In our new home, an old, renovated, but well insulated, Chesapeake Bay cottage, my new Jotul 3 sits on the first floor level of a two-story high open foyer with a chimney that goes straight up 20 feet to the ceiling. The draft is great. the interior double walled pipe looks great all the way up. But I'm wondering where all my heat is going. This foyer surrounds an open stairway that leads up to the upstairs bedrooms almost loft-like. We put a ceiling fan in up there anticipating our install. The rest of downstairs is an open floor plan with 8 ft. ceilings. Our heat pump (yuck) return duct is at the top of this same foyer. The stove burns nicely although it goes through wood no matter where the damper is positioned. Today's our first real wintery day, and I'm stoking this thing like Casey Jones with resulting house temps of about 68. I'm afraid the heat is either trapped at the top of this two story foyer or going up the too- well drafted chimney. Am I asking too much of this stove? Is the home design (@1800 square feet) and stove placement incorrect? Do I have just too much draft to radiate meaningful heat without it all going up the chimney? I've been burning for many years so I have at least a partial clue, but I'm trying to get my mind around all the many variables here; our old house was a boxy (but nice ) cape cod where our small steel stove warmed the family room nicely but little else. This is my first cast iron and first "open" floor plan.
