Your 7K/6K generator is probably adequate for your whole house IF your range and dryer are gas (in addition to the aforementioned water heater and furnace). We run everything in our house except the electric ovens on our 6500 watt Honda. If you have an electric range or oven, I'd just forget about running it on the generator; the generator might be able to handle the range/oven alone, but there would be nothing left to power the rest of the house. I'd leave the electric clothes dryer off, too, although it doesn't draw as much as a range.
Once you eliminate those four big appliances, the major concern is having enough juice to handle the starting load when you first turn on the generator. Refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner and well pump may all come on at once and if the voltage drops enough they're not going to run. The remaining loads probably aren't that big. We have two refrigerators, a freezer, a 3/4 hp pump and a 22K Btu/hr air conditioner; our Honda has no problem starting all of them together. If you have a big central A/C, then it's going to be the big draw. You need to look at the starting current for these items; it will be much higher than the running current.
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