Just like headless Ned said, winter is comming! I would like to stay warm. In my houses basement I have a previously drilled 6" hole through the concrete & brick wall and marks on the floor from some type of burner.
I thought about installing a wood burning stove in this spot but don't want an ugly chimney going up an odd side of the front of my house. Just dicking around I started looking at pellet burners and I have a few questions.
Is my understanding correct that almost no chimney and a vent type cover can be used with a pellet burner due to the higher efficiency combustion of the burning media? What the fuel consumption like for those that have one? My thoughts would be to heat my basement with the heater as to not Have to use so much fuel oil. Would a correctly sized unit :teehee: be able to heat about 2500 sq.ft. of house?
Even if the gas line was free it wouldn't be of any use at this moment. The equipment & installation of a natural gas boiler is out of this years budget, plain and simple. Same goes for wood. I'm not setup for either right now. That is why pellets are appealing as minimal setup is needed. I could have a stove heating within an hour including install.
I have a king pellet stove from Tractor Supply and model 5500 my house is 2800 square feet each my entire basement and my upstairs and keeps it at 66 but I'm having a hard time with the $200 a month of pellets but I have to buy that's why I'm so my pellet stove no its cheaper to run my furnace but I also want to buy a up flow stove that's will hook up to my air ducts in the heat my upstairs with this running logs of wood but the pellet stove is a very clean running still
Both DTE and Consumers have programs to connect people in certain areas, in which case it is often free. Call and ask about your location. Both of them would charge around $400 to go 300' with the information I have.
Look up the model of your hot water heater/boiler. You may find that the model you have only requires a burner change in order to go to natural gas. There are other retrofit kits out there.
I don't like pellet stoves. Maybe a $3k one, but not a $1k stove.
Both DTE and Consumers have programs to connect people in certain areas, in which case it is often free. Call and ask about your location. Both of them would charge around $400 to go 300' with the information I have.
Look up the model of your hot water heater/boiler. You may find that the model you have only requires a burner change in order to go to natural gas. There are other retrofit kits out there.
I almost guarantee that this ^^^^^ will be the case. But I also guarantee that Andy will not do the 1/2 hours worth of leg work to determine if this is so.
I would also look in the attic and see if a couple hundred dollars of insulation would be an even better investment (or more cost CONVENIENT).
So all this effort will net you a $500 temporay savings but a $2500 long term loss, or to say it a different way, $2500 less available cash to put towards the new $8000 investment next year? If you plan to only use it for one year, you will take a hit on selling a used pellet stove.
Save the money, hassle and time. Live with the current setup this year and like suggested by others, see what the year actually turns out to be like. Use your money and efforts elsewhere.
Years ago, I went to one of those wheel in our parking lot events at that 4x4 store in fenton. I hung out with some of my old pals sol goode and clarkston douchebagger and a handful of others. I met this goofy little dude named Andy. He seemed cool I thought, they all quietly warned me how retarded he was......
Over the years he has confirmed how retarded he was, thousands of times over.
I got a gas furnace for my old garage for Free. It was very nice and was probably big enough to warm your whole house. If you really wanted to do this the most economical way, you could. But it starts with getting actual quotes and real numbers, not a bunch of guesses. My final advice is to stick with what you have and start saving $ and collecting materials to switch to gas next year. Im out!
My old house had an original GM Delco Furnace (1939), according to the tag, converted to natural gas in 1956 (according to riveted on tag). I put off replacing the furnace at my old house for the longest time thinking it was really expensive, turned out to only be $1200.
Bought me a pellet stove today. I bought a used Berckwell Big E off craigslist. Seller wanted $500 but when I got there it wasn't working. He was planning on scrapping it so I took it off his hands for $60, figuring I could get it working as it was worth a gamble.
Came home, cleaned it and its working perfectly. Picked up the install piping, 2 bags of pellets and a bag of licorice for $200 at TSC. Its burning right now
Good stove, most people don't know about having to deep clean them once a year. The ashtraps get full and it will overheat, throw a code and shut down. Good score!
Wpwp....
I did the same thing...got the pellet burner installed in the wood shop on the second floor of one of the garages. Actually a pretty easy install. It was more work getting it upstairs then actually getting the install done because it's so heavy. Now to add some insulation and we'll be all set for the long winter. Another place to get away and do something other than watch TV.
And I had to add a bunch of electrical though too. When I moved in, it had 2 light bulbs and one wall plug. Now I have 2 banks of lights and a dozen wall plugs.
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