topic Re: Pellet Stoves in Home

Pellet Stoves

JFD12 — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 04:07:55 GMT

Hubby and I recently bought a pellet stove insert. My husband, brother, and brother in law got it installed, finally, with blood, sweat, and tears! Lol ... ready to kill each other!

I am loving it so far ... it throws off so much heat ... maybe even too much heat for me! Does anyone else here have/use a pellet stove?

We are hoping that it saves us on oil costs this winter! It really is pretty!

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happilyretiredgirl — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 04:40:10 GMT

@JFD12 Your fireplace is beautiful, I have always loved brick fireplaces. Hope you enjoy your new insert it looks nice and cozy!

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laluzdelmundo — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 05:04:22 GMT

@JFD12 So lovely! The pellet stoves do give off a lot of heat whereas a wood burning fireplace sends part of the heat up the chimney. They are pretty economical as well. We put one in my in-laws' house up on the Rim (Mogollon Rim-Arizona) and it kept the whole family/dining area/kitchen warm. They usually kept a cast iron kettle of water on top because it would get very dry in there.

You should love it this winter. In fact, you may already.

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meallen616 — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:03:51 GMT

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Imaoldhippie — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 10:19:27 GMT

@JFD12 .............back in the 80's when I lived in Ohio I had a free standing pellet stove. It kept my old farm house toasty. I loved it.

You will continue to love it and it will keep you warm without of the mess of wood.

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Another new name Sue — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:45:33 GMT

They work well. You have to be comfortable with the storage and handling of the pellets. Also, maintenance and cleaning of the stove is important. Glad you like it. You'll be comfortable this winter!

Your fireplace looks beautiful.

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ECBG — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 16:52:36 GMT

We don't have a pellet stove, but a pellet grill. Best grilled flavor EVER!

Enjoy!

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Texas Gray Wolf — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:04:10 GMT

We started out with a wood burning insert when we were younger (20's and 30's) and enjoyed it for many years until it needed replacing.....at this stage in our lives, now in our early 60's and 70's, we decided on a pellet stove insert.....it's a lot easier on us: the cleaning is nothing compared to the dealings with the ashes, wood cutting, stacking and hauling/stacking....owning a pellet stove insert is wonderful. We love that we can control the temperature with it's thermostat..........

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chessielady — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:12:22 GMT

A pellet stove is great until the power goes out.....then you need a back up power source.

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kate2357 — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:36:37 GMT

A friend has/had a pellet stove and they really liked the heat it put out. When they sold their house they found out that the heat from the pellet stove messed up the chimney as the heat from stove was too hot for the existing insert. The new owners had to put in a new insert w/in the chimney. (They bought house w/ inspection waived). My friends had no idea there was an issue at all w/ chimney.

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Imaoldhippie — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 20:26:09 GMT

@chessielady ...............Not true my pellet stove did not need power, only the fan, you could still heat with it just the fan would not work.

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pieman — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 20:31:36 GMT

Your stove looks very nice, if you want extra heat, get a floor fan and it will move that heat around,

We had a Victorian home and kept a fan in the room next to the foyer pointed towards the stairway, it did make it up the stairs and down the hallway.

We then had the Duraflame stoves from QVC to take care of the bedrooms...

We were always comfortable....

As one poster pointed out however, if your power goes out, so are you......

We also had a whole house Generator..lol

Goog luck with it, *oh, you can always get a small generator to hook up to it just in case too,,,,,

Happy Holidays...

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aubnwa01 — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:06:51 GMT

When I lived in WA, in the late 80's or so, i had a pellet stove insert put in my fireplace after we discovered the chimney liner had been damaged by a chimney fire from a previous owner. It was cheaper to have the pellet stove with a metal stove pipe run thru the chimney than to get the liner replaced. It worked pretty well, but hauling & storing the bags of pellets got old real quick & I hated shutting it down & cleaning it out. Also, if the power was out, there was no way to run the auger that dropped the pellets from the hopper into the burn chamber, never mind no fan, so no heat.

I had a lot going on with life & work & hauling pellets & cleaning out the stove was just more added work for me, so after about 10 or so years, I replaced it was a gas insert. At least if the power was out, I could turn on the gas insert (it had a standing pilot light) & get some radiant heat into my family room, even w/o the fan.

I now live in AZ & my house has a gas fireplace & I haven't turned it on in about 4-5 years. It's pretty useless anyway, as it has no fan on it.