New Pellet Heater

[Junkman]

My pellet stove has a blower and a heat exchanger mechanism. The blower can be hooked up to a wall mounted thermostat, or to be controlled by the stove temperature. I use the stove temperature method, since the thermostat, once satisfied will shut down the blower, and then all the heat stays in the stove or goes up the chimney. They are good for a localized heating problem, but not for whole house heating in my opinion....

 

[PitbullMidwest]

I saw a corn stove at a farm show that was an auxilery unit that hooked into the existing forced air duct work. The gas furnace only runs if the corn stove goes out or can't meet the demand. Completely controlled by the thermostat. It could also be upgraded it heat water.

 

[MossRoad]

<font color="blue"> I can't really figure out how you can effectively heat a house like this. </font>

When I first started dating my wife, her parents were heating their family room with wood. It would be 85 degrees in there and they would all be sitting around in their underwear eating ice cream as fast as they could before it melted while you could see your breath in the first floor living room! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Their new house has a large great room with a wood stove in the corner. That heats the kitchen, dining, living areas, but none of the bedrooms or bathrooms. They keep the thermostat set on 68, and it is located in the great room, soooo, the furnace never comes on and the bedrooms and bathrooms are cool. Not freezing cold, but a good 10-15 degrees lower than the rest of the home.

It would proabably be a good idea to have the bedrooms and bathrooms zoned off of the forced air furnace seperate from the room where the wood stove is.

 

[Highbeam]

Your modern furnace should have a blower which circulates air through the furnace and to the vents after sucking it from the high point of the house. Most thermostats allow you to turn on that blower without running the furnace so what you would have is a big circulating fan. That would do it as well as your furnace.

Still, the woodstove is a space heater and will work best in the room that it is built.

If you, or your wife, can't handle temperature changes in different rooms, cold toilet seats, or a warm living room then a standard central forced air furnace is your best bet. There are smaller auxilliary heaters or floor heaters that run on electric to independently heat the problem area short term.

I think these temp differences add character and let you remember where you come from. Also feeding a wood burner gives you a respect and appreciation for a warm home.

 

[MossRoad]

Their furnace fan does not do a good job of circulating it... here's why... they don't turn it on. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif They leave it on AUTO and since the thermostat is in the hot room, it never comes on.

They do turn on a ceiling fan at the peak of the great room to move the heat around, but that doesn't help the side rooms.

If I ever build a new home, it will be radiant floor heat. Water can be heated with just about any fuel source and the circulation pump(s) can be run off electricity generated by the power company, solar panels and batteries, my generator in an emergency, etc...

I'm not looking forward to this winter and the natural gas bills. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

To save money, I may even shovel my driveway by hand instead of using the tractor... gasp! Desperate times call for desperate measures /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Matt_W]

Beenthere,
That is a nice looking stack of firewood. I am looking to move firewood on pallets as well. I am a new tractor owner (B7610) and was thinking of buying clamp on forks. Do you have any idea how much weight that would be? I have bee pre stacking pallets with cherry, locust and maple about 2 1/2 feet high hoping I can move it when it is time to move. Thanks
Matt

 

[gsxr1100]

Nice stove I checked them out out at one time and said, boy I am lazy. So now I just hit a button on my remote. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif, and my stove pops on...no wood, no cleaning no nothing.

http://home.comcast.net/~mburnickas/fireplace/fireplace.htm

 

[gsxr1100]

Corn stoves are poor in the Northeast at least...We got a new one worth about 2K for free and sold it on Ebay....

 

[JimMorrissey]

"treehuggers"...what do they have to do with C02 emmission? Do you live in a valley. Have you ever looked down at a valley from above on a cold day and seen haze worse than LA on a 99 degree day in July?...Air quality that's almost on the unbreathable side? Treehuggers have nothing to do with it.

Good thing somebody is looking out for your environment for you.

 

[Highbeam]

What is your point? I have even been accused of being a treehugger every now and then. The treehuggers want less CO2 emmisions to reduce the alleged greenhouse effect. Therefor they like devices which reduce CO2 emmisions.

The pellet stoves are great at removing material from landfills, treehuggers like that too, and recycling it into a heat source.