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- 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
- recommendations for interior or exterior chimney? - Hearth. com Forums
The advantages of having an interior chimney are many Look at the house of yore when people didn't have central heating You won't find many exterior chimneys there The advantages are: better draft, less cooling of flue gas equalling less creosote, far less heat loss to outdoors and most of it instead radiated to the interior of the house and less deterioration due to weather
- Tips on if Your pellet stove is burning lazy and or getting smoke in . . .
If you are getting smoke in the house or you stove just don’t seem to be burning like should Check the door seal and latch for a tight fit Check the ash pan for shut tight and latched If all doors seals are good and latched MOST pellet stove are Negative air (Inside of the Firebox is
- Please advise! Neighbours wood smoke blowing into my home
The stack was lower than my house and it would set off a smoke detector in my attic The town elected to work with him and after he put in a 30' extension on his stack it became far less of an issue Obviously making your home tighter will reduce the smoke getting inside If you have a chimney and are not using it, that is logical thing to seal
- Help! Ash-like smell for days after burning a fire
Hello! I am hoping to get some answers to our fireplace woes We purchased this 1993 home exactly a year ago We have noticed that every time we burn a fire, the house smells like ash or campfire for a few days after, despite cleaning out the ash from the chimney We have had the chimney
- Long Burn Time Tiny Stove for a Small House. Is it possible?
With the exception of a house smaller than 8-900 sq ft or if it is going in a room less than 200 sq ft that is fairly isolated from the rest of the house I would probably compromise on the burn time unless the house is heated with resistive electrical heat And then I would probably put in a small mini split before the stove Just my thoughts
- Straw bales for exterior insulation? | Hearth. com Forums Home
Context: 78 YO house, 2 ft thick uninsulated masonry walls, full daylight basement with walkin on north side (bummer), massive concrete foundation with basement stairs, laundry room floor, and two porches all poured along with the foundation The front of the house faces south, but the south
- Will a Wood Stove Smell-up The House??? - Hearth. com Forums
The latest road block on my way to burning wood in the house is that my Wife is afraid that the whole house will smell like wood smoke - everything, clothes, clothes in the closet, funiture, carpet, the dog, etc , and if she ain't happy, nobody is happy! Will a nice modern wood stove smell-up the house?
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