I'm really glad I got a pellet stove

[Fish On]

For everybody who looks at this site and wish they had one, I was one for a while. I can tell you just do it.
Its nice to come home and that fire is on and looks so good.

It really is relaxing with a little bit of work which does not bother me I'm really glad I took the plunge and did it.

I've had a lot of fun with trying out the different pellets and searching for the golden one!

Pete

 

[lessoil]

I second the motion!!

 

[timbo]

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

 

[hossthehermit]

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

Thought about a pellet or wood stove in the basement????????? Doesn't take much to keep pipes from freezing.

 

[Vermont-XXV]

Totally Agree!

Great heat. Relatively cheap to keep running. The tax credit helped on the purchase price. Kind of fun to mess with and keep efficiently burning. The pellet shopping, and window shopping, is kind of a gas. I didn't know it - but I kind of missed the wood smell. Only have smoke inside when I screw up the scraping while it's running. It smells great outside. Looks cheerful. Dogs sleep in front of it, seem to like it too.

Wife loves it. (it was her idea)

clifford

 

[timbo]

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

Thought about a pellet or wood stove in the basement????????? Doesn't take much to keep pipes from freezing.

hth,

I have thought about it but in this house, there is no way to go down cellar without going outside...it's a small damp cellar only partially under the house (the rest is crawl space) and it's completely unfinished. I did think about making a forced air flue from the living room (the warmest room in the house) down into the cellar, just to push warmer air into there but not sure if that would work...

thanks for the suggestion though,

Tim

 

[Panhandler]

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

Thought about a pellet or wood stove in the basement????????? Doesn't take much to keep pipes from freezing.

hth,

I have thought about it but in this house, there is no way to go down cellar without going outside...it's a small damp cellar only partially under the house (the rest is crawl space) and it's completely unfinished. I did think about making a forced air flue from the living room (the warmest room in the house) down into the cellar, just to push warmer air into there but not sure if that would work...

thanks for the suggestion though,

Tim

Several people on here use small electric heaters in basement and crawl spaces with a Thermo Cube that turns the heater on and off at temperature.

 

[timbo]

Fish On,

I am too! We had run a coal stove for 23 years as our main source of heat and the coal stove finally gave up the ghost this past winter...we did have an old oil burner/boiler as well but it never really ran right so it was just used to keep the pipes from freezing. That coal stove was a real hassle...once it was started in the fall, we didn't like it going out because it was such a pain to start. We had to shake it down every 4-6 hours and replenish the coal every few hours, more often when it was really cold outside...when it was below zero, the stove, even when it was cranked wouldn't bring our house above 55 degrees. It really hasn't gotten cold here yet but the pellet stove is barely loafing along and it's 70 degrees all the time in the house...

We ended up buying a Harman P68 this past summer...I removed the old boiler and all the forced hot water lines from the house. In a few weeks I will be installing a small forced hot air furnace for a small heat source for the basement just to keep the potable water pipes from freezing. My preference would be to be completely off the oil nipple but I do like running water and I see no other way of keeping the pipes in our otherwise unheated basement from freezing when it dips below zero.

The beauty of this whole thing is that coal is a $100 more a ton than pellets here in NH...I'm saving money all the way around.

Thought about a pellet or wood stove in the basement????????? Doesn't take much to keep pipes from freezing.

hth,

I have thought about it but in this house, there is no way to go down cellar without going outside...it's a small damp cellar only partially under the house (the rest is crawl space) and it's completely unfinished. I did think about making a forced air flue from the living room (the warmest room in the house) down into the cellar, just to push warmer air into there but not sure if that would work...

thanks for the suggestion though,

Tim

Several people on here use small electric heaters in basement and crawl spaces with a Thermo Cube that turns the heater on and off at temperature.

When my old furnace refused to work the past few years, I would borrow a kerosene salamander heater from a friend of mine and use that but it wasn't always available...I replaced all my pipes with PEX which won't split if they freeze, but i still don't get any water...I tried an electric heater but the bare concrete walls just sucked up any heat they put out....

 

[Czech]

And why 'fish on' may I ask? We may need to talk about something else?

 

[katwillny]

Same here. Love my little Breckwell. Makes the upstairs really toasty. My old trusty wood stove keeps the downstairs just as nice.

 

[xbillyx]

I fired up the pellet stove at the beginning of October and haven't had it off for very long since. It got down to 28 here last night (the worst is yet to come). It feels really nice to step into a warm, wood-heated home after being out in the cold.

 

[Fsappo]

And why 'fish on' may I ask? We may need to talk about something else?

Because he just set the hook on a 10" bluegill using 4 lb test a #8 hook and a trout worm...the fight is on! Loosen that drag! Bluegill Filets tonight!

 

[Fish On]

And why 'fish on' may I ask? We may need to talk about something else?

Because he just set the hook on a 10" bluegill using 4 lb test a #8 hook and a trout worm...the fight is on! Loosen that drag! Bluegill Filets tonight!

http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=24636&d=1164237447

Sorry 12lb test, and catch and release only for me

 

[timbo]

And why 'fish on' may I ask? We may need to talk about something else?

Because he just set the hook on a 10" bluegill using 4 lb test a #8 hook and a trout worm...the fight is on! Loosen that drag! Bluegill Filets tonight!

http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=24636&d=1164237447

Sorry 12lb test, and catch and release only for me

'cept for that striper...and it's legal length too!