1. If You Have a Fireplace or Wood-Burning or Pellet-Burning Furnace… First, if you also have forced air, turn the fan on to help circulate heat. Make sure your ceiling fans rotate clockwise so they pull cool air up off the floor and push warm air down.

How do I circulate the heat from my pellet stove in the basement?

Pellet stoves also have more moving parts than a wood stove, so theres more to break. A pellet stove installed in your basement does not circulate heat around your house as efficiently as a furnace with an electric fan and dedicated ducts. Cutting a few vents in the floor can certainly help.

How do you heat a whole house with a pellet stove?

You start by pouring the pellets into the stoves hopper, which usually holds 40 to 55 pounds of them at a time. The pellets are then fed automatically into a burn chamber, where theyre incinerated with the help of a fan that forces combustion air into the chamber. Another fan blows the hot air out into your house.

How do you move heat?

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Can a pellet stove heat a two story house?

Pretty safe to say the upstairs bedrooms and the backroom will be cooler. Using the central or furnace fans to distribute the air has worked for some, But not others. Most just use floor or the ceiling fans to circulate the warm air. Best way to heat the whole house evenly IMHO is with a pellet furnace.

Is it safe to leave a pellet stove unattended?

The biggest advantage of pellet stoves is their safety as they pose virtually no fire hazard. Its safe enough to leave a pellet stove burning while youre out and it will continue to burn unattended as long as there are pellets to burn.

Can you control the heat on a pellet stove?

Many modern pellet stoves have built-in thermostatic control using temperature sensors to regulate heat output. Our own pellet stove has a built-in thermostat allowing us to choose the desired room temperature for each fire without having to worry about the room getting too hot if the stove is left on too long.

How do I move the heat around my house?

First, if you also have forced air, turn the fan on to help circulate heat. Make sure your ceiling fans rotate clockwise so they pull cool air up off the floor and push warm air down. And also keep them running at their lowest speed. If you dont, youll simply feel the chill from the cool breeze they create.

Do pellet stoves put out a lot of heat?

Pellet stoves will produce a heat output of anywhere from 8,000 to 90,000 Btus [Energy.gov], but shopping around you can typically find 40,000 to 60,000 is the norm for many household pellet stoves. In general, a 40,000 Btu pellet stove will be able to heat a 2,000 square foot home.

Do pellet stoves heat well?

Yes and yes. Burning wood pellets can replace your electric furnace, and provides as much heat as you want or can afford. And while its less efficient than an electric furnace, its as or more efficient than other common heat sources like oil, natural gas, propane and coal.