large house

[bucketboy]

we have a 4000 sq foot home consisting of 3 additions and a terrible layout. i have opened it up quite a bit but wondered if there was any truth to a large woodstove heating the house. we have a lakewood stove in the living room and it seems to heat about half the house comfortably and wondered if we had a larger stove if we would get more heat . or if a second large stove would do it? anyone else have a similar delima or advise? thanks in advance

 

[BrowningBAR]

we have a 4000 sq foot home consisting of 3 additions and a terrible layout. i have opened it up quite a bit but wondered if there was any truth to a large woodstove heating the house. we have a lakewood stove in the living room and it seems to heat about half the house comfortably and wondered if we had a larger stove if we would get more heat . or if a second large stove would do it? anyone else have a similar delima or advise? thanks in advance

If you post floor plans it would give us a better idea. But, for the most part a second stove or a wood furnace add-on is the solution. My floor plan is only 2,150-ish sq ft. but to get whole house heating I needed three stoves.

 

[firefighterjake]

That's a big house . . . I might suggest going with a wood furnace or wood boiler . . . depending on what you have for a current heating system.

 

[Fsappo]

Put an Equinox right square in the middle and let er rip! I dont think there is a space heater made that will heat 4k sf from on location of a home unless maybe it was something like the equinox and the home had no walls and great insulation

 

[wellbuilt home]

I have a large house its 4000+ feet + basements and garages .
I close off about 1000 sf when its cold below 30o.
We just don't use the rooms .
I have a EQ and it heat about 2500 sf very well 3000 feet is OK down to around 20o .
The EQ burns alot of wood if the temps are below 20o .
I have garages on one side of the living space and a large 1000sf area on the other so we are insulated by unheated space.
You can really use 2 big stoves for 4000 feet .
If my fire gos out and the house gets cold it could take a hole day to warm up the house 10o
I'm adding about 700sf feet of space this year and will add a 2 nd stove.
John

 

[savageactor7]

Hi bucketboy because of your description of a terrible layout I'd be inclined to go with a second stove.

 

[begreen]

Hi bucketboy because of your description of a terrible layout I'd be inclined to go with a second stove.

Or a smaller house...