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Tue, Apr 25, 06 at 11:27
| I have a Jotul wood burning stove in a new house I have yet to move into. I am considering getting a pellet stove insert because I have heard pellets are more efficient and we wont have to deal with stacks and stacks of wood.
Any feedback would be appreciated. |
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- Posted by christopherh (My Page) on Wed, Apr 26, 06 at 7:41
| What a shame. You have a beautiful well made heat source and you want to junk it for a busy little fire. Put an ad in the paper for it and you'll sell it QUICK! I see those ugly stacks of wood in my yard as independence. The Arabs aren't making any money off of my heat. Nor do I need to go to Home Depot for my fuel. Lots of places ran out of pellets last year. I call a local neighbor that has a business selling firewood. I like the fact my woodstove works wonderfully during a power failure. I like the lazy fire when I have the stove just where I want it. Not that busy, busy little fire pellets make. |
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| i agree with christopherh, what a terrible shame. however like he said should you decide to go ahead and install a pellet insert, you will be able to sell the wood insert quickly. btw, in most areas pellets will never save you money. |
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- Posted by brucerussell (My Page) on Fri, Apr 28, 06 at 7:14
| Pellets are sold in a nice tidy pallet with 50 40 lb bags that you can easily fill a hopperful with, unless you can find em bulk and that is more work. Having said that i agree depending on your location and fuel being used, propane is very expensive, weigh the cost savings before you make your decision. If you have to pay 200 bucks for a cord of wood you probably will pay just as much as pellets to heat your home, and yes wood is certainly more work.. I just bought 60(40 lb) bags of pellets for 165.oo or 2.75 a bag. Burn a bag in the spring and fall and maybe 2 when it is cold in dec jan feb in wisco. I mix 65 a ton corn with pellets 60 40. Corn is even more work! |
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- Posted by movingwest (My Page) on Fri, Apr 28, 06 at 20:32
| I am moving to a place where the wood stove will be used only occasionally and more for atmosphere than to actually heat the house. Any opinion changes? |
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- Posted by christopherh (My Page) on Mon, May 1, 06 at 8:42
| Pellet stoves in my opinion are not for atmosphere. Wood is the way to go there. Pellet stoves have that busy, busy fire, not a nice even flame like wood. And you can burn just about anything in a Jotul because it's not a CAT stove. I burn everything from old pallets to scrap pine, as well as maple. And you can get a firescreen for your Jotul which turns it into a fireplace. Now THAT'S atmosphere! And wood is about $135 a cord around here in Vermont. |
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| I have a Franklin stove. I want to convert it to a wood pellet burning stove. Does anyone sell such a conversion kit? Thanx! Nick |
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| You lazy or what?/ Wood still works without electricity, Pellet stoves don`t. There is no such animal as a conversion kit for going from pellet to wood, or wood to [pellet;.. Different requirement because of the extreme possible heat temps in the flue. Keep in mind that pellets are a manufactured product, wheras wood can always be found somewhere in abundance. |
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- Posted by arlene(acg2111@comcast.net) onMon, Apr 25, 11 at 8:55
| thinking of getting a pellet insert currently have wood insert need to heat 2000sqft home with cathedral ceilings is it going to heat my house almost as good as a wood insert tired of the wood thing. |
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| On line you can check out the cost of various fuels per million btu. Cut wood is one of the least expensive ways to heat a home. Growing up we never paid for wood, always sought out free junk wood and I just cleaned the chimney a few times a season. Now that I have a child with asthma and a home that is only served by electricity I have had to rely on heat pumps and a pellet stove. (Puffs of smoke from wood stove when opening the door to feed wood are a problem for asthma.) Cold days when the heat pumps start cutting in electric resistance heat we run the pellet stove. It was the largest I could find (E----o Maxx) and holds three bags of pellets. The fan is LOUD - similar to a window AC unit on high (moved the TV to another room). Having used a wood stove for many year (before child) I can give first hand benefits of a large pellet stove. 1. No smoke or dust in the house. 2. We leave it unattended all of the time, it can even be wired to a thermostat. 3. Simple operation - don't have to adjust or babysit the fire. 4. This year I bought 2 tons of pellets for about $360 stored in the garage. I am fine with spending the money for the convenience. |
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