrally located in my ranch style home. Thats the good news. The bad news is that the family room that it is located in has a vaulted ceiling-12ft. That's were most of the heat escapes too. I do have a ceiling fan that comes down in front of the stove and i've experimented with having it in the winter mode on slow, summer mode on high and everything inbetween in an effort to move the hot air down towards the bedrooms. I was looking to get opinions on which way you thought was best to get the air pushed out before it gets lost up in the ceiling area. My installer recommended the winter mode on the fan on slow but i don't feel that circulates the air enough.
Need help with high ceilings!!!
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Besides pushing the air where you need it pulling the air to the rooms helps a lot, small fan to pull air into the bed rooms will help a lot. Then you can find out what mode the fan works best in.
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Fsappo
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Some folks find that blowing the cool air in the house towards the hot air works better for them. Try experimenting with that technique also.
Thank you Franks and Oldspark. I will try both methods. The room where my stove is in gets super warm and toasty. I just need to move it around. Thanks for the advice.
I too have 12 foot ceilings. Without a doubt I notice the "winter mode" works best to push the air down. The reason you don't feel it and think it's not pushing enough air is because all the air travels down along the walls. My fan has 3 speed settings, I keep it on medium. I know they always recommend low when in winter mode, but with the high ceilings, medium is best. Hope this works for you.
I have 12 foot cealings also I use the cealing fan blowing up to push the hot air down,when it gets to toasty I turn on the fan on the central unit and that usually moves the air to the whole house.
Thanks for the help guys. I do see what you mean woodburn with the winter mode. You really don't feel it blowing down on you as you do when it's in the summer mode. I'm gonna give it a shot and keep experimentating. I think i need some therapy. It's 91 degtrees in NY today and all i think about is my stove and trying to get it working more efficiently. My wife thinks i need rehab. Is there a wood stove rehab???? That would be great. A good burn and lots of beer. I'm In
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Kyle19 said:
Check Craigslist for free wood in your area. Split a cord by hand when its 91 out and you should be fine. Ceiling fan near the stove in winter mode and the simple dumb small fan on the floor in the hall blowing into the room works well for me also.
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