Tails1
Feeling the Heat
I use one of those to transfer heat from the woodstove in the basement to the main floor. Works well.
Start of my pellet stove
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I use one of those to transfer heat from the woodstove in the basement to the main floor. Works well.
Tails1
Feeling the Heat
That was me the first week of mine, had both doors open at times as I made it way too hot in here.
Tails1
Feeling the Heat
Took a couple of days for mine, as on a high heat setting you would still get a bit of a smell.
Tails1
Feeling the Heat
There should be specs for it indicating how loud (dB). I connected mine with a motor speed control (like a rheostat but for motors) so I could turn it down as I didn't need it full blast, plus at full it was noticeable as far as noise but turned down was almost silent.
Tails1
Feeling the Heat
Your open layout will help with that too, the heat will move into the kitchen and up those stairs nicely. If your intention is to try to reduce (or eliminate) furnace use you should be able to nicely.
Upstairs is 79 right now lol
My house is very open
Working out very nicely
Have not heard the oil burner kick on at all today
Loving it
My house is very open
Working out very nicely
Have not heard the oil burner kick on at all today
Loving it
Tails1
Feeling the Heat
There is threads of others who use their stoves as primary heat but have it set up so the oil furnace will still run occasionally in cold weather. Is oil expensive where you are?
Lake Girl
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Tails1
Feeling the Heat
Not allowed in bedrooms
My parents had a small woodstove in their master bedroom, but there was a large space for it to be used safely. Never had an issue.
Oil is about 2.50-4.00 bucks a gallon
Just hate filling a 1000 gallon tank up
To keep the house at 65 all winter
Lloyd the redneck
Feeling the Heat
Tails1
Feeling the Heat
Sounds like you will need to trim your settings, perhaps raise the low air. There are others on here with these stoves that can advise better. Also there is a burnpot hack for this stove where you block the two air holes under the burn plate with Hillman plugs. Many have done this to force more air through the burn plate to get a better and cleaner burn.
Ok found the holes closed them up and wow the pellet ash is a lot better but I think I lost some heat from the stove
I did switch pellets too
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I did switch pellets too
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All is going well
Love the stove
Looking to test some other pellets this weekend
Try to get some more heat out of it
Love the stove
Looking to test some other pellets this weekend
Try to get some more heat out of it
Tails1
Feeling the Heat
Try as many brands as you can, it seem tedious but it is a great was to get to know how your stove runs with different kinds of fuel. Ideally you should be able to burn just about anything providing you understand how to trim the air and fuel feed settings. Obviously however finding a pellet that burns well without fiddling is a bonus.
