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Hi guys,
Iv been a member for a while now but have not contributed for a while either. Browse here and there and that has been it for a while.
I grew up with a smoke dragon wood stove in a big old house. We are getting a stove for our “new to us” house this summer. We have 20 acres of woods full of maple, oak, hickory and some big pine on the outskirts.
The 2 stoves i have narrowed it down to based on my personal preferences are
PE super 27
PE summit
The stove I chose will get a blower but no outside air kit at the moment.
house to be heated:
Mid/southern michigan
Built in the early 70s
Insulation is not bad. Not great
Raised ranch
Entire house is 2,000 square feet
The original house is shotgun style raised ranch and there has been an addition on each end that go perpendicular to the original house.... so its actually shaped like the #1
I originally was focusing on only heating the parts of the house we “live” in durring the day...( kitchen, living, dining, hallway = 1300 sqft) but am wondering if i can get heat down the long hall to the master bed part of the house.
Im just worried of the usual wood stove worries. The small one will not be enough and the big one will run us out of the living/dining room area.
Im not sure it is a good idea to do a small fire in the big stove frequently with the way the new EPA stoves are designed to burn up the wood gas/smoke from a lazy fire. (Am i wrong about being worried about this) But i know the small one will be run like it should. .... Full hot runs.
So main questions:
Would the super27 be enough stove for the full 2,000 sqft?
Will the super 27 be enough stove for everything but the master bed side of the house ( house without master bed side is about 1300sqft)?
Will the summit run us out of the 1300 sqft side?
Will the summit even get heat to the opposite side of the house?
Is it safe to run the summit wide open flue frequently to send more heat out the chimney to knock the heat down a bit in the house when needed?
Side note: master bed side has its own small furnace. So there are 2 furnaces in the house. A new furnace would cover the full house easy peazy.
Thoughts?
I know.... its a lot
Iv been a member for a while now but have not contributed for a while either. Browse here and there and that has been it for a while.
I grew up with a smoke dragon wood stove in a big old house. We are getting a stove for our “new to us” house this summer. We have 20 acres of woods full of maple, oak, hickory and some big pine on the outskirts.
The 2 stoves i have narrowed it down to based on my personal preferences are
PE super 27
PE summit
The stove I chose will get a blower but no outside air kit at the moment.
house to be heated:
Mid/southern michigan
Built in the early 70s
Insulation is not bad. Not great
Raised ranch
Entire house is 2,000 square feet
The original house is shotgun style raised ranch and there has been an addition on each end that go perpendicular to the original house.... so its actually shaped like the #1
I originally was focusing on only heating the parts of the house we “live” in durring the day...( kitchen, living, dining, hallway = 1300 sqft) but am wondering if i can get heat down the long hall to the master bed part of the house.
Im just worried of the usual wood stove worries. The small one will not be enough and the big one will run us out of the living/dining room area.
Im not sure it is a good idea to do a small fire in the big stove frequently with the way the new EPA stoves are designed to burn up the wood gas/smoke from a lazy fire. (Am i wrong about being worried about this) But i know the small one will be run like it should. .... Full hot runs.
So main questions:
Would the super27 be enough stove for the full 2,000 sqft?
Will the super 27 be enough stove for everything but the master bed side of the house ( house without master bed side is about 1300sqft)?
Will the summit run us out of the 1300 sqft side?
Will the summit even get heat to the opposite side of the house?
Is it safe to run the summit wide open flue frequently to send more heat out the chimney to knock the heat down a bit in the house when needed?
Side note: master bed side has its own small furnace. So there are 2 furnaces in the house. A new furnace would cover the full house easy peazy.
Thoughts?
I know.... its a lot