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what size stove for 1800 sq ft house

aoife
15 years ago

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could give me their opinion on the size of stove needed to heat an 1800 sq ft 2 storey house. It is not open plan but we keep all the doors on the main floor open and use the furnace fan to send the air around the rest of the house. The main floor of the house is about 900 sq ft. We want to heat the whole house. The fireplace store convinced us that we must use a really small stove - Jotul Nordic 100. We bought it but are not happy. We have trouble heating the main floor when it is below freezing. I really wanted a larger model but they convinced us that we had to buy this one. Even with our living room and dining room doors closed the 2 rooms don't get warm when it is about -10 C. It is an older home but we had an energy audit done and are in the mid-range in terms of insulation efficiency. Any comments would be appreciated. thanks

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