- heating entire house from basement | Hearth. com Forums Home
we are looking at buying a house that has a stone fireplace in the living room and a place in the basement to connect a woodstove, the house is 1456 sq ft on one floor and the basement is same sq footage and completely open was wondering if placing a woodstove in the basement wood supply enough heat to the main living floor to heat without
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- Sweeps Library - Direct Vent Installation Diagrams - Hearth. com Forums
This causes negative air pressure in the house, which can draw cold air in through other openings In worst cases, this depressurization can drag poisonous exhaust gases back down the chimney into the breathing space The Solution: Bring in combustion air through the same pipe used to vent the exhaust In Direct Vent installations, combustion
- We Have Power - Hearth. com Forums
In our case we have one large modern refer in the house and an older fridge, and a freezer in the garage Although it's unlikely that all 3 would start at the same time, my habit when switching over to the genny is to let the garage units start up, wait a minute or two, then add the house load gthomas hit the nail on the head
- mini split usage in 2-story home with small bedrooms on second floor
In your house, that'd be less likely to happen, unless you have a habit of leaving windows open while running AC There have been many drainage issues tied to minisplits, but usually any experienced installer is aware of these sortcomings, and then tend to be cautious in their drain line slope and planning
- House layout | Hearth. com Forums Home
House size is about 1225 sq ft , and not well insulated (MAYBE r-11 in the attic), and I lose heat somewhat quickly I'll be working on the insulation The stove we have now is about 2 4 cu ft , and does a good job keeping the house warm, so I'm thinking a similar sized stove would fit the bill
- Reduce fireplace size? | Hearth. com Forums Home
It looks like the house was designed and built around the chimney and was the very first thing built You have no roof vents except what is inside the chimney, this means even your house plumbing is venting through that area along with your HVAC You can plainly see the ceramic flue liner (?) with rain cover in the photos that the fireplace uses
- Firewood Pass-Thru Door Design | Hearth. com Forums Home
The good thing is we have a new blaze king now so I only need to make 1-2 trips a day for new wood My wife showed me a picture last week of a house with 2 little doors from the garage into the house, one was directly into the walk in pantry and the other was right next to the wood stove I'll post it if i can find it, it sparked my imagination lol
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