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Duct woodstove heat into forced air furnace?
QUESTION:I have a an airtight catalytic woodstove installed in my basement. It
heats my entire basement well, but I wanted to take heat off this
stove, and pipe it into my forced air furnaces plenum fan. I'm hoping
that by putting an inline fan in a duct coming from the stove, (NO I
don't mean the stove pipe!) that the furnace's plenum thermo will
activate the squirrel cage blower, when it get's hot, and circulate it
as my gas furnace does. Has anyone done such an install and could
provide insight, pictures, etc? Woodstove is a freestanding model
with 3 speed fan (Appalachian 36BW) but isn't a ducted wood furnace
type.
ANSWER: My grandmothers home circa 1870. Had registers in the ceiling or floor for
the floor above. The heat was concentrated on the first floor. Registers
closed during the day and we opened them at night for warmth in the
bedrooms. There were hot water radiators as well but grandma was afraid they
would get to hot for us wee ones.
I would go with installing a forced air vents into the wood stove area. That
way you would never have to worry about pumping carbon monoxide through the
home. Hot air moves easier than cool air. The hassles of the other concept
seem to great for the risks involved.
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