Hello
First time poster. We owned a pellet stove about 14 years ago when we lived in NM. It was bought from Home depot and was made in Canada I believe but don't remember the make. I believe the cost was around $1200. We really like that stove, very bare bones and had no problems while owned. We moved and now live in East Tennessee.
Our house is a split foyer with a main floor and basement. It is all electric with a heat pump. Needless to say when it get below 30 degrees it is cold in the house and the emergency heater struggles to keep the temperature close to 65. We have a fireplace in the basement which is also pretty useless. We think we would like another pellet stove and place it in the upstairs living room where we usually hang. There are a few stores that sell stoves locally but being in the south mostly folks burn wood. The one store sells the Enviro Empress which was operational and very quiet. My wife liked the brown color also, cost around $3400. They also sell the Lopi Leyden for a couple hundred less but didn't have a display. They don't sell pellets and the person we talked to didn't seem exceptionally knowledgeable. Another store had the Lennox arbor for about $4000. This stove was louder especially the combustion fan but it did put out the heat. We plan to visit another store that sells a couple of other brands and has pellets on Saturday since they are about 30 minutes away. I believe they sell Harman, Englander, and Thelin. Out of those stoves I listed is there any that we should stay away from? They all seem kinda expensive but with the tax credit helps to reduce the cost.
Thanks
Doug
First time poster. We owned a pellet stove about 14 years ago when we lived in NM. It was bought from Home depot and was made in Canada I believe but don't remember the make. I believe the cost was around $1200. We really like that stove, very bare bones and had no problems while owned. We moved and now live in East Tennessee.
Our house is a split foyer with a main floor and basement. It is all electric with a heat pump. Needless to say when it get below 30 degrees it is cold in the house and the emergency heater struggles to keep the temperature close to 65. We have a fireplace in the basement which is also pretty useless. We think we would like another pellet stove and place it in the upstairs living room where we usually hang. There are a few stores that sell stoves locally but being in the south mostly folks burn wood. The one store sells the Enviro Empress which was operational and very quiet. My wife liked the brown color also, cost around $3400. They also sell the Lopi Leyden for a couple hundred less but didn't have a display. They don't sell pellets and the person we talked to didn't seem exceptionally knowledgeable. Another store had the Lennox arbor for about $4000. This stove was louder especially the combustion fan but it did put out the heat. We plan to visit another store that sells a couple of other brands and has pellets on Saturday since they are about 30 minutes away. I believe they sell Harman, Englander, and Thelin. Out of those stoves I listed is there any that we should stay away from? They all seem kinda expensive but with the tax credit helps to reduce the cost.
Thanks
Doug
