Hello everyone,
I have been doing some research to buying my first wood furnace as a primary heat source in the basement. These are the dimensions, Basement is 1600 sqft fully open but in an L shape for the whole house design. First floor is the same sqft so by 50% calculations this would total around 2400 sqft of space to heat. The flue is close to the center of the house under the living room at the cross section of the L shape. Insulation isn't great as the whole place is under renovations still, so maybe a 30% extra sqft to add to counter this for a final 3400 sqft. Above the first floor is just an attic with insulation of course. Climate is Eastern Ontario.
Wood chords are sometimes ordered already split or some I will cut from the land myself.
I am looking at Drolet Heat Commander or Heatpro, I am just not sure about the sqft in my case, seems like heat commander is better due to automatic combustion control and already implemented thermostat but that Heatpro can have one added to it. Also a bigger firebox sounds nicer for longer burns between refuels.
Thank you all in advance for the advice!
I have been doing some research to buying my first wood furnace as a primary heat source in the basement. These are the dimensions, Basement is 1600 sqft fully open but in an L shape for the whole house design. First floor is the same sqft so by 50% calculations this would total around 2400 sqft of space to heat. The flue is close to the center of the house under the living room at the cross section of the L shape. Insulation isn't great as the whole place is under renovations still, so maybe a 30% extra sqft to add to counter this for a final 3400 sqft. Above the first floor is just an attic with insulation of course. Climate is Eastern Ontario.
Wood chords are sometimes ordered already split or some I will cut from the land myself.
I am looking at Drolet Heat Commander or Heatpro, I am just not sure about the sqft in my case, seems like heat commander is better due to automatic combustion control and already implemented thermostat but that Heatpro can have one added to it. Also a bigger firebox sounds nicer for longer burns between refuels.
Thank you all in advance for the advice!
