I've gotten myself a bit confused here ( also new at this forum but not to heating my house by stove). We have come down to two options and I'm wondering how controllable each may be. Also wanting to radiate some heat not just blow it. I currently have a coal stove on the hearth that I built more than 30 years ago now but coal is under attach and prices soaring and we are aging . So that's the background !
Looking at a Harmon 52i insert and a Harmon P61a. The house is 1800sq ft cape, the stove is in the living room. The living room has two entrances, one from a hall across the room from the stove and that leads to the upstairs or out into the kitchen area. The other is to the left of the stove and leads to the dining room. My current stove with no blower keeps that dinging room at 70-73 deg. In the coldest weather or as the stove dies down the heat may come on. Upstairs is probably in the upper 60s. being on cape Cod , this is New England. I like some radiant heat in that living room at age 63.
Which option do you think has the most potential here ? Or is there another and perhaps better option ?
Thanks much and hello !
Looking at a Harmon 52i insert and a Harmon P61a. The house is 1800sq ft cape, the stove is in the living room. The living room has two entrances, one from a hall across the room from the stove and that leads to the upstairs or out into the kitchen area. The other is to the left of the stove and leads to the dining room. My current stove with no blower keeps that dinging room at 70-73 deg. In the coldest weather or as the stove dies down the heat may come on. Upstairs is probably in the upper 60s. being on cape Cod , this is New England. I like some radiant heat in that living room at age 63.
Which option do you think has the most potential here ? Or is there another and perhaps better option ?
Thanks much and hello !