I recently started smelling smoke from the pellet stove even though I keep it nice and clean. The wife tries to help by adding pellets which is nice. I come home from work one day and the stove is tweaked. I am kind of anal so when I installed the stove I lined everything up perfectly. My problem is that the stove is sitting on marble and the marble allows the stove to move if you push on the side. So I am guessing that the wife moved the stove while adding the pellets breaking the seal in the pipe somewhere. I am cranky and don't feel like screwing with it anymore this year so it is shut down. When I am in a better mood I will completely disassemble and do a thorough cleaning. Oil is only $1.56 per gallon, that is pretty cheap so that is what I will be heating with for the rest of the year even though I have enough pellets for the next heating season.
I just shut down my stove for the year
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THE ROOSTER
Feeling the Heat
How much more of a season do you have???
I too am close to finishing my season up, just need to burn the bag I have open... I need to pull my stove out this summer to work on a few things...
I too am close to finishing my season up, just need to burn the bag I have open... I need to pull my stove out this summer to work on a few things...
orangecrushcj7
Feeling the Heat
Here in Mass I'll be heating steadily thru April, and into some of May.... I think they heat year round up in Maine... LOL
Lorne41
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bungalobob
Feeling the Heat
Yes we have winter here in Maine forever. I am moving the stove into the basement anyway so I guess now is as good a time as any. My wife and the two kids do not like the heat so it is always a battle, I leave the room and they turn down the stove. When I come back into the room I turn the stove back up. So I will be spending most of my time in the full daylight basement after the stove gets moved. I actually spend most of my time down there anyway since my office is down there.
SmokeyTheBear
Minister of Fire
Ok now folks here is the true story on the seasons in Maine.
Winter July 6 - July 2.
De bank house day July 3.
Fourth of July July 4.
Re bank house day July 5.
July 3 through July 5 is sometimes called summer.
Winter July 6 - July 2.
De bank house day July 3.
Fourth of July July 4.
Re bank house day July 5.
July 3 through July 5 is sometimes called summer.
Lorne41
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bungalobob said:
That's the sunny South side of the house, the North side is deeper... just kidding!
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SmokeyTheBear
Minister of Fire
North of 60
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Steveo said:
I have always anchored my stoves down. We live in a high seismic zone and I have to do it with my mechanical installs at work, so I figurred my home is worth it also.
MainePellethead
Minister of Fire
Enough over exagerating.. lol It varies on the actual end of the season. Also.....southern maine is much diff by way of insects. You have never seen a nuisance until you have seen a yard full of blackflies until you have been in the Bangor area.... I was raised in Lincoln....they actually helped move me to So. Maine years ago...lol. So. Maine dont really get black flies as much.....more mosquitos.
slls
Minister of Fire
[/quote] no no BrotherBart it goes Winter/Construction/Winter![/quote]
Have you looked around lately, construction now goes year round, not like the old days.
Have you looked around lately, construction now goes year round, not like the old days.
Lorne41
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SmokeyTheBear said:
Oh yeah, they're great with BBQ sauce.... or is that they say that we're great with BBQ sauce! LOL
North of 60
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no no BrotherBart it goes Winter/Construction/Winter![/quote]
Have you looked around lately, construction now goes year round, not like the old days.[/quote]
We do construction year round here. At a great $ mind you. It should be able to be done pretty much any where else then.
N of 60
Have you looked around lately, construction now goes year round, not like the old days.[/quote]
We do construction year round here. At a great $ mind you. It should be able to be done pretty much any where else then.
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