I currently own a quadra fire classic bay(7years old)that I have had a lot of problems with.I am currently looking at buying a Avalon astoria stove.Has anyone had any experience with this stove?Thanks for any information.coobie
I was looking at new but have not had a chance to price one yet here in michigan.coobiemacman said:Welcome to the forum coobie.
I had a 2005 Astoria, and can honestly say that I NEVER had one thing go wrong with it. It just ran and ran. Good heat, and quiet. Easy to work on.
I even bought a spare auger motor and spare ignitor thinking I might need them (especially the ignitor since I ran it on a stat and it's an on/off stove), but never needed either part, and sold them.
If you DO end up buying one, just like any other pellet stove, just keep it really clean, and you shouldn't have any trouble.
BTW, what year Astoria are you looking at? New or used?
Don2222 said:.......the trap door on the auger shute so the fire does not back up into the 115lb hopper and set the hopper AND your house on fire!..............I also purchased a digital Honeywell 5-2 setback thermostat so in the fall I have the stove start up at 2:00 AM and turn off at 11:00 AM to warm the house only when needed. This is done by making the temp 80 degrees when you want the stove to come on and 50 degrees when you want the stove to turn off. This according to some people is the best way to use a thermostat because I heard if it cycles too much by setting the thermostat to temp you want in the room may prematurely wear out the control board. If anyone knows anything else about this please chime in?.......Don
Don, it's obvious that the "salesman" at that place doesn't have any idea what he's talking about. I would have SERIOUS doubts about using him in the future for any kind of reliable info or help.Don2222 said:Hello
Thanks Inferno.
The Salesman at the Stove Shoppe told me the control board would fail if I used the thermostat normally. If I can use it normally that is good news. Does your stove cycle on and off alot when using the thermostat? What temp setting and times do you program it for? Please let us know for reference.
Also I have not had any pellet jams with the trap door installed. The trap door in my stove is weighted at the bottom and swings very easily. Thanks again I will check into that.
Don
Don2222 said:....Thanks for the info on the Stat setting. What heat setting from 1-6 do you use in your schedule??
......when I brought a bag of pellets in and dump them right into the hopper the condesation created when they warmed up, jammed the auger. The instructions were very good and so I just stuck a long screw driver up into the auger chute and dislodged the stuck pelletes next to the top of the auger. Now I just bring in 3 bags next to the pellet stove so they will be room temperature before I dump them into the hopper.
Also in a similar case I cleaned the fire brick design metal back and pit it back into the stove while it was still damp and wet. That is a real NO NO since the moisture again jammed up the top of the auger chute.
As far as accessories, I heard the log set just gets dirty with pellet dust all the time and is a pain to clean. Is that true?
Don
macman said:BTW Don, the name is MacMan, not Inferno....see the left end of the blue bar above each post.
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