My Bulk Fill photos
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tsmith
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gbreda
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Nice system. What brand of pellets do they use?
ETA, Just saw on the website,. So those are Vermont pellets at 265/ton AND delivered right into the basement?
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ETA, Just saw on the website,. So those are Vermont pellets at 265/ton AND delivered right into the basement?
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jtakeman
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CTguy9230
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that sure beats 3 or 4 hundred trips up and down the basement stairs....
MacP
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Defiant
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SteveB
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Thanks all! Yeah, between the 300+ trips up and down the basement stairs, I'd rather go up the other stairs with my wife. He he......
Cowdogz
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mepellet
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Looks nice! Esp if They carry good pellets. The bulk delivery outfit around this area carried something less than average last time I checked.
Northwoodneil
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The bags came from Heutz oil in Maine. Total for everything was about $500. They did have some bags (different model) but similar capacity on sale for around $ 79 bucks each..I missed the sale. I did have to have the two inlet holes drilled and that was another $100 bucks. The plywood and cinder blocks I already had. So yeah, it was expensive but.....whereas a lot of folks have the use of a pickup and some HD type stores will even fork lift them into the back, I have an SUV and most of the places I went for pellets last year won't help you at all as far as loading. So it's lift up...put on cart, lift up, put in car, lift up, put in garage, later....lift up put in basement, repeat many times
Hell, I'm an old fart, I will seek the path of least resistance! As far as dust, I learned a lesson.....the bags do breath, but some dust is created and unless you want to blow the bag like a balloon you have to keep one of the bag vents ( at the top) open to expel the dust, hence the dust on the top of the bag and a bit on the floor. The solution (for next time) is to hook up a dryer vent hose at the top and run 8' to my basement window to shoot out the excess dust. Now I just have to dream about the reverse house vac trick and shoot the pellets right into my hopper.
Hell, I'm an old fart, I will seek the path of least resistance! As far as dust, I learned a lesson.....the bags do breath, but some dust is created and unless you want to blow the bag like a balloon you have to keep one of the bag vents ( at the top) open to expel the dust, hence the dust on the top of the bag and a bit on the floor. The solution (for next time) is to hook up a dryer vent hose at the top and run 8' to my basement window to shoot out the excess dust. Now I just have to dream about the reverse house vac trick and shoot the pellets right into my hopper.
wazilian
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I'm in the process right now of building a pellet bin in the basement to hold 2 tons of pellets. This way the bulk guys can blow the pellets into the bin through a 4" PVC pipe. I've actually got 2 pipes like the OP does in case the truck has a vacuum piece to suck out any dust during the process. I have been taking pics during each step so I'll post my as well to share. The OP's setup is very nice. Mine will look like a closet once the basement is finished.
****I am no expert...but you don't want PVC...It creates static electricity which could result in a loud BOOM! Hopefully someone will chime in on this....at least thats what several bulk storage people have told me. My black rubber hoses have an anti-static liner in them. Also you need to ground your storage container(s)...again from the bulk storage people stress...Bill
NH....I don't know! My bags came from a Maine oil dealer (writings on the wall....) The owner said most of Maine has bulk fill service for those who want it! I would think NH would be the same. Vermont, lowest population now has bulk fill for the entire state.........but it's just one company with a lot of ground to cover.....I wish them well
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Eatonpcat
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wazilian
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I've never heard anyone mention this to me before, but that doesn't mean its not true. I could certainly line the interior of the PVC pipe with something anti-static. The reason I went with PVC is it will be in a location that I won't be able to very easily change out the pipe/hose if it were to damage over time. It will be framed around and there is closed-cell spray foam around it at the rim joist. Thanks for the heads up though, I will certainly look into that and making sure I ground the bin.
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