Circulating the Heat

[Michael F]

Unfortunately, I don't have the best floor plan for circulating heat, but I am making do. My Osburn 2200 insert is located on one side of the house on the first floor, and the bedrooms are upstairs. For the heat to get upstairs, it must travel a few corners to reach the stairs. As expected, the stove room gets pretty hot. To remedy this, I am considering putting a bathroom fan in the stove room, running 4" insulated pipe, to a register in the upstairs hallway to pump some of the heat upstairs. I bought a 90 cfm fan at HD. Is this a good idea? Do you think I should pump the cold air into the stove room, thinking that it will pull the hot air upstairs? I have read alot about circulation, but most posts are all single floor solutions.

Thanks in advance, and happy heating!

 

[Woody Stover]

I'm no expert but how about a desk fan on the floor at the top of the stairs, angled low down the stairs, and one on the floor outside the stove room, blowing in?

 

[begreen]

Welcome Michael. Can you post a quick sketch of the first floor plan with door and hallway sizes listed?

 

[paul bunion]

You should probably pull cold air in by your stove. If you push ducted air into your upstairs area the incased return air will be fighting against what is naturally rising. Ducting the cold downstairs will enhance the natural rise. It wil also help to circulate air into your downstairs areas.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Welcome to the forum Michael.

A floor plan would help but generally, as others have stated, you get better returns by pushing the cool air rather than trying to push the warm air into the cooler air. In many homes, there is a hallway with bedrooms or bath at the far end. In these cases, a small desktop fan sitting on the floor in the hallway blowing toward the stove room moves the air much, much better than trying to move the warm air. (The cool air coming in will force the warm air out of that room.)

 

[brenndatomu]

http://www.amazon.com/Corner-Doorway-Fan-Chord-Ivory/dp/B004304B7G/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1377731976&sr=8-8&keywords=doorway fan
http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Wood-..._a_7c1181060&gclid=CIr5yOujobkCFexDMgodOHcASQ
Some other possibilities for you....

 

[Michael F]

Floor Plan...

 

[paul bunion]

You would be better off removing cold air from one of the bedrooms. That way you will pull warmer air back into it.

 

[KenLockett]

http://www.amazon.com/Corner-Doorway-Fan-Chord-Ivory/dp/B004304B7G/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1377731976&sr=8-8&keywords=doorway fan
http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Wood-..._a_7c1181060&gclid=CIr5yOujobkCFexDMgodOHcASQ
Some other possibilities for you....

Beware! The fan in the link above moves little air and is noisy. If you are so inclined to buy and try, the same unit was at Home Depot for about $20. Good luck.

 

[Jean-Claude]

I mounted one of these fans in the corner of the wide entryway between the living room stove and my kitchen. Quiet and for $10 it works. I hung it upside down and made thin metal mounting brackets that wrap around the rubber pads on the fan base to prevent any vibration.

http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/fusion-4-metal-usb-fan/10190087?gclid=COfnvN2ipLkCFe1AMgodiwcA5w