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CateP · 03-30-2011, 06:23 PM

Some of the houses we have been looking at to buy, have woodstoves in the basement. These stoves are being advertised as an "alternative heat source."

However, based on what we've seen, it looks like the only way the heat travels out of the basement is through the basement door. We even saw a house that had cut out panels in the basement door to allow heat to come out.

Is this an odd way to do things? Wouldn't it be better to put in floor vents so the heat can rise out of the basement into the first floor?

Is there such a thing as cutting out little sections of the first floor to install vents?

03-30-2011, 06:23 PM	#1
CateP Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 868 Thanks: 584 Thanked 540 Times in 210 Posts	Woodstoves (or Pellet) in Basements Some of the houses we have been looking at to buy, have woodstoves in the basement. These stoves are being advertised as an "alternative heat source." However, based on what we've seen, it looks like the only way the heat travels out of the basement is through the basement door. We even saw a house that had cut out panels in the basement door to allow heat to come out. Is this an odd way to do things? Wouldn't it be better to put in floor vents so the heat can rise out of the basement into the first floor? Is there such a thing as cutting out little sections of the first floor to install vents?