78 degree rise!
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Gotta love wood heat! We will often crack window open during the day, I actually really like the fresh air
Funny my inlaws just mentioned that. Feels wrong to let the heat go but at the same time it’s worth the fresh air.
93 degrees inside. Good grief man . . . I suspect everyone in there is sitting there, sweating in their underoos. 
Be careful with that setup, hot embers love to ride on top of the gasket on that wide door and drop off where you don't want them on the floor.
Back in high school a buddy moved into a newer home with infloor radiant heating (house was on a slab/no basement) that was hooked up to a wood burning boiler thing in his garage. That house was like a sauna in winter. I use to joke to him saying his mom must walk around in her swimsuit. Too much of the good stuff (warmth).
TheBigIron
Feeling the Heat
JRHAWK9
Minister of Fire
I also got to be a member of the 100°+ differential club one morning when we were having abnormally cold temps a few years ago.
The basement temps shown are of my return air, not of the actual basement.
These are in °F.....
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93° inside...no thank you...way too warm for this guy.
The basement temps shown are of my return air, not of the actual basement.
These are in °F.....
93° inside...no thank you...way too warm for this guy.
It was 15 at that point. 3 this am and maybe 85 inside? You can imagine my concern when the wife asks me to start a fire when it’s in the 40’s lol. Nah just don’t burn it as hot. But my concerns of it putting out less heat than the old stove are long gone…What is the temperature outside? If it’s 93degrees insideWow
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Nope, kitchen. When we get the fans going to circulate I can normally get it to mid 80’s
Houses with large older windows have significant radiant heating losses out the windows on clear nights. If the heat source is standard wood stove versus wall mounted radiators under the windows, the temperature in the house away from the influence of the windows needs to be cranked up quite a bit. I know personally that if I am within 6 feet of uncovered window on a cold outdoor night, I can feed the cold on my bare skin. Once I installed cellular blinds with side seals on my outside windows I could maintain a much lower thermostat setting.
Sure my wood is "free" but if I can live a winter with 3 1/2 cords instead of 7, I will pick the 3 1/2. I like a cool house to sleep in anyhow.
Sure my wood is "free" but if I can live a winter with 3 1/2 cords instead of 7, I will pick the 3 1/2. I like a cool house to sleep in anyhow.
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That’s exactly what we do. Box fan or utility fan in the doorway pointing strait st the stove. Makes the air do a circle in the downstairs. Haven’t decided if it’s better at the other doorway to blow in and let the hot air leave the upper half of the doorway on both exits or like I said try and get it to do a circle around the downstairs. Got a couple room thermometers coming so I can experiment. Also put a floor register in nearby and fan to suck air upstairs.
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