Englander Model 28-3500

[begreen]

Ibjamn, welcome. Is there any possibility of installing a stove on your first floor? A basement stove installation is unlikely to heat the whole house. Woodstoves are designed primarily to be space (room) heaters.

Hi, begreen i would like to put my two cents worth . I have to disagree with you on that . I heat my single family 28x52 ranch from the basement , with a coal , or pellet stove . or wood stove. It takes a little longer but it can be done. Here is what I did, the stoves are in the basement, i placed a floor grate right above the coal and wood stoves, then i placed two 4x12 registers in the other end of the house, and ran two 6 in. flex ducts to the room were the stove are, and I get natural convection . It works pretty well , when i want to move more heat up i open the cellar door .NO fans just natural convection.

p.s. the other end of the house is 3 to 5 degrees cooler , depending on what the outside temp. is .thats were the bedroom are, and i like it it cooler anyway

Yes, it can be done, and sometimes successfully. Note that I said "unlikely", especially in Ibjamm's case. Many basement stove installs disappoint because of house layout, lack of unostructed airflow, uninsulated basement, stove location, etc.. Ibjamm's house is a 2 story home on top of the basement, very different from a ranch. When it gets cold is the first floor Quad 3100i also running?

PS: Are there fire dampers to the registers over the stove?

 

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