How many bags a day do you burn?

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I have burned 15 bags since 10-9, burning 24/7 at 70 deg with thermostat.
It shuts down a lot when up to temp, during the heat wave in the NE it would be off 4-5 hours some times.
 
Last winter we burned 217 40lb bags. We have a raised ranch (about 1500sf) and maintain temperatures between 66-72 degrees.
 
We average one bag/day before Mid November and after Mid March.
Almost two bags/day. Mid Nov - Mid March.
 
I am heating a four unit apartment house built about ten years ago using a Traeger PB 150 Pellet Boiler Made by Pinnical. I am using around 2 bags a day right now for heat and hot water for the entire building. This building has one bedroom apartments and is 2400 sq. ft.

It's going to be one of the coldest nights so far this year tonight and I think I may use three plus bags in 24 hours to night, we'll see. I am burning Athins wood pellets right now. They put out a fair amount of ash but also put out good heat.

This Boiler went in April 7th and has never been turned off except for cleaning. (got it from Evergreen Heat in Old Orchard Beach) Through the summer to heat hot water for the four units took about 1 bag per day. This was not the most efficient way to run this boiler but it was a whole lot cheaper than oil.

This is turning out to be a very efficient boiler and I could not be happier with it. Completely Trouble free.
 
Rich said:
I am heating a four unit apartment house built about ten years ago using a Traeger PB 150 Pellet Boiler Made by Pinnical. I am using around 2 bags a day right now for heat and hot water for the entire building. This building has one bedroom apartments and is 2400 sq. ft.

It's going to be one of the coldest nights so far this year tonight and I think I may use three plus bags in 24 hours to night, we'll see. I am burning Athins wood pellets right now. They put out a fair amount of ash but also put out good heat.

This Boiler went in April 7th and has never been turned off except for cleaning. (got it from Evergreen Heat in Old Orchard Beach) Through the summer to heat hot water for the four units took about 1 bag per day. This was not the most efficient way to run this boiler but it was a whole lot cheaper than oil.

This is turning out to be a very efficient boiler and I could not be happier with it. Completely Trouble free.
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What burn pot are you using? Do you have one feed cup blocked or are you running all three?
 
JPCOMP said:
On a cold day I am sure I could burn 2 bags a day and the house would be warm.... That's $12/day. Not exactly cheap!... Oh well I will just wait for pellets to come down before I buy more.

I have a 1500 SF Colonial with improving insulation day by day.
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We are burning 2 bags a day now, occasionally more but we are heating a 2900+ sq foot pile of stone to av. 67. For me, $10-15.00 per day is nothing compared to heating this place to 62 and burning 100 gallons per week (min)!
 
Nicely insulated 1800 sq foot colonial fully heated to low 60s during the day and high 60s at night.

So far about 1 bag a day, this will probably be closer to 2 bags when the New England winter really kicks in.
 
1500 sq ft cape with walled off rooms. 1-1 1/2 bags per day 24/7 to keep it 72*ish in stove room, 65*ish all other rooms in the house. Keep the stove on 2 pellet feed rate-3 blower most of the time.
 
Its my first year in a long time for my wood insert and my pellet burner, just put them back in after 10 years sitting in the garage.
As of today I have only used 2 bags of pellets my wood insert is doing the job. I still have 200 bags of pellets to use up in the real cold days. My house is staying about 70. I live on ten acres so I got all the wood i need. With the folage off the trees and brush I can get at wood i could not get at a month ago.
Jim
 
here it is novenber 25 I am on my 5th bag of pellets starting tonight. I also have a wood burner and ten acres of woods. I have been running the pellet burner at night. my son lives in the bacemant and want to keep it warm for him also. I block of the rooms i am not using and have blankits up on doorways that do not have doors such as halls. Getting the wood burning down soso but have a lot more to learn. I have an apartment attached to the left side of my house we but new doors and windows in it this fall the apartment is 900 sq ft. still on last years 500 gallon tank 27 persent full and have a 1000 gallon tank full and paid for just waiting to switch. I also have 200 bags of pellets on the front porch.
jim
 
Less than a bag a day here.
 
