Hi, gang. Welcome to my first post ever!
I've got a 34 year old colonial home. The first floor main area is ~800 sq. ft with a small sunken room on one end, ~150 sq. ft. The sunken room has a vaulted ceiling, and is next to the kitchen, on the opposite side of the house from the Living Room. The sunken room is also where the chimney & hearth are located. From the stove location, across the kitchen, through a hallway and across to the outside wall of the Living Room is about 50 feet.
I've been in this house 8 years, and just sold off a gigantic Fisher Grandpa bear that was there when we bought the house. We never used that stove a lot, but with heating oil skyrocketing, I want to use wood more. Under the brick hearth, the joists are actually bowed and need to be raised (I've got a contractor on the hook to do that work). Once the floor is levelled, I'm looking at putting in a new stove, and the Englander fits my budget. The comments from the users in these forums point to it as a quality stove as well.
Here's my question: With a typical center stair case colonial, I'm not worrying myself with trying to push the heat upstairs. When we fired up that old Fisher we never got much heat into the bedrooms anyway. I would like to try and heat things downstairs, however. From what I've read, I think the 13 will do the job nicely, but I'd like to hear from the crowd.
Thanks!
I've got a 34 year old colonial home. The first floor main area is ~800 sq. ft with a small sunken room on one end, ~150 sq. ft. The sunken room has a vaulted ceiling, and is next to the kitchen, on the opposite side of the house from the Living Room. The sunken room is also where the chimney & hearth are located. From the stove location, across the kitchen, through a hallway and across to the outside wall of the Living Room is about 50 feet.
I've been in this house 8 years, and just sold off a gigantic Fisher Grandpa bear that was there when we bought the house. We never used that stove a lot, but with heating oil skyrocketing, I want to use wood more. Under the brick hearth, the joists are actually bowed and need to be raised (I've got a contractor on the hook to do that work). Once the floor is levelled, I'm looking at putting in a new stove, and the Englander fits my budget. The comments from the users in these forums point to it as a quality stove as well.
Here's my question: With a typical center stair case colonial, I'm not worrying myself with trying to push the heat upstairs. When we fired up that old Fisher we never got much heat into the bedrooms anyway. I would like to try and heat things downstairs, however. From what I've read, I think the 13 will do the job nicely, but I'd like to hear from the crowd.
Thanks!
