I am sure this topic has been beaten to death but I have a question.
My buddy and myself have similar sized houses.
He has a free standing wood burning stove. Its not a big one. I would say its "normal sized". Maybe 24" wide tops.
I have a The Earth Stove pellet stove insert in my fireplace.
We both have our units on the first floor of our houses and all the bedrooms are upstairs.
He burns wood all winter to heat his house. Its alot of work but he uses 0 oil in the winter.
His 1st floor where the wood stove is (its in the corner of his living room) gets to around 78 degrees no problem. His upstairs is so hot that he has to run his ceiling fans sometimes and his kids have even had to open a window in their rooms because its so hot upstairs.
My 1st floor where my insert is (its in the center of the house in the fireplace) pumps out tremendous heat and my downstairs gets to 72 degrees but my upstairs is cold. I can feel the heat on the staircase and in the upstairs hallway but once I get to the end of the hallway where the bedrooms are its cold. The bedrooms are cold too. I am talking 65 degrees.
So.... why does his small free standing wood burning stove heat his house so much better than my pellet stove fireplace insert?
My buddy and myself have similar sized houses.
He has a free standing wood burning stove. Its not a big one. I would say its "normal sized". Maybe 24" wide tops.
I have a The Earth Stove pellet stove insert in my fireplace.
We both have our units on the first floor of our houses and all the bedrooms are upstairs.
He burns wood all winter to heat his house. Its alot of work but he uses 0 oil in the winter.
His 1st floor where the wood stove is (its in the corner of his living room) gets to around 78 degrees no problem. His upstairs is so hot that he has to run his ceiling fans sometimes and his kids have even had to open a window in their rooms because its so hot upstairs.
My 1st floor where my insert is (its in the center of the house in the fireplace) pumps out tremendous heat and my downstairs gets to 72 degrees but my upstairs is cold. I can feel the heat on the staircase and in the upstairs hallway but once I get to the end of the hallway where the bedrooms are its cold. The bedrooms are cold too. I am talking 65 degrees.
So.... why does his small free standing wood burning stove heat his house so much better than my pellet stove fireplace insert?