Just found this forum and it has some excellent information!
I purchased a home 6 years ago that came with a Whitfield Pellet Stove, I also have oil heat. In the beginning the pellet stove was more of a novelty but over the years I have been burning more and more and using less oil each year. The stove is positioned in a corner of my house and my first floor is very open so it heats most of the first floor and as long as we keep the bedroom doors open upstairs it does a good job of heating the upper rooms. Over the years we have only ran the pellet stove when we are home over the weekends and every night after work.
I have been pushing more and more with the wife to run it 24/7 but we do have animals in the house and are afraid since it is fire. I know the stoves have safety controls in them but I am curious if many of you run yours 24/7 and especially when no one is home??
On an average year I am burning 1 1/2 ton but still burning about 600 gallons of oil as well, but compared to most people 600 gallons for the heating season and hot water for the summer is not much. Was buying pellets on average for $260-$300 a ton in years past and then all of a sudden at the end of last season there was a significant price drop at the big box stores and so far for this season I recently picked up a ton from HD for $197 and have some bags left over from last year and I will usually buy 5 or 10 bags here and there to supplement if needed.
I purchased a home 6 years ago that came with a Whitfield Pellet Stove, I also have oil heat. In the beginning the pellet stove was more of a novelty but over the years I have been burning more and more and using less oil each year. The stove is positioned in a corner of my house and my first floor is very open so it heats most of the first floor and as long as we keep the bedroom doors open upstairs it does a good job of heating the upper rooms. Over the years we have only ran the pellet stove when we are home over the weekends and every night after work.
I have been pushing more and more with the wife to run it 24/7 but we do have animals in the house and are afraid since it is fire. I know the stoves have safety controls in them but I am curious if many of you run yours 24/7 and especially when no one is home??
On an average year I am burning 1 1/2 ton but still burning about 600 gallons of oil as well, but compared to most people 600 gallons for the heating season and hot water for the summer is not much. Was buying pellets on average for $260-$300 a ton in years past and then all of a sudden at the end of last season there was a significant price drop at the big box stores and so far for this season I recently picked up a ton from HD for $197 and have some bags left over from last year and I will usually buy 5 or 10 bags here and there to supplement if needed.
