Stove cleaned / pellets delivered. We are ready (almost)

It feels like we are ready for winter b/c stove #1 (the important one) has been deep cleaned and is running beautifully and we just had 6 tons of somersets delivered yesterday. Both are very exciting things to check off the list b/c I really didn't think it was going to go so smoothly....but all is delivered and 6 tons are in our garage

This morning, I realized how much more we need to do:
Stove #2 (kozi) needs to be cleaned, so we will do that this weekend. Then, we need to buy a corner fan or two to help the air move around... neither sound too imposing. Then I remembered we still haven't installed the powered vent that will go from the ceiling of the stove room up into the wall of the master bedroom. Sounds easy enough...ha!

Meanwhile, here are some pics of our pellet delivery and our test run (with energex) on the freshly cleaned stove

 

Very Nice!!

 

I hope so! It's all about getting the air to move around now...and covering the drafty antique windows to keep the BTUs in

 

I don't see a surge protector on that stove.......you need to add that to your list. One for each stove. This is what a lot of us use.....has good specs.....they also sell it in white:

http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-UL...46&sr=1-7&keywords=tripp+lite+surge+protector

 

Very nice stove! Good set up. That's the same kind of rig they use when my pellets are delivered. They can push two tons in but the rest is left outside the door so I have to rent a pallet Jack and get my son to pull them in for me.
That is an impressive stone wall. I can't imagine gathering all those stones, then setting them in place so precisely.

 

well, I wasn't gonna say anything, but since Imac opened up THAT Pandora's Box, there doesn't appear to be 6" of permanent noncombustible area in front of the stove either....the rug doesn't suffice.

 

Nice to see you got your pellets delivered.I didnt buy a pellet stove because I was worried about being able to get them in a bad year.Nice set up

 

Good catch LW......I didn't see that.....sort of an optical illusion, the way the bricks look in the front makes it look like the stove is sitting farther back than it really is.

 

Thanks for the reminder - we have a brand new one that we bought over the summer for the other stove - we need one for this one. I can't believe I almost forgot Thanks for the reminder

 

The lowes guy was able to put the third pallet in by using a wooden 2x8 we had lying around. He put it at the bottom of the pallets and was able tot somehow push it back far enough to get them in - three tons deep. I can't complain and made sure he got a nice tip He was pretty impressive on that thing - it's fast!

 

It's ok! Open up the box! I need all the help I can get...we are still new to the pellet world and I'm always open and willing to learn. Even if I don't like what I hear

For the "rug", are you talking about the gray thing in front of the hearth? It's actually a stone slab (slate, I think?). I'll measure it tonight, but I know it is more than 6" out. Prior to the pellet, there was an old wood stove that was installed there in the 80's, so I believe it was built to whatever code existed for them back then.

 

Here is an older photo, when we had the wood stove installed. I think it's a better view of the gray slab. I apologize about the messy picture - we had just moved in and were in the process of purging the house of the ugly red, yellow and blue color scheme

 

Thanks, savemoney! We love the wall and, fortunately for us, we didn't have to piece it all together. We live on the side of a small mountain (very small, but considered a mountain, nonetheless). if you go out the backdoor, after about 20 feet you hit the base of the mountain/woods. Apparently, the guy who lived here before us used to trek up there and toss down rocks. We live in a very rocky area with an old quarry nearby. Rumor has it, the stone for the wall came from the rocks on the mountainside of the property. Who knows if it is true, but the real estate agent knew him and said he was crazy but he did it. Made a big pile of rocks then paid someone to come in and put the wall together a little bit at a time. I don't know if it's true but we love it. Adds a lot of character and makes it easier to forgive the old owner for the leaving the house in complete shambles. Loved his rock wall but cleaning, maintainance and general safety stuff: not so much!

 

Thanks! We burned our first bag of 'sets last night. It was the first frost warning of the season. My husband kept saying "It's so comfy in here!"(and it was)!

 

Nice setup! Have you considered a ceiling fan, I use my stove to heat the downstairs and have a wide open area and utilize my ceiling fan to move that air around.

 

We have a ceiling fan at the far end of the house (near the old pellet stove) and one in the bedroom upstairs. We use the bedroom fan to pull the air up the stairs. Unfortunately, downstairs, there isn't a great place in the other rooms (dining/front room/kitchen) to put one since the ceilings were low. That is the old part of the house from 1890s. We have considered putting one in the stove room but don't know if that will work so well but it might help pull the colder air into the room. Thanks for opening this can of worms again...I was conveniently ignoring the "air movement" issue while I tackled other stuff around the house

 

We have six ceiling fans. All good ones that have speed controls and make no noise. In addition, I have a small floor fan at the bottom of the stairs that blows air toward the stove. We usually have two ceiling fans running at any one time.
I run them on the winter mode to lessen the feeling of a draft. It works! No cutting illegal holes in the floors or walls.

 

I"ll speak to the husband about a ceiling fan tonight - it'll be easier to install than a powered vent from ceiling to wall