To Fan or Not To Fan
One of the things I like about riding bikes is it's mostly stress free. Sure the occasional race can get the gut churning, but you do what you can and it's over.
Home projects are another story. Constantly I'm faced with a decision that's going to cost money and time now and/or more money and time down the road. Take our kitchen exhaust fan for instance. We installed it. There wasn't one here when we bought the house. All that we read said an exhaust fan is good for moisture producing places like bathrooms and kitchens. So we spent the money and took the time to install it. A year and half later it started leaking. We weren't sure where, but suddenly wondered if the time and money were worth it if it's just going to leak (Now that I think about it, it was the damn roofers fault, but that's another story).
Anyway, so we're putting in this pellet stove. Yes another big decision that's costing time and money. To get the most out of our stove we're trying to install ducts above it to take advantage of the convection and move that heat onto the floor above (the floor we live on mostly). Will it work? I don't know. Is all this worth it? I hope so. But what perplexes me most right now is whether inline duct fans will make a difference?
Will they be too noisy? Can I wire them up to a programmable switch synchronized to run when the programmable thermostat kicks up the output of the stove? When not running will they impede the flow of heat too much? Holy cow I could go on and on. The reality is they're only $33 a pop. That's not really a big deal. Installing them shouldn't take too much time either, though the wiring can get tedious and I do have worries about the load on the programmable switch, blah blah blah.
Truth is, I think I'm just nervous about the stove. There are a whole lot of other things that we could have gotten that would have made bigger (more importantly easier) improvements to our house and quality of life. Granted if the stove works, it will all be worth it, but waiting till that cold November night to fire it up and warm things up around here is killing me.
- b
Home projects are another story. Constantly I'm faced with a decision that's going to cost money and time now and/or more money and time down the road. Take our kitchen exhaust fan for instance. We installed it. There wasn't one here when we bought the house. All that we read said an exhaust fan is good for moisture producing places like bathrooms and kitchens. So we spent the money and took the time to install it. A year and half later it started leaking. We weren't sure where, but suddenly wondered if the time and money were worth it if it's just going to leak (Now that I think about it, it was the damn roofers fault, but that's another story).
Anyway, so we're putting in this pellet stove. Yes another big decision that's costing time and money. To get the most out of our stove we're trying to install ducts above it to take advantage of the convection and move that heat onto the floor above (the floor we live on mostly). Will it work? I don't know. Is all this worth it? I hope so. But what perplexes me most right now is whether inline duct fans will make a difference?
Will they be too noisy? Can I wire them up to a programmable switch synchronized to run when the programmable thermostat kicks up the output of the stove? When not running will they impede the flow of heat too much? Holy cow I could go on and on. The reality is they're only $33 a pop. That's not really a big deal. Installing them shouldn't take too much time either, though the wiring can get tedious and I do have worries about the load on the programmable switch, blah blah blah.Truth is, I think I'm just nervous about the stove. There are a whole lot of other things that we could have gotten that would have made bigger (more importantly easier) improvements to our house and quality of life. Granted if the stove works, it will all be worth it, but waiting till that cold November night to fire it up and warm things up around here is killing me.
- b
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