I have been looking for a couple weeks now on heating my finished basement. I currently have a electric box heater that is 5k btu and takes forever in the winter for the temperature to climb. Pretty much nobody will go down there because its too cold. I have a pellet stove on the first floor that pretty much heats the whole house but does take alot of up keep. I was looking at getting a Propane free standing stove down there. After some searching I was looking at about 4k or more after install. A local place offered me a Jotul GF100 and stated that with a blower it would be enough to heat the room. I looked it up and the btu ranges from 11k-14k btu. The stove is used but after install, pipe, stove, blower, and hearth stone they said it would be $2100. Any thoughts????
Need Help heating a 600 sq ft basement
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600 sf, well insulated, will take a minimum of 18K BTU OUTPUT to heat.
At 75% efficiency that translates into a 24K BTU INPUT.
You will need an F300 Allagash, or s similar sized unit to heat with
At 75% efficiency that translates into a 24K BTU INPUT.
You will need an F300 Allagash, or s similar sized unit to heat with
Thank you. I went and looked at the stove it is very small. I have them coming to take a look for a more detailed estimate. It's in he basement and the floor joists I think will make it hard to install and I'd rather not go through the foundation. He has 3 more used stoves and he is going to get me more information on them. Is there a reason used gas stoves are so much cheaper? Seems to be about a 50% savings
I ended up purchasing a used heritage bay by Lopi. I am going to build my own hearth and they are installing it in a couple weeks. The total after install and tax was about 1900. The stove is. Great shape and they replaced the blower and some other parts. It's about 8 years old. It's 30k btu and will be enough to heat the basement.
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