Hi Everyone!
I've been lurking for a while, reading all the posts and trying to absorb as much information as possible. My husband and I finally jumped in and bought a pellet stove. We went back and forth on wood verses pellet, and eventually pellets won out for various reasons. We live in a farmhouse that was built in 1870 and has electric baseboard heat. After 5 years of being cold and still paying $600 a month to the power company, we're picking a different heating option.
We purchased a US Stove 5660, the bay window stove, from Tractor Supply about a month ago. Our house is 1300 square feet so I'm hoping this stove does the trick. It's rated for up to 1750 square feet according to the manual. We're moving pretty slow on the install, but yesterday's low temps really got us moving.
I've attached a photo of the platform that we have built in our dining room. We're using this project as an excuse to finally remodel the ugliest room in the house. Not very exciting so far but I'll post more photos as we move along. We installed the cement board last night and we're hoping to get the 6x6 slate tiles in over the weekend.
I'm sure I'll have questions and would love any input if you see that we're doing something wrong. But I wanted to start a post now so everyone could see our progress from start to finish.
Thanks!
I've been lurking for a while, reading all the posts and trying to absorb as much information as possible. My husband and I finally jumped in and bought a pellet stove. We went back and forth on wood verses pellet, and eventually pellets won out for various reasons. We live in a farmhouse that was built in 1870 and has electric baseboard heat. After 5 years of being cold and still paying $600 a month to the power company, we're picking a different heating option.
We purchased a US Stove 5660, the bay window stove, from Tractor Supply about a month ago. Our house is 1300 square feet so I'm hoping this stove does the trick. It's rated for up to 1750 square feet according to the manual. We're moving pretty slow on the install, but yesterday's low temps really got us moving.
I've attached a photo of the platform that we have built in our dining room. We're using this project as an excuse to finally remodel the ugliest room in the house. Not very exciting so far but I'll post more photos as we move along. We installed the cement board last night and we're hoping to get the 6x6 slate tiles in over the weekend.
I'm sure I'll have questions and would love any input if you see that we're doing something wrong. But I wanted to start a post now so everyone could see our progress from start to finish.
Thanks!