How about putting air grills in the walls between rooms, floor and ceiling?

Putting the stove in the basement is also a tried and true method, as well.

Two ways of doing it...

1 is simply let the stove super heat the basement, with some heat getting upstairs...

2. Install some sort of circulator system. A guy I know built a brick alcove in his basement for his wood stove, and installed a high speed fan and the small diameter flexible duct work to several points in his first floor.

That system actually works like a champ in keeping the first floor nice and warm in the winter.

Thanks for the input. We decided to go with the corn furnace instead. A little more money, but we are worth it.

What corn furnace did you end up going with? We are looking at putting one in our house..

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We are getting an Americian Energy Systems furnace. It just came in. Should be up and running in a week or two depending on when I can get to it.

I have a woodburner in my basement. If I put a corn stove in my living room, will this really heat my home and save me money on my electric bill? We heat with electricity.

"I have a woodburner in my basement. If I put a corn stove in my living room, will this really heat my home and save me money on my electric bill? We heat with electricity."

- You have to be able to distribute the heat throughout the house to avoid hot spots. Depending on your electric rates, heating with resistance electric can be very expensive.