Here's my setup - I bought a small (~1100 sq foot) ranch with a partially finished basement and good sized woodstove. The stove is in the middle of the basement, with a passive register (hole in the floor with a grate) above the stove and a cold air return across the room. Access to the basement is via an unheated attached garage, so using the stairs as a conduit to get heat up to the main level isn't an option.
I'm pretty new to this house, and there are a lot of things I'd do differently if I was setting it up from scratch, but this I what I've got for now, and it heats the house just fine. That said, I feel like I'm burning more wood than I ought to be for a little house, so I'm looking for small ways to get a bit more efficiency out of the existing setup.
It's an open floor plan, so I get decent airflow, but I'm wondering if a register fan (e.g. http://amzn.to/1R26uuz) would help?
Any other thoughts on squeezing out a bit more efficiency on the cheap?
Given a year or two to save up, I'll be making some changes, but in the meantime, I'm looking to get the most out of what I have.
I'm pretty new to this house, and there are a lot of things I'd do differently if I was setting it up from scratch, but this I what I've got for now, and it heats the house just fine. That said, I feel like I'm burning more wood than I ought to be for a little house, so I'm looking for small ways to get a bit more efficiency out of the existing setup.
It's an open floor plan, so I get decent airflow, but I'm wondering if a register fan (e.g. http://amzn.to/1R26uuz) would help?
Any other thoughts on squeezing out a bit more efficiency on the cheap?
Given a year or two to save up, I'll be making some changes, but in the meantime, I'm looking to get the most out of what I have.