Woodstove do move some heat through vertical convection, if they didn't the stove pipe wouldn't be worth a damn.
But for the most part they radiate heat.
People put various cement based heat shields behind the wood stoves.
But I found a reflective one to be the best. That is unless you are trying to add heat to the wall behind the stove.
The fans are supposed to work like an electric convection fan would. The electric convection fan heats the air, and fan blows it across the room.
These fans can make a cold room feel warmer much more quickly than a radiating one would.
We have corner door fans that are supposed to move warm air from one room to another... regardless of the actual heat source and style.
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