How to Heat Your Home with a Wood Burning Fireplace

Here is how i have successfully hooked up a Ladera fireplace to heat my house.

[@davidp6839]

Cool idea, nice job!

[@Cheez1979]

Great idea I’ve been wanting to do this

[@about2088]

Good video. What do you do about the 1st and second floors of the house?

[@floki_raven3829]

I usually keep my normal gas furnace with the fan on, so i can circulate air through the house. The gas furnace will kick on early in the morning, when my fireplace has gone out.

[@juliod9229]

good job 👍 no filter ? what is the model of the fan?

[@floki_raven3829]

No filter. Here is the link for the fan i used: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LCEUEK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

[@KRay-fb2vf]

Instead of all that ducting how about turning your furnace thermostat to fan only to distribute warm air? I have a 100 year old brick fireplace with a similar insert. I do not have access like you do.

[@floki_raven3829]

I tried that for several years. It wasnt effective. The living room was still 85 degrees and bedrooms 60. I agree, i dont see how you could do this with an insert in a brick fireplace, without cutting holes, etc.