Any HVAC peeps here? I need some help.

[SterlingAcres]

DH had a question. I may or may not be correct in paraphrasing what he said. LOL
He knows how to run duct work from the basement to run cool air, but he's stumped with our woodstove since we've never had one personally before. When this stove gets cooking, it's easily 100+ degrees in the living room, 70 in the kitchen, 60 in the upstairs bedrooms above the living room where the stove is and a chilly 45-50 in the bathroom above the kitchen.
He wants to know how he can put in some duct work to direct the heat upstairs without losing all the heat downstairs.

Is it possible and do you have any suggestions?
Thank you very much in advance

 

[English Chick]

Can't help you on that one Sterling, just wanted to wish you good luck...

 

[Marlinchaser]

Put a ceiling fan in the room with the stove??

 

[menageriemama]

We have 4 fans running right now to blow the hot air around. It works really well- but we have a pretty open floor plan...

 

[ams3651]

we had registers who's duct work was open into the basement where the stove was and a box fan suspended from the ceiling in the basement to blow hot air to the front end of the house. It was a hillbilly system for sure but it worked. In my experience having a wood burner means uneven temps.

 

[SterlingAcres]

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This house was built for midgets. My downstairs is 7.5ft tall. Upstairs is 7ft. Ceiling fans are a no go until we get rid of the attic to make cathedral ceilings upstairs this summer.

 

[SterlingAcres]

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I've got a WindMachine fan running to push the air into the kitchen as well. The bathroom seems to be the coldest.

ams, I realize we'll have uneven temps, we'd just like the upstairs a bit warmer. I don't like being shocked awake when I need to pee at 4am.

 

[Marlinchaser]

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This house was built for midgets. My downstairs is 7.5ft tall. Upstairs is 7ft. Ceiling fans are a no go until we get rid of the attic to make cathedral ceilings upstairs this summer.

Mine are about the same height, we have a Low Profile over the coffee table, so no one can walk into it.

They also make small fans that mount in doorway, quiet, and just enought to get the air moving.

 

[tinners204]

Do you have a force air furnace? If you do run your fan all the time. If you have a 2 story this is really good. No matter what. It make the heating more even. That is coming from a person that's put heating and cooling in new house's. The more air circulation you have is the better. Just remember heat rises.

 

[tinners204]

Any more questions just pm me