Re: [GBlist] Heat Sources

[Alan Courtright <acourtri@krl.org>]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Donna Watkins wrote:

> We're building a house with a basement that will have a section that is
> heated/cooled for offices, storage and bath.  Upstairs we will have a
> woodstove.  That's not going to help keep the basement warm where my
> cold-natured husband is going to be all day.

You say there's noplace to vent a woodstove from the basement--but what 
about simply running a stovepipe from the basement right up through the 
space above, and using the heat from the stovepipe to heat the upstairs 
(or not, if you put some controls on the flue).  

That's basically what I hope to do in the house I'm planning, though in my
case the woodstove would be in the shop (with part of it projecting into
the adjacent garage).  Yes, it would be a LONG flue, but it'd go up 
between bathroom and kitchen, then up through some of the loft space above 
those.  

I plan on backup heat also, but the idea is to keep use of same to an 
absolute minimum.

                         -|//*Alan Courtright*\\|=   
                                Poulsbo, WA
                             acourtri@krl.org
                       



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