Pellet heads!! What's up today?

The rental is downstairs....1000 sq ft
We put a triple wide manufactured home on a full daylight basement.
The front section is the apartment and one end and the rear is storage and my machine shop
They currently have 3500 sq ft home. Big step down to 2300 ft
They are going to sell it and make a bundle
Us old critters don't need 2300 sq ft any more

The appt has a bedroom, bath, laundry room, living room and a little tiny kitchen.
And one pellet stove.....
Very cozy little place

 

With the wind howling and low temps we've had all week, I've been running the boiler a couple times a day to keep the FHW pipes in the garage from freezing. When the garage got to 32* yesterday morning, I blocked the staircase off from the cats, opened the door between the garage and the basement and upped the P61a's thermostat (which is about 10' from the door) by a couple of degrees and let her rip.

Did that for about an hour or a little more and then closed the door. Garage air temp was in the mid 40's (of course there are 3.5 tons of pellets in there that are colder). By late afternoon, despite the sun and winds dying back to 10-20 mph, the temp had crept down to 35* in there. With more single digit night-time temps coming (minus the brutal winds we've had), I did the another round of warming the garage last night before going to bed.

This morning (2:30 am), the garage had worked its way down to 35*, so I'm doing the same thing right now. Warmer temps are on the way in a couple of days, so this won't go on much longer.

May put a small heater in the garage before next heating season. Not sure if I want gas (my propane tanks are small and I won't put in larger), or just put an electric heater out there. Propane is insanely expensive for me, and I have credits from my solar, so probably electric makes more sense.

I remember thinking of doing that before, but we haven't had the prolonged low temps and high winds for the last couple of years. And, this winter isn't even as cold as we've had in the last 15 years - at least two winters we had weeks where night temps were in the negative teens (lowest was -21*) and highs at 0*F or single positive digits.

 

A friend of mine here got solar after I did, and put more panels on than he really needed, but he had the same plan in mind.....he runs small electric units in colder rooms. Working out well for him so far.

 

Still waiting for the Wiseway stove....It is in transit from Chattanooga TN and got delayed....Likely a weather related issue.

This morning it is moving again....Was supposed to be here Monday 17th.

Ah well.....So here in a few hours my Son in law and I will head out to drag home the Big Whitfield Adv 2T.
Weather is supposed to be nice today.....Be great to get the stove home and inside without getting it soaking wet......

 

We headed over to Sandy, Oregon to pick up the Advantage 2T stove.
We get there about 12:30 and the guy has the garage door up and all ready....
After a few minutes of Glad handing and chat we take a peek at the stove.
Absolutely great shape.
(Except the Control board is TOAST....Board is melted.....)

The chassis is sweet.....Paint is very nice......

All the trim is nice......Glass is perfect....Door seal says a couple possibilities....Either it has been replaced or the stove has little use.....Fire brick says it has been used a fair amount....But this is a lovely specimen...

So we negotiate a bit on price and the little prize heads onto the trailer for $125.....Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

All loaded up and we are heading home....

I get a text message on the way home.....Home Depot says out Wiseway stove is available for pickup.

Perfect.....Right on our way at the Sherwood, Oregon store.....Not even out of the way.....Just swing into the store and load up the stove..

So both our prizes are home and snuggled up in the basement .....
So.....First order of bizz is to get the Wiseway into the family room.
Looks like we will load it in the bucket of the skid steer and get it on the front deck.....Still in the crate and then wrestle it inside.

The stove needs some assembly .....One large box....Probably the base.....And a smaller box of goodies.

The cardboard over the crate was in shambles.....The crate was decent.....Plastic bag over the stove looks good.

I want to get the stove inside before we tear the crate off .....If there are issues we can get pics as we peel off the crate...

What I can see says things are fine.

The Whit is going to sit until Spring and I can get it outside and tear it apart......

I suspect the usual neglect as far as cleaning of ash and such is the case.....Very likely the draft fan has not seen any oil in the bearings either.......

Going to be a fun little project.