The ceiling fan pushes the heat down from the ceiling (winter operation) and seemingly sucks in almost all the colder air from the ground floor.
I would be interested in your experiences with this, also the model, function, mounting location, etc.
Physics naturally brings the warm air (also mostly stove-heated) initially upwards into the rather large gallery, where it becomes warm first. Meanwhile, we use these fans directly on the stove pipe, which I was initially rather skeptical about. Nevertheless, it is now such that it is less warm upstairs, meaning more heat stays downstairs, so it works well in that regard.
Our IR heater sometimes switches on as well, but we have it set more or less just as a basic safety measure.
We only rarely use the "air heat" from the air conditioning, for example, when I sit upstairs and want it warm quickly; then 15 minutes of power mode and it’s good; otherwise, it is used as air conditioning in summer.
We have Kfw40 or even better, and in my opinion we really need little heating costs; however, I believe that this only works with such individual user behavior, also with a stove, otherwise the temperature can quickly go wrong.
In the previous apartment, we had planned underfloor heating and a stove; we then rejected the stove because it was often too warm when the sun suddenly shone outside.
In other words, I almost only use the stove...
Same here, I think we have a similar model, also with a domestic hot water heat pump, and find it overall very economical.
From my point of view, besides the room volume and insulation, it depends even more on whether the floor plan is open and what kind of stove you have.
We have a Swedish stove with soapstone in the living room and there an open staircase. It never gets too warm, even if we fully fire up the 9 kW stove.
It is also very crucial whether you have a masonry heater with 10 kW or a stove that releases heat directly.
Exactly. The individual situation on site is of greatest importance (insulation, windows, solar gain, etc.) and therefore it is not so simple to compare. Added to that is always the individual user behavior and perception. For example, I prefer it cooler rather than too warm.