Blazeking or Pacific Energy - 1st time buyer

[GG Woody]

Since the stove is facing the stairwell, would you recommend the stove fan?

I'd try without.
It looks like the fan would be a 20 minute install in the future if you change your mind.

 

[BKVP]

An update: As I mentioned earlier I did get the Ashford 30.2 placed on order yesterday. I was told 3-4 week lead time. Hopefully that is still accurate. Otherwise, if I'm going miss the tax credit, I would probably cancel the order until my basement is completely finished. I was hesitant to order the stove and have to work around it, but couldn't pass up the tax credit. I'll let you know. Its going to be a stressful 3-4 weeks just waiting for shipment.

Let me say, 90% of the folks that claim to "need" more heat buy the fans. The peak performance is with fans on cold days, fans off in shoulder season.

BKVP

 

[EbS-P]

Since the stove is facing the stairwell, would you recommend the stove fan? Or again, I guess I could try without it and see. I do think natural convection will move it up the stairs. Or like you said, the stairs would act as a cold air return with a register above the stove. But after some of the comments about noise and fire safety, I think I'd rather not install registers above the stove. Good idea with the toilet paper

If you’re trying to heat more than 1700-2000 sq ft you will find yourself at least once a year need the fan.

 

[Fargo]

Let me say, 90% of the folks that claim to "need" more heat buy the fans. The peak performance is with fans on cold days, fans off in shoulder season.

BKVP

Sounds like I'll probably be wanting a fan on some of those cold days. But they look pretty easy to install myself if I don't just get one right away. Thanks for the input.

Any thoughts if 3-4 weeks to ship an Ashford 30.2 sounds possible. I don't know if you guys ship direct to dealers or if the store I'm working with gets them from a distributor.

 

[Woody Stover]

I do think natural convection will move it up the stairs. Or like you said, the stairs would act as a cold air return with a register above the stove.

If you want to send heat upstairs you want the blower, which converts some of the radiant heat in the stove body into heated air, making it available to be moved upstairs.