any suggestions for pellet furnace fha??....

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planning new home, 2000 sf, SIP walls, cathedral room, want to use a pellet furnace in basement
for main heat source via ducts...supp with a zero clearance f/p...any suggestions
for brands best for this in terms of maint, costs to run etc...i am in northern mass at nh border,
...i have heard about new regs in mass..doe these affect homes?? any help appreciated by a newbie...
sm

 

[hossthehermit]

St. Croix Revolution.

 

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thanks..hey, i'm not far from you Lobstah Land....loc in ma at NH line, but have lots of fun at the Pemi point area..
i'll check out those furnaces...sm

 

[hossthehermit]

Actually ordered mine from Pellet King in Nashua in June of '08, delivered on time, installed myself w/ help from 1 friend,took parts of 3 daysto do it. Not a hitch yet, nock on wood

 

[jtakeman]

Looks like there are only a few choices out there. The Revolutions seems to be a good one from the reviews. Harman has a PF 100 but there having issues with the burnpots warping. Fahrenheit has the Endurance that has some software issues. They have them fixed. I also think US Stoves has a model 6500 but I haven't looked into that one. Still early in this game. More will jump on board soon. Seems the boilers are getting the most attention first!

So far the revo seems like the ticket!

 

[smwilliamson]

I have a friend that installed a Napoleon unit, he has had a good season with it. I installed it. Pretty nice unit. I'll post some specs after the kids go to bed.

 

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[rona]

A Bixby UBB might be worthwhile looking into. It is multi fuel and starts out with 300# hopper capacity and you can buy add on extensions for more capacity. It also puts out 70,000 btu, auto dumping of the pot ,auto ignition, and will run on thermostat.

 

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thanks rona..i will check out this bixby ubb......find it's tough to get pricing out of some of these websites.,
hope to make some calls soon and will post results here...thanks again...steve aka sm

 

[summit]

Harman PF100.. I dunno about the warping pots, never seen one do it.. I have seen flame guides warp out, but thats an easy fix.

 

[hossthehermit]

thanks rona..i will check out this bixby ubb......find it's tough to get pricing out of some of these websites.,
hope to make some calls soon and will post results here...thanks again...steve aka sm

Pretty much gonna hafta talk to dealers for pricing, based on my experience.

 

[jtakeman]

Harman PF100.. I dunno about the warping pots, never seen one do it.. I have seen flame guides warp out, but thats an easy fix.

Check here, I think there calling them bubbles???

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/49830/

But definetly there and still not resolved AFAIK!