Heat Distribution From Basement

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Hi Team Wood Stove.
I purchased a rural property on Kootenay Lake, BC that is heated by electric forced air. The home is a 27'x48' manufactured sitting on a full 9' ICF basement. There is currently NO stairwell access, that will be a Spring 2021 project (yes, I'm an optimist). After mucho research (and a timely $760 accessories promotion), I will be installing a supplementary heat Regency Cascades F2500 in the basement adjacent a 7x9 insulated garage door, which will eventually be replaced with a man door if we make it to Spring 2021. I have no concerns with combustion air, there should be plenty of infiltration from the 2 garage doors. I am looking for advice on the best means of distributing heat to the main floor through dampered convection registers (or other ideas?) I will install through floor. Recommendations for register supplier would be greatly appreciated. Sketchy sketches attached for info.

Thanks,
John
Beautiful Downtown Boswell, BC

 

[begreen]

Atlanta Supply is a US supplier that sells fusible-link dampers and registers. I'm don't know of an equivalent in Canada. The most successful delivery of heat will be by enabling a convection loop with registers for supply and for return. If you can post a floor plan sketch along with the stove location below I can make a suggestion as to where to put them. Include the proposed stairwell location too.

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[marty319]

Kootney lake.one of my favorite places to visit.love taking 3a then the ferry over to balfour

 

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Kootney lake.one of my favorite places to visit.love taking 3a then the ferry over to balfour

It's pretty sweet, but not a great place to rely on electric forced air over the winter...we were without power for five days 3 weeks ago so I'm pretty motivated to get this installed!

 

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Atlanta Supply is a US supplier that sells fusible-link dampers and registers. I'm don't know of an equivalent in Canada. The most successful delivery of heat will be by enabling a convection loop with registers for supply and for return. If you can post a floor plan sketch along with the stove location below I can make a suggestion as to where to put them. Include the proposed stairwell location too.

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Thanks begreen. Here is a sketch of what I think would be the most efficient distribution plan...Red is existing basement, blue is proposed. Can I run a fan intake close to the woodstove with smoke/fire damper and intercept the existing 8" duct crossover so I can use existing registers? Straight run for ducting, all flush with ceiling. 2 Cold air returns in floor...future staircase location is a challenge given joist direction and room layouts...

 

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With the stove located under the bedroom and no stairwell, this will be a challenge. It would be better to locate it under the living room or at least the hallway. In the US, mechanical code requires a return (intake) duct to be at least 10 ft away from the stove. I don't know what Canadian code is.