All things being equal is a wood stove installed with a rear flue exit any less efficient or inferior in any way to the same wood stove installed with a top flue exit ?
I have a fireplace insert (see my avatar) which I'm considering replacing with a wood stove and of course I would need to have a rear flue exit to make it work without modifying my chimney. To me the rear exit is not the preferred way. The top exit seems way more practical and efficient but I really don't know.
The stove I was thinking of getting is the jotul F3 CB which has both rear and top exit options and seems just large enough to heat my 1250 sq ft main floor. I was thinking of moving my insert to the basement and using it down there to heat that area up. Or maybe I should get a bigger wood stove and install it in the basement and heat the whole place up with it? Not sure.
Any ideas ?
I have a fireplace insert (see my avatar) which I'm considering replacing with a wood stove and of course I would need to have a rear flue exit to make it work without modifying my chimney. To me the rear exit is not the preferred way. The top exit seems way more practical and efficient but I really don't know.
The stove I was thinking of getting is the jotul F3 CB which has both rear and top exit options and seems just large enough to heat my 1250 sq ft main floor. I was thinking of moving my insert to the basement and using it down there to heat that area up. Or maybe I should get a bigger wood stove and install it in the basement and heat the whole place up with it? Not sure.
Any ideas ?