iceguy4
Minister of Fire
Don't pellets require less room then wood? Also the pole did not have an answer that I could use...its one step up from a one choice poll...
All done with pellets moving to wood stove or boiler!
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This is exactly how I feel. Pellets are so much more convenient than wood and with any fuel you need to plan ahead.
When I clicked on your post to like it a message was added to the bottom that reads "you and boo boo like this." I guess that must make me Yogi.
TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
The ONLY real benefit I can see a wood stove having over a pellet stove is not needing electricity. It has no electronics thus will last alot longer.
mass_burner
Minister of Fire
pellets make sense if you have certain constraints, no wood supply, bad back, no outdoor space, but I prefer wood stoves cause you aren't confined to wood, you can burn bio bricks, energy logs, pellets.
TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
Pellet stoves are as close to "set and forget" as you can get with wood burning products. I load it with pellets first thing in the morning, load it again, right before bed and clean it once per week. The thermostat and auto igniter take care of the rest and keep the house at 70 degrees (+/- 1 degree)
Pellet_Pete
Feeling the Heat
Yep, which is why I'll be adding a wood stove to the mix for next year. Pellet stoves are staying though! Just would like a little versatility and diversity in my heating fuel diet.
wsar10
Burning Hunk
that depends on your specific application, If I had a basement under my whole house a pellet stove would not even be considered, I would have an old school coal or wood stove and use it as a whole house radiant heating source.
A Pellet Stove is a glorified space heater, which is exactly what I needed for my application.....
wsar10
Burning Hunk
Prices are going to fluctuate that's the price of doing business in ANY industry...
BUT If your "driving around looking for pellets" (unless your a noob) than that's on you and due to your own lack of preparation !
BUT If your "driving around looking for pellets" (unless your a noob) than that's on you and due to your own lack of preparation !
Polar Bear
Feeling the Heat
More room? 12 cords of wood vs. 4 tons of pellets to heat my house. The wood takes so much more room and very dirty and full of bugs and other $#!&. I will never go back.
I'm actually starting to research a pellet multifuel/furnace purchase sometime in the next 2-3 years. Its only a matter of time before pellet manufacturers sell a cheaper commercial grade pellet for boilers/furnaces/multifuels. The area I live has been predominately dairy farming forever. Some of these farms are turning multiuse and grain farming also. Will make for a cheap plentiful source.
Getting older and with less want and time to deal with wood my thoughts are heading towards an easier to deal with fuel.
Getting older and with less want and time to deal with wood my thoughts are heading towards an easier to deal with fuel.
wsar10
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nick123
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I'll say this..this is my first year burning pellets in an uninsulated house in upstate ny. I don't know what i would have done without a pellet stove this winter. I burned minimal oil and was warm. that said i'll be planning ahead for the year,getting insulation and looking at a back up solution like wood or multi fuel.
Could heat my house for a lifetime with what gets left in too wet to harvest fields in one growing season within 3 miles of my home for free.
Going to buy at least two seasons worth this spring. Nothing like having pellets on hand. Buying pellets is just like firewood, you are always working several season ahead.
I don't run all over the place looking for pellets just because the big boxes decide that the Fourth of July happens in February.
I'm a fool from the cold country I plan ahead.
I don't run all over the place looking for pellets just because the big boxes decide that the Fourth of July happens in February.
I'm a fool from the cold country I plan ahead.
wsar10
Burning Hunk
Good for you !
(I didn't mean that in a smart azz way..)
I literately mean "good for you"... I wish I could heat like that.
Here locally we sale tons and tons of hard corn for JUST Halloween decorations.....it really chaps my ass ! all that fuel for fire just laying on people's front porches as decoration...
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Moving to wood is not the answer either. You actually have to store multiple seasons worth of firewood in order for it to dry out. To put it in pellet terms, if you normally buy 3 ton to get through one year, you consistently need to have 9 ton or so on hand all the time just to make sure you have properly dried wood to burn. There's also splitting, stacking, and getting firewood in the house every week. I did it (and still do it) for many years. So if you're going to move away from pellets to firewood, check it out before doing it. Ask the good folks in the Hearth Room first. I throughly enjoy firewood, but its lots of work and time.
My business is ballstothewall during shoulder seasons and is one of the reasons I'd like to goto a multifuel stove to use during this time. ie Less time jackin around with wood. I'd still use my FA furnace for the main heating duty during the heart of winter when my hours aren't so crazy.
It really is less work than firewood. I'm 45 and starting to get too old for all that - in the next year or two as soon as I can scrape up the cash I'm going to get a second pellet insert and replace the wood stove with a pellet. Its much easier to move pellets in July than firewood in 10 degree snowy January.
But having said all that, the wood stove throws much more heat.
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