Hey Guys,
I'm new here, found the forum by googling this question. I found and read an old thread from 2011 similar to what I was searching for. Learned a lot already. So now I am looking for the products to research. I read a lot about the Bixby UBB, it sounded perfect, I spent 30 min surfing the web to find they are no longer in business. So, I'm here asking...I am looking for pellet furnaces that are designed to be integrated, I have 2 young boys at home I don't want to add any risks to my family or myself from trying to cobble things together.
I notice a lot of the pellet stoves are aesthetically pleasing, I don't care one lick about that, I want a basic, ugly, industrial unit that will sit in the basement. A house that I am looking into buying has propane for heating, which I know is expensive. I am looking to supplement the existing furnace to lower propane consumption. My initial thoughts are to tap into the duct work being a 2 story house plus the basement...heating the downstairs would be fine with a stove on that level, all wide open. But in interest of saving floor space, and keeping the littles away from the heat source, plus it wouldn't likely do much to heat upstairs, I'm looking into the integrated setup. I was thinking that I would tap in real close to the propane furnace supply duct, and that I would run the existing furnace blower fan at all times to help crank the added heat from the pellet furnace through the house.
So, my biggest concern here is being pointed in the right direction of which stoves to look into, since my research led to ones that are no longer available; secondary concern is any advice about my expressed ideas, any advice to add, etc. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank You In Advance,
Eric
I'm new here, found the forum by googling this question. I found and read an old thread from 2011 similar to what I was searching for. Learned a lot already. So now I am looking for the products to research. I read a lot about the Bixby UBB, it sounded perfect, I spent 30 min surfing the web to find they are no longer in business. So, I'm here asking...I am looking for pellet furnaces that are designed to be integrated, I have 2 young boys at home I don't want to add any risks to my family or myself from trying to cobble things together.
I notice a lot of the pellet stoves are aesthetically pleasing, I don't care one lick about that, I want a basic, ugly, industrial unit that will sit in the basement. A house that I am looking into buying has propane for heating, which I know is expensive. I am looking to supplement the existing furnace to lower propane consumption. My initial thoughts are to tap into the duct work being a 2 story house plus the basement...heating the downstairs would be fine with a stove on that level, all wide open. But in interest of saving floor space, and keeping the littles away from the heat source, plus it wouldn't likely do much to heat upstairs, I'm looking into the integrated setup. I was thinking that I would tap in real close to the propane furnace supply duct, and that I would run the existing furnace blower fan at all times to help crank the added heat from the pellet furnace through the house.
So, my biggest concern here is being pointed in the right direction of which stoves to look into, since my research led to ones that are no longer available; secondary concern is any advice about my expressed ideas, any advice to add, etc. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank You In Advance,
Eric
