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Not to hijack but where are you getting pellets for $150 / ton and what brand?
excuse me - you're correct - more like $250 a ton/ still a great savings.
I was purchasing from a lumber shop and they sell New England pellets. I consider them the best that I've ever used and don't mind paying the price.
I was suckered into buying less expensive pellets at the big box stores
and it's true, you get what you pay for - they may be more than $50 less per ton, but they don't burn as hot or efficiently and they leave a lot of ash.
excuse me - you're correct - more like $250 a ton/ still a great savings.
I was purchasing from a lumber shop and they sell New England pellets. I consider them the best that I've ever used and don't mind paying the price.
I was suckered into buying less expensive pellets at the big box stores
and it's true, you get what you pay for - they may be more than $50 less per ton, but they don't burn as hot or efficiently and they leave a lot of ash.
Cord wood still has you smoked (no pun intended) by close to a factor of two. But, to be fair, it is a lot more work.
Electic heat was common in new houses a few decades ago when the Seabrook nuclear power plant was going to provide lots of low cost electricity. Due to environmental activists, Seabrook II was never finished and electricity rates are high in NH compared to MA where I moved from...
When we built our house, we went with propane. 500 gallon tank buried in the back yard. We have propane for heat, how water, stove, and dryer.
We had oil before and propane seems cleaner and simpler.
Pellet stoves are a great idea.
Our home is older so we ended up switching to pellet stoves. We run the Englander pellet stoves and got five tons of "Greene Team" that burns very hot and minimal ash. I wouldn't bother with other brands at this point. The one from Walmart "Pennington" was okay but it doesn't burn as hot like the Greene Team. It comes from PA and Lowe's carry them. $199 per ton and using the 10% coupon, we basically got free delivery. So if you have a way to transport them, you can get them for way less By the way this is to keep a split 2,500 sq/ft home. Holds about little over a bag of 40-lb pellets.
Oil furnace is just too expensive these days. I don't know how people afford them!
we're considering putting in a pellet stove in our garage and venting to it's upstairs (which would be storage and computer workshop). roughly how much is a pellet stove costing to buy these days?? The garage is a commercial-sized garage: you can pull 4 cars into it and a dump truck can drive in. the upstairs is the same foot-print, but with the pitch of the roof going up 10'. I guess it doesn't have to be a terribly big stove.
we're considering putting in a pellet stove in our garage and venting to it's upstairs (which would be storage and computer workshop). roughly how much is a pellet stove costing to buy these days?? The garage is a commercial-sized garage: you can pull 4 cars into it and a dump truck can drive in. the upstairs is the same foot-print, but with the pitch of the roof going up 10'. I guess it doesn't have to be a terribly big stove.
If you live above the garage I think it'll be perfect. Anywhere between $1,500-$2,500 depending on the size. If the house is well insulated you can obviously heat the house more efficiently. The key is definitely getting the right pellets. We've tried at least six or so brands and been very happy with Greene Team. New pellet stove + four-five tons of pellets will pretty much pay for itself first year comparing today's oil price.
no, we don't live above the garage - we live in the house. the garage is disconnected from the house. the upstairs would be storage and computer workshop. the garage is actually insulated and eventually the upstairs will be also (at the moment it isn't finished). I wish we could use a pellet stove for the house, but there just is no place for it or room for venting. Luckily we have an awesome Buderus furnace for it.
We just cut through the wall with 3" piping that goes out and up six feet above the roof. If it's only few spaces I don't think you'll need a giant pellet stove.
Really doesn't matter to me anymore... Being in an equatorial country, there is no need for heat (or much of it)
yes - but cord wood is filthy and pollutes horribly
anyone with asthma can't breathe - my neighbor burns a wood stove and the smoke hangs around the entire neighborhood
my pellet stove barely smokes at all - the heat is great, and the pellets are clean
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(or much of it)
By the way this is to keep a split 2,500 sq/ft home. Holds about little over a bag of 40-lb pellets.
