Wood burning stove...

[DKAudio]

Hmm, how do you reverse whirlybirds?

Making a plenum is more cost and effort than I want to put forth. I also want to take this down every spring (the reason I'm venting out the window).

I was going to line part of the back wall with Reflectix. It's supposed to bounce (reflect) heat back and off it. I was also thinking about putting foam between my garage door slats. Do you think any of that would help?

Maybe I will install a fan above the window pointing down. That will push air across the heat coming off the flue pipe and the stove itself and push it down into the room before it rises back up.

[HayZee518]

most ceiling fans have a reverse switch on the housing. check your manufacturer for one.

[DKAudio]

Ceiling fans? I didnt mention ceiling fans. I'm talking about roof whirlybirds...

[HayZee518]

ok, what is a roof whirlybird?
I did a google search and by definition a whirlybird is 1) a helicopter and 2) a cat play toy.

[HayZee518]

ok, I just did another search and found what you referred to. they are wind propelled vents that exhausts the hot air near the ridge and roof line. now since you are trying to heat your garage, simply place a piece of plywood over the vent with a "round" of fiberglass inside. if you go to craigslist search for surplus industrial ceiling fans and put one in to blow the heated air from the ceiling back down.

[DKAudio]

The ones they mount on your roof that spin to let out air that travels up through the soffit vents and through the attic. They're circular and have "fins" on them.

[HayZee518]

I saw the picture when I done a search.

[DKAudio]

These...

http://www.lomanco.com/images/Productsingle/BIB12.jpg

[pushkins]

I knew what you were talking about, where I come from that's their name and pretty much all they are called
You cannot reverse them, to do that you would need to re manufacture the angle of the veins. Basically you need to turn the entire head inside out.

[DKAudio]

That is what I thought, when Hayzee said reverse them I knew we must be talking about different things. I did not think I could stop that up draft.

Any opinions on these thoughts...

"I was going to line part of the back wall with Reflectix. It's supposed to bounce (reflect) heat back and off it. I was also thinking about putting foam between my garage door slats. Do you think any of that would help?

Maybe I will install a fan above the window pointing down. That will push air across the heat coming off the flue pipe and the stove itself and push it down into the room before it rises back up."