How many sq ft do you heat?

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kmachn

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Oct 27, 2010
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St. Louis, MO
I'm heating my basement with my Cumberland Gap and pushing as much of that air as I can upstairs. I'm in the process of adding more insulation to the basement walls so I'm not at the end of the ballgame, but I often see others say they're heating 2000-3000 sq ft with stoves and I'm curious about the 'size' of the stoves to see if my results are in line with expectations, or on the low side. I'm not expecting to heat both levels (~3800 sq ft) with the Gap alone, but I'm hoping it will at least keep my heat pump (main floor) from running as often. Others results?

Space Heated: 1900 sq ft, insulated to R-5 at the moment
Indoor temp: 68-74 throughout burn cycle, throughout basement (68 degrees at far end)
Firebox size: 2.4 cu ft, no blower
Number of loads/day: ~3 full loads, mixture of scrounged wood always includes some oak
Burn time: 6-10 hours between reload depending on when I am home
 
I heat my entire house, which is near 2000 square, Indoor temps range upstairs is usually 73-75. I got a bigger box than you (3.2 cubic) and a blower (new this season). I burn 3 loads now and 4 loads a day in the depth of the winter. I do at times, (last year about 10 days) run my boiler, my wife and kids can't take it when it hits 70.

So I have less space and a bigger stove.
 
Heating 1998sqft on two floors, over a full unfinished basement. fairly open floor plan, central staircase.

2 cuft firebox.

actually, usually, 4 medium loads a day.. we are home, so that works for us and keeps the temps pretty steady. When it gets cold out, we will do three loads a day, full to the gills.. er.. secondary tubes.
 
Not including the baement, I am heating 2300 sq. ft. Kitchen is usually reading between 75-80, rest of the first floor 70-72, upstairs bedrooms 66-68, and the one room above the garage maintains at 63 (just enough to keep the boiler from firing).

No blowers, just letting the heat rise up the basement stairs. I am heating with a Jotul f600- 3.0 cu ft firebox.
 
2800sqft including uninsulated walkout basement were the stove is. 1st floor has some 18' high ceilings and house has 40 windows w/3sets of double french doors and 4th regular door. All 1st floor windows a 6' high. Tons of glass space to loose heat.
I load twice a day plus add a few splits in between on a 5.4 cuft fb.
 
Heating 3000sqft, entirely with the Mansfield (3.2cuft firebox) - no other source of heat used. Almost exactly 5 cord per year. Very well insulated home with all new windows and exterior doors. We did the insulation, windows, and doors within the last year, and it has made all the difference - house holds the heat incredibly well. Usually 3 full loads per day in typical NH winter weather (4 loads when it gets real cold) - first floor (where stove is) is always in the low 70's, upstairs bedrooms stay right at 60* all the time - perfect for sleeping! Cheers!
 
2150 sq ft | 7.1 cu ft of fireboxes (claimed)
 
About 2000, give or take. Long, split ranch, with about 1000 of the footage on a lower lever, 1000 on the upper level. Originally I bought the PE to heat the upper level only, but added the second stove last year.The 13 sits at almost the far end of the lower level. 3.5 ish of fireboxes.
 
Around 1400sq ft. 1-2 loads a day. R21 walls, R60 ceiling, R10 floor. Try to keep it around low 70s but it's not hard to make it 80* or more if I don't pay attention to outside temps and amount of wood I put in. Anything over 20-30* I can't put in a full stove load.
 
We're heating just under 2500sqft bungalow with 2.8 cuft Princess. Easily able to keep the house at 72+ right now on 3 loads/day. We will bump that to 4 loads/day when the temps drop down more and occasionally supplement with our 1.8cuft insert.
 
We're heating 2 stories just under 2K with the 2.8 cuft Princess. I'm currently loading one full load in the evening and a partial load in the morning to fill what I can. This is my first season with this stove so I'm not sure when/if I'll need to fit a partial third load in after work. We have an unfinished basement but don't heat it in any way, I'd like to put a pellet stove down there at some point so I can use that space during the winter months. I'd love to have a wood stove down there but the chimney would be near impossible to figure out and it would have to be near 40' tall.
 