I am using a MT Vernon AE freestanding stove to heat approximately 3300 sf colonial home. Started using the stove at the beginning of October and would run it for a couple hours a day to keep the home toasty. With the cold snap the last couple of weeks in CT I have been putting about 2 bags a day through it. The house is generally between 64’ in the bedrooms to 67’ downstairs, although the temperature differential between where the stove and the bedrooms can vary by 5’ or so. So I normally have the stove set at 72’ to keep the house in the ranges mentioned above.

Because I have 9’ ceilings the stove has to work harder to keep up. But I still need to experiment between Automatic and Manual mode as I seem to be burning a lot of pellets in automatic mode.
ly
 
Enviro Empress - 1900 sq ft colonial - with stove well situated to move heat up center staircase.

45 bags a month last January & February, then 60 bags from the first of March through the end of May. In the spring I turn the stove off during the day when the sun is out & the temperature is over 45.
 
Heating 1540 sq ft. (1st/2nd floor of small Cape)
The stove is in the living room.
We have been running it in stove temp mode setting between 2 and 3.
The circulator fan has noise issues and works better if we leave
it in stove temp mode on high speed until dealer looks at stove.
Living room/Kitchen area is around 73-76 and bedrooms upstairs
are around 64-65 with some help from fans.

It was 10 Deg this AM and a toasty 70 when I came downstairs.

To keep the stove running 24/7 it is using 1 to 1.5 bags a day.
4 tons will last almost 4.5 months burning 1.5 bags a day.
So far very pleased!!
 
Maybe 1 bag a day at beginning and end of season, 2 bags a day during the coldest part. We stay at about 66-67 degrees (our preference) and it's our primary heat for 2000 s.f.
 
None. Oil is cheaper, why would I burn more expensive pellets? If oil goes back over $2.50 to $2.75, I'll start burning pellets again. I have 4 tons stored at this time.
 
Enviro Empress stove, heating about 2400 sq ft of very insulated ICF house. We maintain at least 69 degrees throughout the house, burning at level 2 setting on the stove, we use 50-60 lbs per day. I clean the stove about every 8 days. I burn Somerset Pellets from Somerset, KY. My electric co-op came out when we built the house and did the blower door pressure test on the house. We were one of the first houses certified Energy Star compliant.
 
Personally I think some people need to get a handle on how much heat can be expected from a lb of wood whether it`s in pellet form or a hardwood log.
Think about it now, the amount of wood in a pellet stove burn pot on high amounts to a couple handfulls of pellets. I think it`s amazing how much heat it gives off but the compromise for that hot fire is that it burns rather quickly since oxygen is forced through the fire much like a blacksmith`s forge.
The point is that just so many BTU`s can be extracted from a pound of wood regardless of what form it`s in or what kind of stove it is burned in (all things being somewhat equal with respect to efficiency.)
 
I had said ealier that I burned about 45 pounds in 24-27 hours. Well, when it got really cold towards the end of the week, I was going through about 60-65 pounds a day. But, the house was toasty!
 
Pelletluvr said:
None. Oil is cheaper, why would I burn more expensive pellets? If oil goes back over $2.50 to $2.75, I'll start burning pellets again. I have 4 tons stored at this time.
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I think you are correct. I too probably should shut off the pellet stove and use oil at least till the price of oil goes back up.
 
Gio said:
Pelletluvr said:
None. Oil is cheaper, why would I burn more expensive pellets? If oil goes back over $2.50 to $2.75, I'll start burning pellets again. I have 4 tons stored at this time.
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I think you are correct. I too probably should shut off the pellet stove and use oil at least till the price of oil goes back up.
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Did you pay $300 per ton for your pellets? Wouldn't you have to pay that much in order for oil to be the better deal at $2.50?
 
Using just a tad over one bag per day (one bag in about 20 hours)... not on a thermostat and we're keeping our 100 year old barn at 74 degrees plus. It would cost us $200.00 month right now to keep our house 74 degrees with natural gas.
 
XXV owner with about a 1200 sq. foot cape style house with not so good insulation and not so good windows.

Just dropped in the last bag from my first ton of pellets today. I've been using the stove, especially at night, since mid September due to a very young grandchild in the house. Stove room averages 72 while other rooms are 68 or so.

While I agree that with the price of oil dropping it'll be a toss up to see whether burning oil is the less expensive route. For me, however, I've already spend my oil money on pellets and a pellet stove. This year, anyway, there is no extra money to buy oil as well.
 
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