How's your stove holding up to the frigid temps?

[brokenknee]

Had a -27 on my vehicle the other day, heard the wind-chill was a minus 50 in a town about 20 miles west of me. The Harman is keeping up but going through 2 bags a day, at $4 a bag it is really more than I want to spend. I really need to get my wood stove installed. I thought I would have it in by now but wasn't able to find anyone to do the taping on my addition. I have done some, so I am in the process of doing it. I just have a few spots to touch up and then paint. I have the wood ready to go as I have been using wood as my main source of heat for the last two years. I bought the pellet stove for the shoulder seasons.

It warmed up to above 0 yesterday, but the high today was a minus 2. Heard we are in for a heat wave next week (20) but then they are talking another winter storm coming in.

 

[iceguy4]

I warm, but I'm burning some pellets!! Its hard to estimate how many bags are burned with a bulk hopper but I'd say I got very close to 2 1/2 tons burned. I'll know better this weekend when I clean and move some pellets.. We keep the house a lot warmer then we did burning fuel oil.

 

[tumbles]

9 here!. Running the stove on low medium and the House is 78. The dog and I are good and toasty. Lopi Leyden and Vermont wood pellets are keeping us warm! The Vermont's are great, low ash and high heat? Biggest complaint from family is the house is too warm! Have to keep the bedroom doors closed s it gets too hot! Son doesn't want to go to friends house as they keep the oil heat at 62. Loving the pellet heat!

 

[Hoot23]

Nice in here.

 

[bollyRZ500]

-26C or -15F currently brrrr!

had to adjust feed to 4, heat to 4, blower to 5

 

[PoolGuyinCT]

-26C or -15F currently brrrr!

had to adjust feed to 4, heat to 4, blower to 5

That makes me feel weak,,,

 

[boomhour]

That makes me feel weak,,,

Me to, was -28 things are looking up .

 

[iceguy4]

keep the oil heat at 62

Yes yes...we use to keep it at that and below (set back).
Those were the "old days" we keep it closer to 72° now ... and our set back temp still 55° Its kinda funny...62° is fine in the summer and unacceptable in the winter
It was close to zero this morning

 

[briansol]

reading all of these temps way colder than mine and inside way hotter than mine make me hate my stove.

i'm struggling to keep my 1400 sq ft house built in 1997 with modern windows/etc at 62 with the thing cranked burning barefoots.

wtf. lennox sucks.

 

[boomhour]

Me to, was -28 View attachment 120569 things are looking up .

well they were

 

[moey]

reading all of these temps way colder than mine and inside way hotter than mine make me hate my stove.

i'm struggling to keep my 1400 sq ft house built in 1997 with modern windows/etc at 62 with the thing cranked burning barefoots.

wtf. lennox sucks.

People put there thermostats in different locations. I used to run mine up to 78 doesn't mean the majority of my house was that warm not anywhere near there.

 

[briansol]

I gauge by my oil pig wall mounted Taco thermostat. Not the pellet stove.

 

[AGPNY]

nice and warm here in upstate ny my agp stove is doing a good job its about 75 in my house and 13 out side i'm only going throw a bag and half i'm happy with that right now i'm burning some stove chaw

 

[Threerun]

We've got down to −20 to −25 last week, not including wind chill. Now we're in a warm spell. It was 45deg today! Makes ice fishing tough when you get 12" good ice, melt off and refreezing. I just wish it would stay COLD!

We actually shut down our stove over the past few days. Got a good cleaning in while it was not needed. Temps look to fall again at mid-week to single digit lows. Our M55 freestanding does a great job in our home. Nice and toasty, 1 bag per day.

 

[Kherr]

11 below here last week in the mornings. Warmed up to upper 20's, but now foggy due to inversion. P43 has been purring along keeping us nice and warm. Fog today caused OAK vent to freeze over. That caused some ugly black crap in the stove due to lack of air. Oops! That was new one. Gonna have to keep the vent clear.

 

[Big E]

My Big E has 140# hopper. 1 bag in the morning and 1 bag in the evening, just to keep her full. 7 Degrees F outside as I type this, 65 degrees inside. Heat setting on 3. Haven't had to go to heat setting 4 yet...

 

[jimfrompa]

Nights in the teens to middle 20's. Using about one half a bag more than when the temps stay in the low 30's at night. House nice and warm except in rooms furthest from the stove - they are 68 to 70. Rest of the house is 71 - 73. Stove runs about 25 minutes every hour with heat output set to medium high. Furnace set to come on at 66 but has yet to kick on this winter. My oil supplier is wondering what the hell is going on.

 

[MikeNH]

These are the types of mornings I'm glad I bought the next size up from what my math said I needed.

 

[Hoot23]

Had to bump it up a little.

 

[St_Earl]

^we had temps like that called for up here too.
only hit -8 though. so far.
stove is doing well. getting more heat from the new pellets.

 

[kenstogie]

-1 right now ranges from 60 to 70 depending on what i have the feed rate at. 1-2 bags per day..... glad i have a bigger hopper.

 

[VIBErator]

Was

 

[Augmister]

Was

BUT your air quality is GOOD!

 

[VIBErator]

BUT your air quality is GOOD!

Yes if you took little baby breaths.

 

[Danny9909]

8 degrees last night burn on low on my Lopi Yankee Bay insert . Kept my the house at 70 degrees. Burning Barefoot pellets