Getting Warm Air Throughout the House
I have a hand-fired "Baker Heat King" in our finished basement. Staircase about 30 feet away allows warm air up into the two rooms right there. Rest of the house and second floor is cold! Put in a register vent in basement ceiling to floor of one cold room and it helps a little bit...but not enough. We have no ductwork in our home and can't cut a hole above stove into the room it is below as it is a child's room and stove would make it too warm. Will more vents in basement ceiling/first level floors help? Desperately want to get the way too warm heat from basement up to first floor. Any advice?
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You need to create a duct from the farthest room to the inlet of the circulation fan on the stove.. it needs to draw cold air from the far cold room so that hot air will replace the cold air drawn from the room.. This will create a circulation loop and make a big improvement in equalizing the temperatures in the house.
The duct may be ugly,, but it can be removed for 9 months of the year,, and endured for the 3 coldest winter months.. ugly but very functional and makes the upstairs much warmer.
There are several threads on this subject,, look for hot air distribution, moving heat, etc..in this forum.
Greg L
The duct may be ugly,, but it can be removed for 9 months of the year,, and endured for the 3 coldest winter months.. ugly but very functional and makes the upstairs much warmer.
There are several threads on this subject,, look for hot air distribution, moving heat, etc..in this forum.
Greg L
Thanks for the advice Greg L. Searched through many pages on the forum that seem to be telling us the same thing...have to get the cold air to the stove. Tonight I'm going to try and use a laundry vent hose from a floor vent (that I'll have to cut into the hardwood floors) in the furthest and coldest bedroom to the stove. Will be tricky getting it through the basement ceiling/first level floors, but figured I'd try the cheapest idea first. Got a pipe that can withstand the stove heat to connect to the stove fan and the dryer vent. Can easily get into the ceiling as the water pump closet is right next to the stove and will cover up the ugly vent.
This forum has been amazing! My wife and I thought it would be simple...buy coal stove, put up non-combustible stone wall, start stove and the house would be instantly warm. We had lots of trouble keeping the fire even going until we did much research on this site. Very thankful to the people on here...indebted actually. We are very successful at keeping the stove going but now need to get the heat moving upstairs. It is stifling in the basement with the stove at times!
This forum has been amazing! My wife and I thought it would be simple...buy coal stove, put up non-combustible stone wall, start stove and the house would be instantly warm. We had lots of trouble keeping the fire even going until we did much research on this site. Very thankful to the people on here...indebted actually. We are very successful at keeping the stove going but now need to get the heat moving upstairs. It is stifling in the basement with the stove at times!