Allergic to wood smoke

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by bangorme

WOW!!!! Didn't even know they still sold them. I'm sure they are pretty safe if you know what you are doing. I can tell you one thing, there wasn't a bit of creosote in that chimney. The one I used wasn't close to being air tight and stuffed with tinder dry softwood, she produced some heat.

Rated at 200kBtu they can produce some bit of heat.

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by bangorme

One additional option is the burning of corn in your pellet stove. I've never done it, but I know the Harmon I owned in Caribou was supposedly able to burn it. I priced it out at the time and wood pellets were cheaper.

Do not attempt to burn corn (or walnut shells) in your P68 pellet stove. It is not designed to burn corn and you will be severely unhappy if you try to do so.

Corn has different burning characteristics and moisture content than pellets and requires a stove that was designed for it. The Harman PC45 was designed to burn corn, but could burn pellets with the installation of an optional conversion kit.

[PenguinMom]

They only sell pellets by the TON! My husband is delighted. This is just another excuse for him to buy a truck. He's been doing a lot of driving back and forth to transport that in the Subaru.

We still have 3 cords of firewood, dry, seasoned, and neatly stacked that will be worthless once we get the pellet stove.

[starwalker]

Originally Posted by PenguinMom

They only sell pellets by the TON! My husband is delighted. This is just another excuse for him to buy a truck. He's been doing a lot of driving back and forth to transport that in the Subaru.

We still have 3 cords of firewood, dry, seasoned, and neatly stacked that will be worthless once we get the pellet stove.

Hold onto it... throw a tarp over it until January or Feb... then list it on Craigs list. Make sure you ask a good price. it will go quickly.

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by PenguinMom

They only sell pellets by the TON! My husband is delighted. This is just another excuse for him to buy a truck. He's been doing a lot of driving back and forth to transport that in the Subaru.

We still have 3 cords of firewood, dry, seasoned, and neatly stacked that will be worthless once we get the pellet stove.

Some places will sell pellets by the bag, but the price is [usually] far higher than by the ton.

It's too bad you're so far away, I'd have taken that wood off your hands if you were closer.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by PenguinMom

They only sell pellets by the TON! My husband is delighted. This is just another excuse for him to buy a truck. He's been doing a lot of driving back and forth to transport that in the Subaru.

We still have 3 cords of firewood, dry, seasoned, and neatly stacked that will be worthless once we get the pellet stove.

A 1/2ton trailer behind a 1/2ton sedan works okay too. I did that 2 years.

This summer I up-graded to a 3/4ton pickup [I got for $1500], the last two weeks I have used it pulling the trailer to haul grain. 3/4ton in the pickup bed and 1/2ton in the trailer adds up to less trips then I had to make with the sedan last year.

[diana44]

Originally Posted by PenguinMom

I live in NORTHern Maine. The temps here will be well below freezing for a significant portion of the year. ALL of my neighbors use either wood or pellet stoves to heat their homes.

It would take some doing to convince me having propane trucked over here from who knows where is more environmentally friendly than using wood or wood by products from local responsible forestries.

There are more than enough pine trees in the Allagash to make up for my families heat.

If you have a helpful solution, I am all ears.

Hello. I also live in maine.. My boyfriend bought some wood from up maine somewhere and everytime he burns the wood I get a allergic systems like head burning eyes burning, tiggling in my face like my face is on fire. I've notice it today when he started the woodstove my face was on fire felt like I was going to pass out. I dont know what type of wood it is but I will found out. The only problem my woodstove is in my kitchen I live in a ranch home here in saco love the woodstove but i also notice last year he bought the wood from Hannford and didnt bother me.. I know its the wood stove because everytime it dies down I can breath and dont have to much of the feeling of my head is on fire or my eyes burning and my nose, throat. I know where your comming from.. Diana

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by diana44

Hello. I also live in maine.. My boyfriend bought some wood from up maine somewhere and everytime he burns the wood I get a allergic systems like head burning eyes burning, tiggling in my face like my face is on fire. I've notice it today when he started the woodstove my face was on fire felt like I was going to pass out. I dont know what type of wood it is but I will found out. The only problem my woodstove is in my kitchen I live in a ranch home here in saco love the woodstove but i also notice last year he bought the wood from Hannford and didnt bother me.. I know its the wood stove because everytime it dies down I can breath and dont have to much of the feeling of my head is on fire or my eyes burning and my nose, throat. I know where your comming from.. Diana

I'd be moving someplace warm and soon if I were you.