Hey Everyone,
We're about to begin our 3rd winter of wood only heat using a Lopi Liberty in the main floor dining room. One thing I'd like to improve on is the amount of heat that gets upstairs to my kids' bedrooms. The stairs is one room, about 12 ft. around a corner, from the stove, and there is definitely some heat going up it, but when the night time temp gets below 15 or 10 (which is not at all uncommon in NW New Mexico!) it gets pretty cold up there. The big plus is that my kids wake up quickly on school days to warm up downstairs at the stove!
Any ideas? Is an open vent (dining to upstairs hall) to much of a potential fire hazard? What about a forced convection system from the bedrooms back down into the living room--try to get heat going up the stairs and cool air coming back down through the bedrooms?
I've really enjoyed this site so far--lots of good stuff here!
TP
We're about to begin our 3rd winter of wood only heat using a Lopi Liberty in the main floor dining room. One thing I'd like to improve on is the amount of heat that gets upstairs to my kids' bedrooms. The stairs is one room, about 12 ft. around a corner, from the stove, and there is definitely some heat going up it, but when the night time temp gets below 15 or 10 (which is not at all uncommon in NW New Mexico!) it gets pretty cold up there. The big plus is that my kids wake up quickly on school days to warm up downstairs at the stove!
Any ideas? Is an open vent (dining to upstairs hall) to much of a potential fire hazard? What about a forced convection system from the bedrooms back down into the living room--try to get heat going up the stairs and cool air coming back down through the bedrooms?
I've really enjoyed this site so far--lots of good stuff here!
TP