"Chris Lewis" wrote in message
...
According to :
And his ambient temps are ... ?

And his fuel consumption is ... ?

Not to mention that distribution over 880 sq-ft is summat simpler than
over 1500, say, with multiple floors.

Also heavily depends on your house layout.

We have 2200 square feet in two floors, and a single wood stove is
capable of keeping it quite comfortable when temperatures are well
below freezing.

However, this is very much an open concept home. Stove is
centrally located on first floor, there's no floor above it, the
rooms are very large, with large passageways between them,
and there's very few doors.

It's also very well insulated, and our personal comfort temperatures
are somewhat lower than most people's.
--
Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.



i live right on lake ontario where it can get quite cold and windy. i can
keep my house around 68 degrees all winter. who cares about a 2 degree
difference between rooms? i keep unused rooms doors closed anyways. every
room has a fan on ceiling. open the door and turn it on and rooms back up to
temperature again. fuel consumption is 3-4 face cords which is free for me
(friend) plus all the pine scraps from work i can handle. yes, pine=more
creosote. thats why i have my own chimney brush. i see no reason to not put
the woodstove in the basement HammerJoe, get some fans make sure you set
them for winter. the heat will radiate through the floors. whats the r of a
floor? R-1? its almost like having in-floor heating. nice warm hardwood
floors mmmm