Anyone have any experience with a pellet/corn stove? We're thinking of getting one and I just want to know if there's anything I need to look out for or avoid. Blessings............Pastorjim Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk
Had one. Several family members have one too. They are great. Buy the vacuum meant for them and they will be a lot easier to clean and will prevent the inside of your house from getting covered in ash dust.
ok if you want to spend a lot of time cleaning it at least once a week. then after about 5 yrs get ready to start buying parts. auger motors seem to be the culprit usually. plus not a lot of service techs out there to work on them. some pellets burn better than others too. i knew a person that had the whole side of her house turn black from soot. I would stay with gas myself.
I had a Harmon pellet stove for 3 years at my previous house I owned. The consistant heat was great. (compared to a regular wood stove) I did have to clean it weekly, but once you do it a few times, it doesnt take but 10-15 minutes. I would recomend spending the extra $$ and getting a good quality one. Ours was a good name brand, but lower end of the line. I would have problems with it when doing a cold start. it would drop pellets in to get it started, but for some reason, it wouldnt always start. Given the pros and cons, I'd still prefer one over oil heat. ALSO...in case you lose power you can plug it in to a generator, it draws very little power.
Thanks for the response s guys. Many years ago we had an old fashioned wood stove. It was messy and you burned up in the room it was in but froze away from it. Now that my wife and I are alone we would like to have it in the room where we live the most. I just thought it would be a good way to supplement our electric furnace which has a hard time keeping up when it's super cold Blessings...........Pastorjim Sent from my RCT6703W13 using Tapatalk
Hi Jim I have a deer camp in western NY near the PA border. Its a combo wood coal stove made in CT. in the 70's called a hearth mate. Coal is readily available in that area and maybe that could be another option for you. Burning coal is a little tricky but once you get the hang of it its awesome. We get about a sixteen hr. burn without touching the stove once she's up and running. Being older we tend to run her hot sometimes close to 100 degrees in the camp. That takes the cold outa your bones after a long sit in the tree.
100 degrees? I wouldnt be able to be in that room for very long. id rather it be 50 degrees than 100.
Yup 100 nice for a nap. Wake up sweatin then open all the doors. We time it so the burn in on the way down at night. Usually between 70 to 80. If it gets too hot we just open some windows.
Good topic I am thinking about the eventuality of selling my place and I think having a pellet stove is more appealing than a wood stove. Having outside air for me would be huge my current insert draws from the inside of the house and that is not efficient. Plus I like the idea of fuel when I am going out of town I haul in wood so my wife does not have to lug wood, a 40 pound bag of pellets sounds so much easier.
Buy one with a larger hopper capacity or add a hopper extension and she could have a couple days worth before having to refill...
