So I have two stoves, one a Hearthstone Tribute for kitchen/dining area and an FPX 44 for the living room.
I'm finding out that the Tribute just takes a lot of messing with to keep a good fire going in it, and the burn times are not what I'd like. And for an "occasional" use stove it seems to take a while to get really heated up and get the secondaries going to be real efficient.
Just doing some mental gymnastics - since pellet stoves are more mechanically involved than wood burners, am I just trading one set of maintenance/care activities for another?
And to dove tail with that - how long does it take for a pellet stove to get warmed up?
I'm finding out that the Tribute just takes a lot of messing with to keep a good fire going in it, and the burn times are not what I'd like. And for an "occasional" use stove it seems to take a while to get really heated up and get the secondaries going to be real efficient.
Just doing some mental gymnastics - since pellet stoves are more mechanically involved than wood burners, am I just trading one set of maintenance/care activities for another?
And to dove tail with that - how long does it take for a pellet stove to get warmed up?