Do stoves push heat to lower levels?

[emt1581]

I know heat rises. However, do stoves push heat to lower levels (through the floor) as well? In other words, if the stove is directly above the living space in a finished basement...will the heat pass through the floor and heat the nearby area?

Thanks!

-Emt1581

 

[pen]

unfortunately, no

pen

 

[rdust]

Nope, my basement stays comfortably in the 50's all winter long. :lol:

 

[emt1581]

Nope, my basement stays comfortably in the 50's all winter long. :lol:

I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and just switch my new heat pump hot water heater over to fully electric in the colder months then. It just doesn't get warm enough down the basement to support it and the water isn't heating well enough.

At least in the warmer months it'll save me money.

Thanks!

-Emt1581

 

[Dix]

No.

It's why I now have 2 stoves. The difference is 4 steps, and 1 36" door way.

Trust me, I tried.

 

[heatwise]

our basement sits at about 55f with the stove running on the main floor. to warm things up we added a basement stove. so in this house the answer is no . pete

 

[nate379]

Uh heat doesn't rise. Hot air rises.

http://www.sciencetheater.org/ask_st/042496.html

 

[Boozie]

I had stove insert put in my fireplace which is in the basement family room. My basement is nice and cozy. I have my furnace fan on ON instead of AUTO and I have closed off the overhead heating vents downstairs and placed a box fan at the base of the stairs/entrance to the family room blowing toward (as suggested on this forum) the stove/heat on the other end of the room. Since warm air DOES rise it enables me to keep my upstairs thermostat lower.

 

[Battenkiller]

I'm not sure. My stove is in the basement. I'll have to ask the Devil when I get down there.

 

[remkel]

I'm not sure. My stove is in the basement. I'll have to ask the Devil when I get down there.

When you speak with him, ask him if I can tap some plumbing into his furnace so I can better heat my home........eternal flame, no wood to cut and stack- count me in!

 

[DanCorcoran]

I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and just switch my new heat pump hot water heater over to fully electric in the colder months then. It just doesn't get warm enough down the basement to support it and the water isn't heating well enough.

At least in the warmer months it'll save me money.

Thanks!

-Emt1581

Or perhaps just move the heat pump to the living room with the woodstove.