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2 story house. Stove is in livingroom. Planning of putting small vents
in the ceiling to vent warm air into 2nd story rooms. Should I
approach this as a warm air furnace circulation? Ie: circulation will
only occur when there is a return for cooler air upstairs (cold air
falls)? Plan is to put this vent in the hall ceiling outside the
livingroom. Would I need some small inline fans for either the ceiling
vents or the return? Currently I have a fan in the livingroom doorway
that does a poor job of blowing warm air out the door let alone
sending it up the stairwell to the second floor. Ceiling fans (3) on
second floor do not help either.

A vent above the stove would help considerably. It also may be against the
fire code too. It is where I live. Should there be a fire in or near the
stove, the last thing you want is a hole above it to help spread the flames.

If you are pumping air upstairs through a vent, the stairwell will probably
be sufficient for the return. Even though you are not getting the
distribution you want, you are getting some movement now. Take a candle to
the stairwell and move it from bottom to top and watch the flame.

Ceiling fans are useless, as you see. You may want some sort of fan in the
upstairs hall to push the air along.