Several times in the past month since running the stove continuously, our stove makes a very annoying high pitch squealing noise when the auger runs to feed pellets into the fire. It's one thing for that to happen during the daytime but twice it has happened in the middle of the night/early morning. We turn the stove off because it's hard to fall back asleep with that noise. Closing the bedroom door did not seal out that high pitch (hooray for not being deaf?!?). We've been really good at cleaning the stove every 2-3 days (we clear the ash at least once per day from the burn pot area). Before we left for our night out on the town, we turned the stove on, squeal and all, and came home 3 hrs later. So far it seems to be running more quietly than it had before the squeal. Any ideas? Is it just one of those new stove sounds that gets worked out? Or should we have someone from the store come out and look at it even if it stays squeal-free? We're so worried that it will wake us up again tonight. Sleep deprivation does not make us happy people.
It seems that having it set at 70/4 keeps the house at a toasty 72-74 so I'm thinking of turning it down a notch since the warmer temps can make it harder to fall asleep but nice and cozy while we're awake.
It seems that having it set at 70/4 keeps the house at a toasty 72-74 so I'm thinking of turning it down a notch since the warmer temps can make it harder to fall asleep but nice and cozy while we're awake.