On Nov 13, 2:59 pm, wrote:
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.

Thanks

I heat with wood. Only a single story. Getting the heat back to the
beadrooms was a problem. Solved by hanging 20" box fan from the
ceiling. Also run the ceiling fan to stir up the stagnant layer of
hot air up by the ceiling. Attractive? Not even close. Practical?
Very.

Yes, you will probably need one or more fans, natural convection won't
gt the job done without grossly overheating the room the stove is in.

I did not find running the furnace fan very effective as it is
basically blowing the coldest air around the house.

I use the same set-up in summer for the air conditioner but run the
furnace fan plus the ceiling fan.

Harry K