St. Croix Prescott EXL Install

[tchdngrnby]

Here is the photo of my install. I only light off the woodstove to get the house up to temperature and then the St. Croix keeps me in the 68 degree range (burning on level 3) as long as the temps here in western Washington stay out of the low 20's. The stoves are installed in the basement. I installed 2 registers between the basement and the main floor and installed two 9" bracket fans to force the heat up. I also installed a 20" fan in the stairwell (which is on the opposite side of the house) to return air to the basement. So far so good.

 

[Fish On]

Looks great lot's of fuel there for you. But why would you install two stoves next to each other?

 

[hossthehermit]

Wish I could afford something like that setup. I'd do it a lot different, a lot cheaper, and have one hellacious party.

 

[tchdngrnby]

Looks great lot's of fuel there for you. But why would you install two stoves next to each other?

It is a fairly mild climate out here in Western WA (except as of late!). The photo shows both stoves burning as I had been away for awhile with the t-stats set at 45. Returning to a cold house I'll usually burn both stoves until the house comes up to temperature and then let the wood stove go out. The house was not well insulated and I have been pecking away at installing new doors, windows, and reinsulating one wall at a time as time and funds permit. Homes of this era are all old style electric baseboard or wall heaters that I refuse to turn on. I'll keep the wood stove around mainly for a back up source of heat only. Here are a couple of photos of what I am trying to heat.