Heat movement

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Cburke

Burning Hunk
Feb 24, 2014
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Honeybrook Pennsylvania
So trying to efficiently move hot air from my stove around the house, I have the stove at the far end of the house. I have a ceiling fan in the room with the stove, and a small fan mounted on the wall between the room with the stove and the next room. It does a decent job of moving heat with both on, but I feel like I missing out on the heat comeing from the back of the stove to the flue it gets cranking hot back there. My question is if I put small fan on the ground behind the stove pointing at the flue an stove exhaust am I going to ruin the draft to the stove and the flow through the house? Or will it help move more heat. Thanks a lot!
 
You will get better results if you move the cold air from the other end of the house toward the stove rather than the hot air from the stove. I have a stand fan aimed at the ground blowing into my stove room. Good luck

Cold air is denser and easier to move.
 
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