You say that like its a bad thing...
If you have never had a stove with a window then you wont miss it...but if you have, then you will...I do.
Add to the fact of trying to force hot air down.....my other concern is it seems his supply ducts run in a crawl space under the house.....? if so, how well heated is this space?? I see some issues if he's trying to run his supply ducts in un-heated (or even partially heated) space before the supply air gets dumped into the house. Maybe this was covered already and I didn't see it....? EPA furnaces don't have the raw BTU output needed to overcome those kind of duct losses.
Maybe suggest to Lamppa that they come out with a high temp wifi camera to install on the inside of the door. The camera would live stream to your phone, tablet,etc complete with sound effects!I was mostly being a smart azz.
We have a conventional fireplace. I do miss the snap, crackle, pop and smell of an open fire. Maybe we need to find a way to be able to leave the door open too so I can also get back to enjoying those aspects of burning wood too.
Could even have simulated video, based on firebox temp, stage of the burn, and damper setting, etc...Maybe suggest to Lamppa that they come out with a high temp wifi camera to install on the inside of the door. The camera would live stream to your phone, tablet,etc complete with sound effects!
Maybe suggest to Lamppa that they come out with a high temp wifi camera to install on the inside of the door. The camera would live stream to your phone, tablet,etc complete with sound effects!
Could even have simulated video, based on firebox temp, stage of the burn, and damper setting, etc...
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Looks like MFP is down to (2) Heatpros...Heatmax 2 are at the lowest price I have seen. $1799 US.
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I am running into crawl space but the crawl is insulated. 2” foam board on all concrete walls it’s stays above 50* even when it’s below 0 outside I hope that’s enough
You say that like its a bad thing...
If you have never had a stove with a window then you wont miss it...but if you have, then you will...I do.
But yeah, most of the time you just load the firebox and walk away....with a proper heat load it could/would be that way for sure...but OP may be a bit like me in that my house doesn't require mega BTU's to maintain temp, plus we have had a couple pretty mild winters since my VF100 install...anyways, since I am often running at about the bare minimum I am often scrapeing around for the last few coals to get things fired off again, so sometimes I will sit there for a few minutes to make sure the fire takes off.
OP's house being 2000 ft of new build it may not have a high heat load either...but, he is also in what is typically a little colder area though too. I would still want to discuss with Lamppa the possibility that a VF200 would be a better fit than the larger VF100...I assume the VF200 will be re-released here shortly, @lampmfg ?
