I really like the whole concept of RMHs and have ever since I read Ianto Evans book right after it came out. But I've got a few questions/concerns I haven't seen addressed.
I have a fairly small house (20' x 20'), two floors, open floor plan downstairs and loft upstairs. So, pretty easy to heat. Most years I only use about 3 face cords of wood to heat it. Now most people I know who heat with wood love it because they can keep their houses at about 80 degrees F all winter and think it's just great. On the other hand I would really like to have my place at about 65 with a max temp of 70. And the problem I've always had with a wood stove is that it heats me right out of this place.
So my questions are - Is it possible to keep a wood fire of any kind (including RMHs) at a temperature that I would be comfortable with, i.e. 65 degrees? What is the kind of temperature range that you see with this type of appliance? And, how do you control the heat?
I know the mass is going to provide some dampening of the temp swings but there still has to be some and I really hate having it get so warm in my house that I end up opening doors and windows to cool it off.
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