i have a question about putting a woodstove in our basement . i have a fisher (mama bear i think) stove in our small country home, that i plan to renovate & move the family to one day . We are living in town now (probably for 5 years or more), & our home has baseboard heat . i installed a housewarmer vented propane stove last winter to offset the high heating bills .Our electricity bills dropped, but i was spending about $160 a month on propane . Our home in town is small ( 800 sq/ft main floor , 200 sq/ft basement , & 200 sq/ftattic bedroom). The main floor has no room for a woodstove, but there is room in the basement . There is an existing chimney that i would run into with double walled chimney pipe thru . The basement ceiling is 6 1/2' . The basement is finished . I was thinking of tearing the drywall and insulation out of the ceiling so the woodstove heat would rise to the family room above . I've done some research on the web, & it seems some people say the woodstove in the basement works great & other people say it makes the basement hot, but not the upstairs . Has anyone done this & had success ? I have the stove & plenty of wood, but i don't
want to spend the $600 or so on good chimney pipe if the stove heat won't warm the main floor at all.
Thanks
want to spend the $600 or so on good chimney pipe if the stove heat won't warm the main floor at all.
Thanks