New Here.. Heating other rooms..

You'll find that most users will tell you that keep the air meaningfully warm as it travels the duct work is nigh impossible. However, many people have had good luck setting up convection loops that essentially replace the cold air with warm by placing fans low to the ground that blow cold air TOWARD the stove. As the low, cold air is evacuated from the cold room toward the stove, the warmer air will move in to takes its place.

I was worried last year as it was my first year burning with a stove insert. I was fearing a 90 degree stove room and cold bedroom.

As recommended here, I put a small fan down the hallway where the bedrooms are and one out in the dining area blowing back to the family room where the stove is located. Only on the coldest nights(sub zero with winds) did the temperature difference feel really noticeable. Usually the differential was between 3-4 degrees and made for nice sleeping actually. This year I may try a couple of those squirrel cage(?) type small fans as they are real low to the ground and move a lot of air. I don't know if it will work because to much movement may create a drafty feel in the family room.

put the fan on the floor blowing to cold & hang a 1"x 8" piece of toilet paper from the ceiling. watch the paper & see how the air is moving

+5 I had the same situation as you and got several of those micro fans like you would use on a desk (like 5"). Put one on the floor in the doorway of the farthest bedroom and one on the floor in the kitchen which is on the opposite side of the house (stove is located centrally in the living room). Pointed them both toward the room with the stove and this was enough to keep the temp warm enough in all of the rooms on all but the most frigid days. The warm air even makes its way into the bedroom without the fan in it (which we sleep in). I was skeptical this technique would work but it does and if you use the micro fans you don't really notice any draft either.

That is basically how I did on my wood stove. I replace the wood stove and used the same set up on my gas stove with no blower option . I used 2- 65 cubic inch bath fans the cheep ones they are 3 inch out let. The new bath fans are 4 inch exhaust I think I used aluminum electric drier vet pipe flex. to move the cold air 55 feet total 8 foot sections stretched out. taped them together with aluminum tape used duck tape to hang from floor joist with a staple in it to hold to the floor joist. The rear fan is in the back part of the house by the bed rooms 2 and the bath room. You want to move the air slowly as not to cool down the stove room. I just leave the doors open. or close them partly. I don't know if the luver doors would work. I put a vent above the door to the kitchen very little heat moves threw it. Open door and you can tell the difference in about 10 minutes. I have 1 fan in the front room for the first part of the house. They can be run on auto, manual ,front or rear or both or off. The bath fans are noisy as most fans are, you do not feel any breeze which I like. Keeps the rooms about 5 to 10 deg. difference. If interested send me a pm for parts and set up. Been this way for 18 years..

BeGreen said:

Yes, I usually recommend a larger bladed fan running on low speed to keep the noise and draft down while moving an adequate volume of air. Some folks have reported using the Stanley fan on low speed with success.

http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-655702-Stanley-High-Velocity-BlowerFan/dp/B0001BJDUQ

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Those Stanley fans you mention are the ones I was going to try.

I'm a believer also in the fan on the floor thing, it creates circulation. I too have a ranch and the kids bedroom doors stay open all winter(except for changing of course) my daughter puts up with it but come warmer weather and boooom her door is shut all the time >:-( I use small 6" fans in the doorways of the kids rooms when they go to sleep, less foot traffic then for stumbling. Other wise a medium box fan in the hall for the rest of the day.

I can't wait to see who buys one of these and gives a report!! To much $$$$ for me. But to have no noise cold be worth it.

http://www.dyson.com/fans/default.asp?gclid=CKuV_-ax-qMCFZZM5QodQ12NLA

+1 to the fan on the floor . . . it really works . . . and works well.