I'm really glad I got a pellet stove

timbo said:

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

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hossthehermit said:

timbo said:

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

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Thought about a pellet or wood stove in the basement????????? Doesn't take much to keep pipes from freezing.

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timbo said:

hossthehermit said:

timbo said:

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

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Thought about a pellet or wood stove in the basement????????? Doesn't take much to keep pipes from freezing.

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hth,

I have thought about it but in this house, there is no way to go down cellar without going outside...it's a small damp cellar only partially under the house (the rest is crawl space) and it's completely unfinished. I did think about making a forced air flue from the living room (the warmest room in the house) down into the cellar, just to push warmer air into there but not sure if that would work...

thanks for the suggestion though,

Tim

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Panhandler said:

timbo said:

hossthehermit said:

timbo said:

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

Click to expand...

Thought about a pellet or wood stove in the basement????????? Doesn't take much to keep pipes from freezing.

Click to expand...

hth,

I have thought about it but in this house, there is no way to go down cellar without going outside...it's a small damp cellar only partially under the house (the rest is crawl space) and it's completely unfinished. I did think about making a forced air flue from the living room (the warmest room in the house) down into the cellar, just to push warmer air into there but not sure if that would work...

thanks for the suggestion though,

Tim

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Several people on here use small electric heaters in basement and crawl spaces with a Thermo Cube that turns the heater on and off at temperature.

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GotzTheHotz said:

And why 'fish on' may I ask? We may need to talk about something else?

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Fish On said:

Franks said:

GotzTheHotz said:

And why 'fish on' may I ask? We may need to talk about something else?

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Because he just set the hook on a 10" bluegill using 4 lb test a #8 hook and a trout worm...the fight is on! Loosen that drag! Bluegill Filets tonight!

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http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=24636&d=1164237447

Sorry 12lb test, and catch and release only for me

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