[teachrdan]

There's some old school technology to solve that problem. For example, I stayed in a friend's ancient family home in Maine that simply had a bedroom over the living room wood stove, and an open vent between the two floors to let the heat through. There are also non-electric fans to help distribute heat from a wood stove.

https://www.amazon.com/PYBBO-Improved-Fireplace-Magnetic-The...

[benlivengood]

To clarify, that fan is electric and powered by a peltier (thermoelectric effect) device using heat from the stove.

[sunflowerfly]

This is exactly why old farmhouses here in the Midwest were T shaped. There was a chimney in the center of each long arm of the T. Then vents through the floor right above the heaters to warm the second story. With good placement they did not need to blow the heat around.