Having a better wood supply this year is making a TON of difference in my ability to heat with the stove...IN THE BASEMENT!
I have an old Jotul 118 and it is installed downstairs, in the uninsulated walk-out basement, and the heat's only paths to upstairs would be through the floor and an open basement door. It takes about one load of wood to heat the basement well (in the current climate), but after that, I'm getting great heat upstairs. Our first floor is 1637 sq.ft. and the basement is under the entire house, save 1 room. I've shut the door to that room - it is much colder in there. Granted, our lows have been just above freezing, but I'm easily keeping the first floor living area and two bedrooms in the low 70's! This is without even really keeping up and 'working' at the woodstove.
My wife has been so impressed by it that she is considering letting me bring the current stove upstairs until we can afford the one we want. I told her if that stove was upstairs, we could cut our fuel oil consumption by at least 2/3rds. I bet we could totally heat with wood with that stove. The more I learn about running the stove, the longer and cleaner burns I'm getting. I went outside earlier to look at the chimney and saw 0 (ZERO) smoke coming out! You could only see the translucent waves of heat coming out of the chimney.
I have an old Jotul 118 and it is installed downstairs, in the uninsulated walk-out basement, and the heat's only paths to upstairs would be through the floor and an open basement door. It takes about one load of wood to heat the basement well (in the current climate), but after that, I'm getting great heat upstairs. Our first floor is 1637 sq.ft. and the basement is under the entire house, save 1 room. I've shut the door to that room - it is much colder in there. Granted, our lows have been just above freezing, but I'm easily keeping the first floor living area and two bedrooms in the low 70's! This is without even really keeping up and 'working' at the woodstove.
My wife has been so impressed by it that she is considering letting me bring the current stove upstairs until we can afford the one we want. I told her if that stove was upstairs, we could cut our fuel oil consumption by at least 2/3rds. I bet we could totally heat with wood with that stove. The more I learn about running the stove, the longer and cleaner burns I'm getting. I went outside earlier to look at the chimney and saw 0 (ZERO) smoke coming out! You could only see the translucent waves of heat coming out of the chimney.
