Hello All,
New member here and I am seeking info on sizing a pellet stove for my house. I live in a Cape with a dormer, the living/dining "L" shaped room where the pellet stove would be installed is approximately 350sq/ft. with a kitchen filling in the "inside corner" of the L shape, adding another 150sq/ft, and having two doors to the dining and living sides respectively. There is a hallway off the kitchen to the rest of the first floor, and a stairwell to the dormer second floor from the living room. The house is 1600sq/ft total.
Not exactly an open floor plan, I would like to install a Lopi Pioneer in the living/dining area. I am concerned that the stove will be too much and simply run us out of the living/dining room on low. I don't expect this to heat the whole house, given the floorplan. I do expect it to make the living/dining/kitchen toasty warm and maybe get a little boost in other areas. The whole house is electric heat so each room is independently controlled, so there will be no "cold" rooms.
Given I am in Southern RI, the house is fairly tight, is this stove appropriate or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Any input welcome, sizing these things seems to be more difficult than I anticipated.
Thanks, RT
New member here and I am seeking info on sizing a pellet stove for my house. I live in a Cape with a dormer, the living/dining "L" shaped room where the pellet stove would be installed is approximately 350sq/ft. with a kitchen filling in the "inside corner" of the L shape, adding another 150sq/ft, and having two doors to the dining and living sides respectively. There is a hallway off the kitchen to the rest of the first floor, and a stairwell to the dormer second floor from the living room. The house is 1600sq/ft total.
Not exactly an open floor plan, I would like to install a Lopi Pioneer in the living/dining area. I am concerned that the stove will be too much and simply run us out of the living/dining room on low. I don't expect this to heat the whole house, given the floorplan. I do expect it to make the living/dining/kitchen toasty warm and maybe get a little boost in other areas. The whole house is electric heat so each room is independently controlled, so there will be no "cold" rooms.
Given I am in Southern RI, the house is fairly tight, is this stove appropriate or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Any input welcome, sizing these things seems to be more difficult than I anticipated.
Thanks, RT