Might be coming over to the pellet side

Let me start by saying im looking for a secondary source of heat for a first floor living area approximately 600sqft. I have an old wood stove/furnace in the basement that i've been using for years now but i still have a hard time keeping the temp up in the other end of the house (living room, dining room, laundry). I've always turned down the idea of a pellet stove due to the fact that i don't want to "buy my heat". But after lots of measuring at different locations i just cant meet the clearances for a wood stove in any of those rooms. The hearth wood be halfway out into the center of the room in most cases and i'm just not ready to lose that much floor space.

I've done a little research on pellet stoves and it seems the clearances to combustibles are shorter and my venting options are easier to figure out as well. Any smaller, reliable stoves you guys can recommend that i should check out? I don't plan on using the stove for heat all the time but it would just be nice to warm up those rooms while we're home. Thanks in advance

 

I asked pretty much the same question a while ago and got some really good answers. Check out this thread the pellet folks named a handful of smaller stoves that would work for the space your looking to heat.

http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/index.php?threads/small-stove.1348/

 

Welcome Aboard...I hope!!

 

Ditto

 

Thanks for the link mattjim! I didn't come across that when i searched. That's got some helpful info on some models that might work for me.

Dex thanks for the info as well. I thought about a pellet furnace but my main issue is finding a somewhat central location in the basement for easy ducting options(low basement ceiling. My house was built in the 20's and it's since had many small additions also making venting options and issue. That's why im having a hard time moving air from my wood furnace to the other side of the house. The only suitable location for an 8" double wall chimney was in a back corner of the house.

 

Personally I don't consider a pellet stove as "buying my heat" any more than my wood stove , with the saw, the truck ,and my time to css all that free wood really isn't free I've been a wood burner for 30 yrs. and I enjoy it and will till the day I die . I tell you what pellet stoves are awesome ,nice steady heat and lot less work .

 

Will, you also don't consider your beer supply as "buying your beer" either. You have to drink something. Right? There is water in there. We all need water. Gotta have it. LOL

Smokin, I have a pellet stove in the camp and really like it. I did not want the work of firewood at both places. I burn through 9-10 cord at my house from October 1-May. I don't need to process more wood than that!

 

And Beer does double duty, it's liquid bread , a sandwich in every can

 

Dex as always great insight an wisdom , a man wise beyond his years

 

heh, Smokey....time to come over to pellets and play for the GOOD GUYS!

 

Thinking of adding a pellet stove to my main floor also.

 

Are you keeping the wood burner? I do both pellet on the main floor it's great keeps that space 70+ and bedrooms upstairs 68. Before pellet install had to push the wood burner hard in the man cave ,didn't work very well couldn't get enough heat up. Had to use the not cheap not cozy electric base board
I suggested to my honey we put a pellet stove upstairs she was all for it she always wanted a mantel in the living room , she got and to this day says "the best thing we ever bought". If you got any ?? please ask several knowledgeable guys here.

 

Yes, I have a Buck 74 in my lower level. It heats the house fine except when it gets in the teens and lower. I will most definitely ask you gents when I get serious about purchasing a unit. Thanks