Considering switching from wood furnase to pellet furnase

[Svcustoms]

Greetings everyone,
Im looking for advice/opinion of switching from a wood hot air furnace to pellet furnase. I have a 1500 ft double wide trailer which is currently being heated by a wood fired hot air furnace outside in a building that is semi attached. It does a good job but have had issues with securing quality wood supply and also health issues are making it more difficult to do all the work required to feed it(cutting, splitting, etc of nearly 12 cords a yr). Ive seen some pellet furnaces out there and even a few coal ones and was hoping someone might have some real world knowledge of them that could help with making a decision.

 

[bags]

I switched from wood to pellets and do not regret it at all. I am just running mainly one pellet stove that does the main parts of the house. I am not familiar with the pellet furnaces but you could also consider a pellet stove inside if you have a place for it.

Maybe Google pellet furnaces and see if you can find answers you are looking for. I also have a Woodmaster outdoor wood boiler that I use occasionally when it is staying very cold for awhile. I do not miss running out in the cold to feed that nor dealing with firewood in general. When it goes I may look into a pellet deal to replace that. Not sure because I am happy with just the simple pellet stoves inside too.

 

[Overfireinthehole]

Haven’t ever been around any pellet furnaces except for the Harmans, and they aren’t being made anymore. You’d definitely go through fewer pellets with a stove than a furnace.

 

[bags]

Haven’t ever been around any pellet furnaces except for the Harmans, and they aren’t being made anymore. You’d definitely go through fewer pellets with a stove than a furnace.

Kind of where I was heading. Keep it simple. Get a Harman stove setup with an OAK which would likely be required since he's in a mobile home. Depending he could probably heat it up very well with a P43. I bought my P68 new in October of 2014 and installed it just to 'reduce' wood usage in shoulder seasons. There are other fairly reliable pellet stoves for less also. I'm sold on Harman myself. Worth the coin.

The 68 kicks out enough heat both radiant and thru the blower that I've been doing 2,350 SQ FT on two floors with vaulted ceilings and tons of glass in this place. It'll do it in the coldest of colds easily. It may eat more pellets but that is less BS than busting wood. I still fire the Woodmaster once or twice a year just to run it. I will always have a good wood option or two. I insulated well etc; but it was a 6-10 cords per heating season average depending. Now I'm 4-5 tons of pellets a season and no slave labor. I have tons of wood on my land too.

That said, I've basically been heating 100% with pellets since the P68 install. No regrets. Easy peasy. One pellet stove satisfies the heating needs here ALL year. What I bought to cover temps that wasn't worth throwing boat loads of wood took care of the entire problem.

 

[Overfireinthehole]

A p68 next to a cold air return will heat a lot of house.

 

[bags]

A p68 next to a cold air return will heat a lot of house.

LOL! I have one about 10 feet from mine. I was impressed with what one stove could do. I also run ceiling fans and a strategically placed box fan or two. Also, once the temps drop I kick my central HVAC system into fan only mode to help distribute and circulate air.

 

[rich2500]

like Overfire mentioned I would just go with a stove in the house and keep the the wood furnace for back up.

 

[maple1]

Greetings everyone,
Im looking for advice/opinion of switching from a wood hot air furnace to pellet furnase. I have a 1500 ft double wide trailer which is currently being heated by a wood fired hot air furnace outside in a building that is semi attached. It does a good job but have had issues with securing quality wood supply and also health issues are making it more difficult to do all the work required to feed it(cutting, splitting, etc of nearly 12 cords a yr). Ive seen some pellet furnaces out there and even a few coal ones and was hoping someone might have some real world knowledge of them that could help with making a decision.

Is there room for a pellet furnace in your double wide?

 

[zrock]

One thing to remember this furnace is outside. If u go with a pellet furnace it would be best to have it in the house. Their will be to much heat loss in the out building. Same if u put a pellet stove in the house the old system outside will have to be disconnected and sealed up or you will have lots of heat loss every time their is a breeze.

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[Svcustoms]

Room is a little of a challenge but i prolly could fit one in if wife would agree.. and loose something.. biggest concern and reason o asked about furnace vs a stove was all my plumbing is in under belly and the one time i heated this place with a space heater ended with pipes freezing up when temps dropped low.. with way underneath is set up long as i have heat running through vents they wont freeze. If i put a stove in that is my concern of happening again

 

[Svcustoms]

And aware of heat loss of it being outside i have the furnace insulated and duct work both way is insulated with a plane to further it more this next spring summer when i can get to it again without climbing through large snow banks

 

[maple1]

If you don't make some kind of big changes, 12 cords of wood translates to big $$ for pellets to replace it with. Some changes to the underneath stuff might be needed & worth it - not sure what you're dealing with there but replacing it with pex & getting it up in the living space as much as possible should be considered. 12 cords in a double wide is way out there for wood usage.

 

[Svcustoms]

Plumbing wise has all been upgraded to pex and moved to and secures as high as possible. This place has nearly as many drafts as a old insulated farm house