New guy looking for advice

[monkers]

thank you all for the advice and tips! Im gonna keep doing some looking, Im about 2 hours give or take from Albany, so I might just take a ride up there one day. Nearest dealers to me are about 40 mins away, Stoves Plus and Chimney Sweep Energy Corp. Im near Liberty, Monticello area, in Grahamsville. I did not write Home Depot or Tractor Supply off, but I want service also, and our local Home Depot only had 2 stoves in stock, one in a box still and no one knew anything about them.....lol...thank you again for the help....I got some homework to do....

 

[Trickyrick]

Gem Woodstoves
19.3 Miles
7987 Route 32 North
Cairo, NY 12413
518-622-3862

I got mine here and he is good to deal with

Best Fire Hearth & Patio - troy

23.0 Miles
720 Hoosick Rd
Troy, NY 12180
518-273-9600
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Best Fire Hearth & Patio - Albany

23.6 Miles
1760 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12205
518-869-9600

These guys are great too....

 

[Millsk]

The one point I would make here, is that you should buy a stove to do more than suppliment your heat. Once you choose the stove then you have the choice. But you may regret buying an undersized stove and not being able to heat the whole house. It may be a larger up front cost, I expect my M55 to pay back in 5 years including the duct work install.

I second the Enviro vote, because that's what I have and it works great, not becuase I have experience with other stoves.

 

[kykel]

Hello guys, I just found this group and have started reading up on pellet stoves. We are currently beginning to look for a pellet stove to assist heating the house (it has oil heat). We would like it downstairs in the living room, the downstairs is somewhat "open" design. The kitchen/dining/ living area is fairly open. The downstairs has hardwood and tile floors.
We have gone to two of the local places (thats all there really is, other than Tractor Supply and Home Depot) we would prefer not to buy from them. The two stores we looked at were helpful, but being new to all this I need to do some research. I grew up with wood stoves, never had a pellet stove. The one store "steered" us towards Harman, P43 I think it was, they had other brands, but he pushed this one.
The next store sold only St.Croix stoves. They seem comparable, though the Harman dealer kept talking up the Harman bottom feed, though he couldnt tell me why I would want this feature.
So, what I guess Im asking is, does anyone have experience with these brands, and can give me some first hand info on them. Both were about the same price, and about the same number of features.
Im gonna go check out their web sites to see if I can find out more info on them.Thank you for your help,
Craig

Im heating 2300 sq ft with my enviro m55 cast fs. Very satisfied. Self cleaning burn pot works great. Just keeps pushing the ash out. Dont turn my heat on on the first floor and use it sparingly on the second floor. I get a lot of heat up the stairwell and as long as the bedroom doors are opened it heats them pretty good. When it gets real cold ,below 20, wifey will turn up the thermostat at knight. Good luck with what ever you purchase.