Half the season with a Timber Ridge 55-TRP22

[apandori]

So I'm in my first year with this stove and I can definitely say it's been a good investment. The girlfriend raves about how it keeps the house so much warmer than the 62 we dealt with last year with oil. The house gives the stove a run for its money on the single digit nights, but it's heating a basement and first floor space so I expected that. It generally keeps the house at a nice 70 with little problem. I've been able to identify any hiccups and fix issues pretty easily that it's had, but so far no major problems and no failing parts.

Positives: Easy to diagnose issues. Has saved on dryer usage as we can just hang clothes in the basement and it dries them overnight. Has been able to easily heat a 2 floor 1600+ sq ft area after initial air intake adjustments and mode adjustments. Daily cleaning is fairly straight forward and easy, the girlfriend can handle it no problem. DVD explains things well for maintenance.

Cons: I had to do a lot of screwing around with modes/settings to get it to burn well initially. I'm still not happy with some of the buildup I get into the burn pot after a full day of burning which means I have a little more fine tuning to do but can't quite figure it out. With the colder temps there is not a choice but to clean it everyday because I need to scrape the carbon buildup around the auger. I'm thinking this may be due more to the Timber Heat pellets than the stove though.

Overall I'm giving it a 4 out of 5 stars for ease of use, performance, and affordability. $2,500 investment between stove, install, and pellets for the year and I have 2/3rds of our pellets left to go for the rest of the season.

 

[Chrisnow86]

I have the same stove and like it as well, a couple small issues but yes a very simple stove.. It's heating my 1900sq ft house well.. What have you been burning for pellets? I grabbed a ton of soft woods and the stove loves them only need to shut down once a week to clean it.. I still scrape the burn pot 3x a day but that's quick and easy

 

[bugman31964]

We have the summersheat version of that stove, our first year. Can't believe we waited so long to replace the wood stove. Should have gotten 4 tons of pellets instead of 3. Been buying an additional 10 bags a month and have about 2 tons left. Couldn't be happier.

 

[doghouse]

Cons: I had to do a lot of screwing around with modes/settings to get it to burn well initially. I'm still not happy with some of the buildup I get into the burn pot after a full day of burning which means I have a little more fine tuning to do but can't quite figure it out. With the colder temps there is not a choice but to clean it everyday because I need to scrape the carbon buildup around the auger. I'm thinking this may be due more to the Timber Heat pellets than the stove though.

.

Overkill. Scoop a third, maybe half of the build-up out of the burn pot. That build-up of embers in the burn pot is where a lot of the heat generated by the stove comes from. Clean the carbon on the auger at the weekly cleaning.