I've noticed that the floor above my stove is pretty warm and I'm wondering if this is a potential issue. The stove is in the basement below where the linoleum floor in the kitchen meets the wood floor in the dinning room. I used my IR thermometer and found the plywood subfloor right above the stove (in the basement) was 115 degrees. A few feet out from the stove it was 105 degrees. Up stairs the linoleum floor was 83 degrees above where it was 115 downstairs and 80 degrees above where it was 105. The hardwood floor, which is hickory, was at least 3 degrees cooler across from where I measured the linoleum. The stove stop exceeds the 56" clearance to combustibles, it is 70 1/2" from stove top to plywood subfloor. At the time I took these readings the stove top was 690 degrees which isn't out of the ordinary when it's cranking on a fresh load. It typically settles downs to 600 - 650 after a little bit and cruises from there.
The only "vent" from the basement to the 1st floor is the basement door which we leave open some, if not all the way when the stove is going. Someone told me I should put a floor vent in the kitchen right above the stove but I've read that it is a bad idea. My wife said I should position a fan pointing at the ceiling above the stove to move the hot air away from it, which doesn't sound like a great idea to me. Maybe putting the blower on the stove to blow the hot air off the stove top would be the best solution but there isn't an outlet any where near the stove down there.
Is this even something I should worry about? Thoughts and opinions are much appreciated.
Thank you
The only "vent" from the basement to the 1st floor is the basement door which we leave open some, if not all the way when the stove is going. Someone told me I should put a floor vent in the kitchen right above the stove but I've read that it is a bad idea. My wife said I should position a fan pointing at the ceiling above the stove to move the hot air away from it, which doesn't sound like a great idea to me. Maybe putting the blower on the stove to blow the hot air off the stove top would be the best solution but there isn't an outlet any where near the stove down there.
Is this even something I should worry about? Thoughts and opinions are much appreciated.
Thank you