Magnus
TreeHouser
Got it.
Wood stove in shop
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Magnus
TreeHouser
Was this correction to spelling only or answer to question as well?
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
A furnace is where the combustion takes place. If it heats water it's a boiler.
Magnus
TreeHouser
I am confused.
So word I should use is boiler, not furnace?
So word I should use is boiler, not furnace?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
No - catalytic, LOL.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Nice!
Cobleskill
Treehouser
I remember my cousin pulling his pipe out of his masonry chimney and stuffing a bunch of wadded newspaper in it. He fired it up and let it rip once a week. Keeps the creosote deposits to a minimum. Chimney fires are no joke. I had enough so I didn't trust my masonry chimney anymore. Double wall isn't cheap but peace of mind is worth a lot.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Weird. I've had masonry chimneys all my life and have never had a chimney fire not once.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I got the wood stove working in the house today, will start on the piping in the garage tomorrow. Burning over thirty bucks a day just to barely heat the place now. Can't wait to see how much oil I don't burn with the wood stove running.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
Sweet.
I often forget when going out to other people's houses in the winter than I need to wear long sleeves or a sweater/ sweatshirt. Sometimes, I'm melting in boxers at my house, and that's with selling 3-4x's the amount of wood that I burn, after specifically trying not to haul firewood from jobs.
I often forget when going out to other people's houses in the winter than I need to wear long sleeves or a sweater/ sweatshirt. Sometimes, I'm melting in boxers at my house, and that's with selling 3-4x's the amount of wood that I burn, after specifically trying not to haul firewood from jobs.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
I saw one of these at a guys house recently. He had it sitting on top of his wood cook stove and the fan was whirling away. It has one of those parts inside where the heat coefficient on one side of a plate as opposed to being cooler on the other side, creates electricity to move the fan...forget what that part is called. A mild electric current off the grid to move a little air. No sound.
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10848135
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squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
That's cool!
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Whoa, that sucker ain't cheap!
Burnham
Woods walker
My neighbor has something similar. It doesn't seem to move much air, even when it's spinning fast.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
That was my impression too, but the person using it said more than you think.
Burnham
Woods walker
If I paid too much for it, I might say the same 
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brendonv
Tree Hugger
I hear they don't move much air, but cool none the less!
With that said I have three ceilings fan outlets on the first floor with the wood stove. Should move plenty of air when I buy a fan.
With that said I have three ceilings fan outlets on the first floor with the wood stove. Should move plenty of air when I buy a fan.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
I've got ceilings fans in all but one room of the house .They do make a big difference .Blow down in winter up in summer .
Burnham
Woods walker
The standard advice from the fan manufacturers is to blow down in summer and up in winter...up forces the hotter air out to the walls, then down and across the floor, then is lifted up to cycle again. You don't get a feeling of moving air as much, which even if it's warm air, feels cooler....which is why it should be reversed in summer.
Al, you got it backwards, I think.
Al, you got it backwards, I think.
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
I want to add a heat reclaimer to my stove pipe this winter. A customer of mine was showing me the one he has and that thing was MOVING hot air away from his stove.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
My woodstove in my basement of my house has an electric fan that blows air around the firebox and out and man it makes a huge difference. In my shop I have a natural heat reclaimer, the pipe goes up and than across my shop before than going up again and out the roof.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Perhaps ,however heat rises .By natural convection the ceiling in winter will be hotter than the floor .Also by natural convection or transfer of heat it will go from hot to cold .So maybe blow the heat down .
Summer obviously air conditioner or no the floor level will be colder than above suck the cold up so to speak .Oh you might be right I've been back assward most of my life .Kind of like getting the cart ahead of the horse . Like the confused cop the jumped on his whistle and blew his horse .
You're right, heat rises. Picture the ceiling holding a "blanket" of hot air. If you have your ceiling fan blowing down, you force the air in the center of the room down. If you have it reversed, it pulls the cooler air in the center of the room upward, forcing the heat downward around the perimeter of the room. This helps in my case, because of the open stairwell. If the fan blows down, the air cycles differently and more heart runs up the stairs. Doesn't look like it would make a hill-o-beans worth of difference, but I've tried both ways and reverse works better.
