How Much Sq Ft Does Your Saey 92 Heat?

I'm finding my Saey 92 not heating what I thought it would do. I have had the stove running for a couple days. The room it's in is only getting up to a max 72 degrees. The room above it is only at 63 to 64. Average outside temp has been about 39.

The room it's in is about a 15x15. and it's unfinished. Just concrete block walls. I have one open vent I put into the ceiling to go upstairs to my living room directly above the room the stove is in. Just was wondering if this stove is pumping the heat they way it should.

With any concrete block wall, you will loose a lot of heat, and without any duct work or blowers to get the heat up stairs, you probably won't be able to get it much warmer unless really cranking all the time. Not sure what your stove is rated, but you may need a bigger one or one made for ductwork (like a furnace type stove).
Can you put a blower in the vent and make sure you have a cold air return somewhere (Door open, etc...) to get the circulation working. That is the key.

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Hi, I have a Hannover I (slightly larger verson of the Saey 92) and its heating 2900 sq feet, 2 story cape. Sitting in an unfinished basement (1000 sq feet) at 80-85. First story (1000 sq ft) is low 70's and second story (900 sq ft) is in low 60's.

I run the thermostat at 5-7 during the day and 2 at night.

unfinished basement... No insulation at all? because my downstairs room is only getting up to 70 degrees and it's unfinished as well. no insulation with concrete block walls.

I looked at the Saey 92 and Hanover 1 ,when I was looking for a new stove , the specs on the 92 400lbs BTU 50,000 heating area 1600-2200 sq ft and the Hanover 1 was 450lbs 60,000 BTU heating area 1900-2500 sq ft , Nice lookin all cast Iron stoves shaker system was real nice ,also liked the side load door for wood,I was just concerned about parts avalibilty ,but liked the stove.

Della, keep in mind that you've got thousands of pounds of concrete that will need to heat up over time. That will draw alot of heat from the stove.

My basement usually takes a minimum of 24 hours to warm up, & then it give the heat to the house. My situation is a bit different (fieldstone, mountains of dirt, water, with air leaks) , but same principles apply.

When I first started burning, it took about a week ... as the basement had been closed off for who knows how many years, and all the dirt down there was wet. After 5 seasons of burning, it's finally drying out & takes less time to heat up.

dellafiora09 wrote:unfinished basement... No insulation at all? because my downstairs room is only getting up to 70 degrees and it's unfinished as well. no insulation with concrete block walls.

The rim joist/band joist area is air sealed and foamed to R-19 or something like that. But the walls are bare. I would like to insulate the walls in the future to prevent heat loss. I think if I do that, I could heat the entire house with coal. Right now when the wind is howling outside, the coal stove cant keep up.

How much of the bare concrete wall is above ground?? The part that is below ground and below frost level, will stay around 55* but above the frost level, you have a lot of heat loss to the outdoors.

You can improve your situation with a layer of foam-board insulation on the concrete walls. and seal up the rim joists with either foam fiberglass or foam-board.

Greg L

I am easily heating my 1100 sq. ft. ranch with the Saey 92. However, it was a serious learning curve to get there! Today was around 35 out and I had both living room windows (room with stove) wide open and it was 80* in the living room. The last couple of weeks when it has barely been reaching 10* outside the stove was definitely working harder but, I still had 70 in the house with slightly more frequent shaking.

~Rebecca