Summers Heat 3000 Sq. Ft. Wood Burning Furnace can it be a stand alone ?

Hi people
Model #: 50-SHW35
can it be a stand alone unit? Been using wood my hole life just wondering if this will heat without duct work from another source or can I run duct work from this stove ?
just want one reg on first floor . No cold air return is my first ? has anybody used this as stand alone give me a yell back.

bick

Hi bick if you want a stand alone stove don't get that hideous monster. That's a stove you'd stick in a cellar ...like a crazy aunt.

Did you choose that model cause it's the only stove they have that will heat 3K? If that true then you might want to look for a Englander 30NC. It made by the same people and Lowes must have it available threw order.

Now if you do want Mod 50...I dunno anything requiring duck work isn't my lane.

Anyway good luck.

I have the same furnace-Englander has three brand names, Englander, Summers Heat, and Timber Ridge. If you Google "Englander 28-3500 you'll find the same furnace. You absolutely could run it as a standalone source of heat through duct work. I have mine plumbed into the existing ductwork in my house (I have forced air oil heat) and it may as well be a standalone unit because I never use my oil furnace. I don't have it connected to my cold air return because the duct work would have gotten too complicated. It just draws air from the basement, but I did add a filter housing that I picked up at Tractor Supply Company. It's actually made for a US Stove Company furnace, but the dimensions were close enough that I could hog out the mounting holes a little. My wife has bad allergies, so being able to put a good quality air filter on there was important. You can check out the thread on my install here:

http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/41418/

Hey mods can we move this one to the boiler room? It'll probably get more responses there.

The only issue you may have with this furnace as a standalone is the blower size. The blower is rated for between 800 and 850 CFM at zero pressure loss. If you have a large house and a lot of duct work, its possible this furnace might no be able to push the heat to the outer edges of your home. That'd be the only reason though, otherwise go for it! These are very good heating stoves.

I have a regancy upstairs we only want the summers heat to heat the basment and the master bedroom . There is a guitars shop in basment its hard to build and customers are not
impressed when its 45 down there. Have a harmon mark 2 coal stove down there now and I hate it, 260 a ton for coal when I have plenty of wood.Also no duct work from coal stove
made a bad buy when I went coal .


Thanks Bick