brutus54
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- Feb 18, 2012
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- Tractor
- Ford 1720 w/FE loader
The problem I see with a pellet stove is if you lose electricity you'll have no heat. If you are in a rural area that could be a problem.
The outside air kit (specific to each stove) is nice because it brings outside air directly into the stove. It's not being pulled into the living space and making it colder.
Same as what I plan, walk out basement and a loft with the 4' vertical extension. It's nice to hear others experiences.Caver
We live in a 20X24 ft log cabin. There is a loft as well as a full basement where our bedroom is. The stove is in the basement which is on the other half of the wall of the bedroom. There is a 2X3 ft regerster in the 1st floor and the cabin stays in the lower 70's throughout the winter months. We just replaced our 12 yr old Englander wood stove with a new Lopi Evergreen which has a high EPA rating. We went through around 12 - 14 facecord with the Englander stove and expect to use a lot less with the Lopi.
Kind of ironic when folks pay to haul off oak here...
Can't give it away.
We have a pellet stove but it's for supplemental heat, not our main heat source, which is wood. Our wood is "free" and pellets are not. Furthermore, our pellet stove (Harmon "Advance") needs frequent cleaning and it's a real bear to clean.I started heating the house here with a LOPI wood burning stove. This was in 1982 - before all the regs on burning wood. So ..... our LOPI had no afterburners, smoke chambers nor catalytic converters.
It was a really great stove. It was built of heavy steel plate and had a flat platform top. We occasionally would cook on this top. We used this stove for twelve years - then we went to pellets.