Thanks for your reply Samantha. Those mass heaters are very interesting but I don't think something like that will work in my situation though.
The laundry room is 11' x 7' with a washer,
dryer,
hot water heater and shelves full of various kitchen gadgets. The old hvac unit takes up a bunch of room but I will be removing it and that spot is where the stove will go. A smaller stove
should fit.
I'm looking at a 1,200 sq ft unit made by Vogelzang. It's $700 minus the expensive part, the pipe. I'm thinking a vent as close to the ceiling as possible with a fan in it? I could install a long vent on either side of the wall with a fan in between them. Maybe even 2 or 3 of these vents? This bathroom is the furthest from the fireplace and I considered a tiny house type of stove in the bathroom but the kitchen would still need something.
I've got a couple arctic mini heat pumps which heat really well and a stratford 2 fireplace which I consider the main source of heat but those mini's gobble up my
solar batteries power at night. With a consistent source of heat on the opposite side of the house, those mini's will not be needed nearly as much and I might not have to add more batteries and complexity to my
solar system.