Hey there!
I own a two story century-old house in Quebec, Canada. Each floor is 900 sq.ft, heated in winter with hot water radiators. First floor has 10 ft ceiling. The basement is in stone and not insulated. We got a pellet stove down there to heat the basement though.
There's an open room of 15 x 30 ft where a brick chimney is protruding (was for a furnace in the basement that has been removed since), which runs 25 ft high at least. We would really like to get a wood stove there! It would mainly be for ambiance, but on cold days it would help having an optional secondary heat source as the water radiators leaves cold spots. The stairs leading up is not so close to the chimney, so I don't know if heat could circulate well in the upper floor?
I really like the vintage look of cast iron stoves. I was looking for the Hearthstone Craftsbury, or maybe the PE Alderlea T4? Or would the larger tier (ex: Shelburne/T5) be more appropriate for our space? We won't be sitting so far away from the stove, so I don't want to make inefficient burns so we could withstand the heat.
Here's a picture of the room with the chimney. The black ottoman is where we would want the stove to be installed (it has the size of the Shelburne). As you can see, since the chimney is already protruding, we don't want something too big neither.
Any advice? Thank you very much!
I own a two story century-old house in Quebec, Canada. Each floor is 900 sq.ft, heated in winter with hot water radiators. First floor has 10 ft ceiling. The basement is in stone and not insulated. We got a pellet stove down there to heat the basement though.
There's an open room of 15 x 30 ft where a brick chimney is protruding (was for a furnace in the basement that has been removed since), which runs 25 ft high at least. We would really like to get a wood stove there! It would mainly be for ambiance, but on cold days it would help having an optional secondary heat source as the water radiators leaves cold spots. The stairs leading up is not so close to the chimney, so I don't know if heat could circulate well in the upper floor?
I really like the vintage look of cast iron stoves. I was looking for the Hearthstone Craftsbury, or maybe the PE Alderlea T4? Or would the larger tier (ex: Shelburne/T5) be more appropriate for our space? We won't be sitting so far away from the stove, so I don't want to make inefficient burns so we could withstand the heat.
Here's a picture of the room with the chimney. The black ottoman is where we would want the stove to be installed (it has the size of the Shelburne). As you can see, since the chimney is already protruding, we don't want something too big neither.
Any advice? Thank you very much!