Just finished up the first year on my new Blaze King King that I got last November and I was nothing short of impressed. But as the winter is coming to a close, I have decided that I need to do away with one of my oil-fired Toyostove space heaters. I have two, one big and one small that basically serve as back-up/auxiliary heat. They don't put out very much, and are too costly to run for my liking so I'm either going to replace one of them with another wood stove, or a pellet stove. Also considering a coal stove but I think I'd have to come across one cheap to put that in as we only have sub-bituminous coal up here (however it's rather clean burning for a soft coal).
I really would like the flexibility of having two different cheaper-than-oil fuel sources, and the fact that I could just by pellet fuel on a whim. Whereas, I can't just go cut and split more wood and have instant dry wood to burn. One part of me thinks, if I'm already processing the wood, why not just process a little more? If I went with another wood stove, I think I'd get a Princess, Scirocco or Chinook. I also like the automation of a pellet stove, but then again, the Blaze King is pretty easy to run too. The main thing that's stopping me from getting a pellet stove is the high cost of pellets up here and and the high cost of the stove itself.
Thoughts, opinions? Anyone running a wood stove and a pellet stove? I've read quite a few threads from people here running two wood stoves but haven't seem to come across running both pellet and wood. Maybe I'm not paying attention enough though...
I really would like the flexibility of having two different cheaper-than-oil fuel sources, and the fact that I could just by pellet fuel on a whim. Whereas, I can't just go cut and split more wood and have instant dry wood to burn. One part of me thinks, if I'm already processing the wood, why not just process a little more? If I went with another wood stove, I think I'd get a Princess, Scirocco or Chinook. I also like the automation of a pellet stove, but then again, the Blaze King is pretty easy to run too. The main thing that's stopping me from getting a pellet stove is the high cost of pellets up here and and the high cost of the stove itself.
Thoughts, opinions? Anyone running a wood stove and a pellet stove? I've read quite a few threads from people here running two wood stoves but haven't seem to come across running both pellet and wood. Maybe I'm not paying attention enough though...