We're in the middle of constructing a new home and we're planning on two wood stoves as supplemental/backup heat. For venting, the stoves will share a framed chase so they will each sit on the same side of the house, essentially one right above the other in the basement and living room.
The basement is mostly wide open and it's a fairly large area (roughly 1800 sqft), insulated (Superior Walls precast foundation), and below grade on three sides with the exposed side being the side with the stove. My thought is I'd like to be able to heat the basement with the basement stove, but also hoping some of that heat will permeate up through the floor to the first floor. There's also a stairwell running up to the first floor that will have a door at the top, but naturally could be kept open in the winter.
The first floor is then also roughly 1800 sqft, not open concept. The stove will be in the living room which is about 18x18, cathedral ceiling. There are open doorways into the neighboring kitchen/dining area and a hallway running to some other rooms. Also up high within the living room is a small door/window that can be opened to allow heat into the second floor, which is around 1300 sqft of heating area depending on how you look at it.
For the basement stove, I had a local dealer recommend something rated for 2000-2500 sqft. I'd like a long burn time on that one. I was thinking maybe a Blaze King King 40 or Princess 32?
The living room first floor stove is the bigger question for me, and the more difficult one. The first floor and second floor areas are larger combined to heat, but I also assume with the walls and obstacles there's no way a stove on one side of the house can be used to heat all that space. I would think in order for it to provide any heat to the further reaches of those floors, the living room would end up being unbearably hot. So my question then is, what size stove would make sense in the living room in this situation?
Thanks
The basement is mostly wide open and it's a fairly large area (roughly 1800 sqft), insulated (Superior Walls precast foundation), and below grade on three sides with the exposed side being the side with the stove. My thought is I'd like to be able to heat the basement with the basement stove, but also hoping some of that heat will permeate up through the floor to the first floor. There's also a stairwell running up to the first floor that will have a door at the top, but naturally could be kept open in the winter.
The first floor is then also roughly 1800 sqft, not open concept. The stove will be in the living room which is about 18x18, cathedral ceiling. There are open doorways into the neighboring kitchen/dining area and a hallway running to some other rooms. Also up high within the living room is a small door/window that can be opened to allow heat into the second floor, which is around 1300 sqft of heating area depending on how you look at it.
For the basement stove, I had a local dealer recommend something rated for 2000-2500 sqft. I'd like a long burn time on that one. I was thinking maybe a Blaze King King 40 or Princess 32?
The living room first floor stove is the bigger question for me, and the more difficult one. The first floor and second floor areas are larger combined to heat, but I also assume with the walls and obstacles there's no way a stove on one side of the house can be used to heat all that space. I would think in order for it to provide any heat to the further reaches of those floors, the living room would end up being unbearably hot. So my question then is, what size stove would make sense in the living room in this situation?
Thanks