Been lurking here an awful long time. Wife and I will soon be purchasing our 1st pellet stove. I am very hands on and enjoy tinkering. I am also somewhat a pyro and also enjoy open fire charcoal ceramic grille cooking as a hobby , so I am considering the pellet stove as an alternate “hobby”. I do not have the set it and forget it attitude. I am looking for honest input that I am am making the correct choices in respect to our expectations.
Our home is a 5 year old tight, well insulated, 2 story colonial in northern Connecticut. (w/ oil forced hot air heating). We would like the pellet stove to perform most if not all of the heating task. We have about 1200 sf lower and 1200 sf upstairs w/ stair opening in the middle of home. Our family actually prefers to have the upstairs bedrooms slightly chilly 65 or 66 degrees or so. I may try to run the fan in out forced hot air to circulate and see how that works. We typically purchase 500 gallons of oil (for heating purposes only) each season.
Our reasons for pellet stove purchase.
Savings on oil
New hobby
Having a flame in our living room downstairs.
My stove budget without piping is 2400 bucks.
We love the look of the Harmon XXV and the M55 cast so this puts us in the used market /craigslist. Would need some luck also to find one in this price range this time of year.
We are OK with the look of Harmon P68 or P61. Probably better chance of finding one at our budget I would think.
I have a lead on a new leftover Vista flame VF 55 steel leftover this will fall in our budget . I like the idea of not needing a pad w/ this unit which will save a few bucks. But I am leery as this will be installed on a hardwood floor. Should I be concerned?
Due to the house being “tight” I am sold on the idea of an OAK. I am partial to the thimbles that incorporate the OAK IE Duravent and ICC.I am thinking the straight out install and the vertical rise outside the house (unless there is a solid argument for the vertical rise to be inside the house?) I also like the idea of the clean out T to be outdoors. The venting would be on the south side of the house which is the back of the house so the vertical rise outside is not going to be easily visible anyway. The wind being from the east or west would be the only issue I would think at the vent cap ?
Is it generally better for the pellet units I selected to adapt to 4” right out the back of the unit and have the 4” exhaust pipe throughout ?
Thanks in advance for any help and looking forward to jumping in. I am only used to slow cooking pork but I may soon join the ranks of a pellet pig.
Our home is a 5 year old tight, well insulated, 2 story colonial in northern Connecticut. (w/ oil forced hot air heating). We would like the pellet stove to perform most if not all of the heating task. We have about 1200 sf lower and 1200 sf upstairs w/ stair opening in the middle of home. Our family actually prefers to have the upstairs bedrooms slightly chilly 65 or 66 degrees or so. I may try to run the fan in out forced hot air to circulate and see how that works. We typically purchase 500 gallons of oil (for heating purposes only) each season.
Our reasons for pellet stove purchase.
Savings on oil
New hobby
Having a flame in our living room downstairs.
My stove budget without piping is 2400 bucks.
We love the look of the Harmon XXV and the M55 cast so this puts us in the used market /craigslist. Would need some luck also to find one in this price range this time of year.
We are OK with the look of Harmon P68 or P61. Probably better chance of finding one at our budget I would think.
I have a lead on a new leftover Vista flame VF 55 steel leftover this will fall in our budget . I like the idea of not needing a pad w/ this unit which will save a few bucks. But I am leery as this will be installed on a hardwood floor. Should I be concerned?
Due to the house being “tight” I am sold on the idea of an OAK. I am partial to the thimbles that incorporate the OAK IE Duravent and ICC.I am thinking the straight out install and the vertical rise outside the house (unless there is a solid argument for the vertical rise to be inside the house?) I also like the idea of the clean out T to be outdoors. The venting would be on the south side of the house which is the back of the house so the vertical rise outside is not going to be easily visible anyway. The wind being from the east or west would be the only issue I would think at the vent cap ?
Is it generally better for the pellet units I selected to adapt to 4” right out the back of the unit and have the 4” exhaust pipe throughout ?
Thanks in advance for any help and looking forward to jumping in. I am only used to slow cooking pork but I may soon join the ranks of a pellet pig.
