First of all I want to say hello to everyone. My name is Rocco and I am a real newbe to the pellet stove world. A few weeks ago I had a Quadrafire Classic Bay 1200I insert put in my living room. I must say that I love it. Since my living room is upstairs along with all the bedrooms I opted to put a stove upstairs. So far so good and I love it. About a week later I decided to put one downstairs in the dining room and heat the downstairs as well and hopefully not burn hardly any oil. Downstairs I chose the Quadrafire Santa Fe. I realize there are better stoves out there but I did what I could afford. My dealer installed both stoves and really took some time and answered all my questions and showed me what I should be doing to keep it clean. As one would expect, when I put the Santa Fe downstairs, the stove upstairs does not run as much.
My first question is this, when the Santa Fe starts up, there is a slight smoke smell. I read the other topics and tracked it down to what looks like a small leak in the elbow at the joint. I read on one of the topics here that all joints should be calked. What calk should I use and why would my dealer not have done it when they did the install?
My second question deals with pellets. I am using Curran Hardwood / Softwood blend. According to the bag, they are premium pellets with an ash content on 1% or less. The bag also said the fines were less than 0.5% and a sodium content of less than 300PPM. I am paying $200 per ton picked up or $225 per ton delivered and stacked. Is this a good pellet or should I look for something else when these are gone?
Thanks in advance for any questions or comments anyone may have.
Rocco
My first question is this, when the Santa Fe starts up, there is a slight smoke smell. I read the other topics and tracked it down to what looks like a small leak in the elbow at the joint. I read on one of the topics here that all joints should be calked. What calk should I use and why would my dealer not have done it when they did the install?
My second question deals with pellets. I am using Curran Hardwood / Softwood blend. According to the bag, they are premium pellets with an ash content on 1% or less. The bag also said the fines were less than 0.5% and a sodium content of less than 300PPM. I am paying $200 per ton picked up or $225 per ton delivered and stacked. Is this a good pellet or should I look for something else when these are gone?
Thanks in advance for any questions or comments anyone may have.
Rocco