Hello everyone,
I am new here and just wondering if you could help me with a few things. I have searched all of the forums with no real answers. I did however get a lot of great information by reading around here. And i am so grateful to the people that contribute to this forum.
I guess i should start off explaining what i have first. I have a two story colonial built in 1999. it is pretty well insulated since it is so new. I bought a Breckwell Big E pellet stove almost two years ago. this will be my third season using it. 3/4 of my basement is finished and my pellet stove is in the unfinished part of the basement. My furnace and oil tank is in there as well as it is where i store my pellets and other things (tools etc). I keep the door to the unfinished part partially open as it creates a nice cold air return down the stairs (which are located on the other side of the house from the pellet stove). We don't really use the basement that much and in the summer i need to run a dehumidifier so that the basement doesn't become musky or the couches down there don't begin to smell.
I cut out three holes in the ceiling of the unfinished part of the basement to the first floor and put registers in them so the heat would rise up. And last year i cut holes to my second floor in hopes that the heat would also rise up there as well (it did a little but nothing spectacular). The stove does heat the basement and first floor very well.
This year I am thinking about getting a humidifier to try and combat the dry air that happens from running the stove. The stove runs 24 hrs on setting two or three (there are five settings) depending on how cold it is outside. I also heard that running a humidifier makes the house feel warmer and more comfortable is that true?
****So my first question is; if i buy a whole house or a console humidifier where should i put it? Should it go in the basement or on the first floor? And if it does go in the basement should it go in the unfinished part where the stove is or in the finished part?? We don't use the basement a lot so if i did put it in the basement would the humidifier work on the first and maybe the second floor?
****The second question i have is that i have been looking around online (a lot on ebay) for a Temp/humidity thermometer. If i am not mistaken it is called a Hygrometer?? And i have seen some cheap ones online. What i would like to do is put one or maybe even two of these on each floor so i can monitor the humidity. Now my question is how well do these work? Does it matter if it is a cheap one or not? I don't need anything two fancy or accurate but do these even work??
thanks everyone in advanced and i hope i can get some help here
rsweet696
ps - i just bought a loveless cougar ash vacuum as well. I had been using my shop vac with a special fine dust filter so i am so exicted to get this hopefully next week... just thought i'd add that thanks again
I am new here and just wondering if you could help me with a few things. I have searched all of the forums with no real answers. I did however get a lot of great information by reading around here. And i am so grateful to the people that contribute to this forum.
I guess i should start off explaining what i have first. I have a two story colonial built in 1999. it is pretty well insulated since it is so new. I bought a Breckwell Big E pellet stove almost two years ago. this will be my third season using it. 3/4 of my basement is finished and my pellet stove is in the unfinished part of the basement. My furnace and oil tank is in there as well as it is where i store my pellets and other things (tools etc). I keep the door to the unfinished part partially open as it creates a nice cold air return down the stairs (which are located on the other side of the house from the pellet stove). We don't really use the basement that much and in the summer i need to run a dehumidifier so that the basement doesn't become musky or the couches down there don't begin to smell.
I cut out three holes in the ceiling of the unfinished part of the basement to the first floor and put registers in them so the heat would rise up. And last year i cut holes to my second floor in hopes that the heat would also rise up there as well (it did a little but nothing spectacular). The stove does heat the basement and first floor very well.
This year I am thinking about getting a humidifier to try and combat the dry air that happens from running the stove. The stove runs 24 hrs on setting two or three (there are five settings) depending on how cold it is outside. I also heard that running a humidifier makes the house feel warmer and more comfortable is that true?
****So my first question is; if i buy a whole house or a console humidifier where should i put it? Should it go in the basement or on the first floor? And if it does go in the basement should it go in the unfinished part where the stove is or in the finished part?? We don't use the basement a lot so if i did put it in the basement would the humidifier work on the first and maybe the second floor?
****The second question i have is that i have been looking around online (a lot on ebay) for a Temp/humidity thermometer. If i am not mistaken it is called a Hygrometer?? And i have seen some cheap ones online. What i would like to do is put one or maybe even two of these on each floor so i can monitor the humidity. Now my question is how well do these work? Does it matter if it is a cheap one or not? I don't need anything two fancy or accurate but do these even work??
thanks everyone in advanced and i hope i can get some help here
rsweet696
ps - i just bought a loveless cougar ash vacuum as well. I had been using my shop vac with a special fine dust filter so i am so exicted to get this hopefully next week... just thought i'd add that thanks again