1,800 square feet . . . give or take some . . . woodstove is in the living space . . . `1970s construction Cape . . . moderate insulation . . .Maine.
 
This place is so drafty that I heat the whole neighborhood. I can never remember how big it is, 3600 or something. 2.5 stories (not including the drop to another split level) and there's no way to do it with one stove.
 
1800sq ft. Half pretty open other end is bedrooms. About three loads a day. Temperature dictates how large the loads are.
 
2,914sqft 1-level, new construction, pretty open floor plan. Great room where the Quad is located is typically ~4deg warmer than rest of the house. Using my HVAC fan to circulate hot air in the vaulted ceilings helps to equalize temps thruout. Wife keeps 2 splits going thruout the day, ~3-4 loads to keep temps in the 72-74deg range.

When I finish out the bonus room (~1000sqft above the garage) I will place another unit up there to specifically heat that area.
 
I heat my split ranch with my Englander NC 30 plus a Breckwell P22 Pellet stove. I have 2500 Sq. Ft and with both stoves going my family is nice and toasty. Tonight is 30 degrees outside and after being out all day in NYC seeing the Tree and the festivities my house is a nice 78 degrees. So nice to come home to warmth.
 
I heat my entire house, which is more or less than 2000 sq ft, depending on whether you are a tax assessor or a realtor.
 
Our house is 1600 SF on the main level, and the same in the daylight basement. Since we've gotten the stove two weeks ago it's the only heat I've used, but my wife ran the furnace once when I wasn't home. The stove is on the main level. The basement is far from warm, but I'm down there now in a short sleeve shirt. It helps that most days warm up to 50 or so... ;-)

ymmv, as they say.
 
2000 ft. Tri-level w/very open walls between floors. Gas stoves are "downhill" from stove, and not included in square footage.
 
3100 sq. ft. center hall colonial about 6-7 cords per season burning 24/7 unless it goes above 45 during the day then we can let the fire go out till sunset, only needed to put on heat twice last year.
 
1,700 sq. ft. Split Level Ranch with an Avalon Ranier Insert.....if ya wanna call it an "Insert"....sticks 11in. out onto the hearth
 
2300 sq. ft. Cape Cod with typical southern insulation (poor) built in the 70's with very un-open floor plan. Since I put a liner in and blocked off the firebox it has made a world of difference in the whole dynamic of the house. Right now we are in a 20's - 30's to 40's -50 pattern and the family room with the stove is usually 75 ish, rest of 1st floor 70ish and the upstairs bedrooms mid 60's.
 
Space Heated: 2000 sq ft main floor + 1200 sq ft daylight basement, no furnace, lots of glass, windy exposed ridge, major renovations underway, insulation/envelope poor but improving over time
Indoor temp: low to mid 70s on main floor, lower level is what it is
Firebox size: 4.3 (claimed) cu ft with blower
Number of loads/day: 1 to 2 full loads, mixture of scrounged wood
Burn time: 12 - 24 hours between reload depending on when I am home
 
Heating with a Century wood stove in a 2000 sq.ft home. Now mind you my stove is small most of my windows need s to be replaced but are plastic covered for winter.

The house is ranch style one level. Stove is locasted on one end of the house and master BR is on the other end along with the other bedrooms.

With 8'9" ceillings at mid way point in the house if I keep stove at 400 to 500* it will be around 72 to 76* and in the M.B.R it will be 66 to 67* a

little too chili for me but I have a small wood stove which I load anywhere from 2 to 4 peices of wood at a time pending how far long the wood

has burned down then its just a peice whatever I can fit in there. Plus I have two fans near stove blowing and one at the mid way point

blowing also. I just need a larger wood stove like the Mansfield or the Progress Hybryd arrgghhh! So I dont have to load every 2 to 4

hours. Temp outside is around 13*degrees FREAKING COLD!!!!
 
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