Hi
My name is Steven and this my first post here.
I'm going to try and describe my home and ask for advice on what I should be looking at as far as stove size.
First of all I live in southeastern CT., on the shoreline. I live in a 1200sq.ft. ranch. The house is well insulated and very tight as far as drafts. my home rus about 80ft. straight and then makes a right and goes another 40 ft. L shaped best way to describe it.
I'm looking to heat as mush space as possible. The room that the stove will be located is the living room,in the fireplace. which is centraly located in the house. The living room is 280sq.ft. the dining room is 154 sq.ft.The living room and dining room are open to each other and measure a total of 434 sq.ft. From the living foom there is a hallway about 8ft. down the hallway there is a room off to the right we use as a den is 10x10 sq.ft. the hallway continues on about another 10ft. makes a right hand turn to where the three bed rooms are located. The 1st. bedroom is at the end of the hall to the left before it takes the right turn, that room is 17x12. After you take the right there are two more bedrooms each 10x12 and at the end of the hall is a small bath room 6x9. Celings through out the house are 8ft. Ther are also a ceiling fan in both the living and dining rooms.
I am thinking about purchasing the Jotul F400 or the F500 and using fans to push some of the heat from the living room area down the hallway to the bedrooms. oh forgot to mention the hallway is pretty narrow about 3ft. across.
I've looked at the specs on both stoves and it seems to me that either one would bake me right out of the house.
I did have a mason come in and take a look at what i was thinking of doing. Really nice man 60's with lots of experience. he said that the F500 would be ok and that i could just build a desired size fire. He also mentioned the 500 would be good because it fits up to a 22" log.
Would really appreciate any input you guy's on helping me decide what to do. Thanks, Steven
My name is Steven and this my first post here.
I'm going to try and describe my home and ask for advice on what I should be looking at as far as stove size.
First of all I live in southeastern CT., on the shoreline. I live in a 1200sq.ft. ranch. The house is well insulated and very tight as far as drafts. my home rus about 80ft. straight and then makes a right and goes another 40 ft. L shaped best way to describe it.
I'm looking to heat as mush space as possible. The room that the stove will be located is the living room,in the fireplace. which is centraly located in the house. The living room is 280sq.ft. the dining room is 154 sq.ft.The living room and dining room are open to each other and measure a total of 434 sq.ft. From the living foom there is a hallway about 8ft. down the hallway there is a room off to the right we use as a den is 10x10 sq.ft. the hallway continues on about another 10ft. makes a right hand turn to where the three bed rooms are located. The 1st. bedroom is at the end of the hall to the left before it takes the right turn, that room is 17x12. After you take the right there are two more bedrooms each 10x12 and at the end of the hall is a small bath room 6x9. Celings through out the house are 8ft. Ther are also a ceiling fan in both the living and dining rooms.
I am thinking about purchasing the Jotul F400 or the F500 and using fans to push some of the heat from the living room area down the hallway to the bedrooms. oh forgot to mention the hallway is pretty narrow about 3ft. across.
I've looked at the specs on both stoves and it seems to me that either one would bake me right out of the house.
I did have a mason come in and take a look at what i was thinking of doing. Really nice man 60's with lots of experience. he said that the F500 would be ok and that i could just build a desired size fire. He also mentioned the 500 would be good because it fits up to a 22" log.
Would really appreciate any input you guy's on helping me decide what to do. Thanks, Steven