Wow. What temp (roughly / average) do the pellet stoves keep your house at? Have you considered calling Mass Save to have an energy audit done? If they still do it, the end result is you will likely end up getting the house reasonably insulated a fraction of what it would normally cost. Also maybe worth considering buying pellets in the spring. Stock up 12, 16 tons whatever you need for a season. Buying a ton here and a ton there in the middle of the heating season, when prices are their absolute highest - probably spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars more year-over-year than if you stocked up in spring at early buy pricing. The price difference is often times ~$50 per ton, so it adds up real quick. Also you are likely to get a further bulk buy discount, stocking up all at once.
I did exactly that the year before had 10 tons of Northern Max where I use to stack my firewood then came shoulder surgery just prior to when I would have done my Pellet buying and stacking . As far as insulation I have a lot of structural work to do on my house before I insulate and sheet rock the interior or I would have done that a long time ago, its old and a timber framed house . Time is what I lack currently and have over the last 7 years from one meat grinder to the next(if a job is flucked up or near impossible "Send Daniel there He will get it done" and was hopefully putting an end to that until the company used me to land this insane job. We have talked repeatedly at company meeting how none of us want to do these big, extremely difficult, and serious fast track jobs anymore, so hopefully after this one is done no more of them and I can return to working on my house. Another thing is I don't want anyone else working on my house other than me except when it comes to electrical and plumbing . It was a huge step for me to allow someone to roof my house as I have already done my porch and have always done my own roofing, just did not have the time and am not the man physically that I use to be . When i keep the stove room around 80* the rest of my house during cold weather is around 65-68* which my wife is comfortable with . Adding the P43 made a huge difference as it keeps the beast upstairs from drawing cold air in from the basement which is now positive pressure and warmer. Next spring hopefully I will be healthy and probably have 10 ton delivered and set on the side of the house then when it gets near the season I can get them downstairs before heating season . I have another year on this job before it finishes granted all goes well and nothing and I mean nothing has gone Well so far. Wind chill temps -15 / -20 tonight will be burning some serious pellets tonight In the hopper Vermont / Vandy's mix to keep the shack warm
Pellets used in December 2019 = 45 bags. That's the least I've used in December since the 2016/2017 season (when I started tracking). Total for year so far = 101 bags which is also my lowest total for heating season to this point (only by 6 bags -but it's still less)
December count is 44 and 1 1/2 barrel of corn. The last part of the month I was only using the cellar dweller, the Harman
Not even counting. It's been so warm now, temps in the 40's for highs and sunny, that not worth burning the stove. House gets too warm. Will run it today , but it's still 44 degrees and cloudy. Not much of a winter so far.
Similar situation here. We've had a couple brief cold snaps, but for the most part it's been mild so far.
Some forecasters are predicting a back loaded winter. It's raining in Vermont right now. Not a good start to snowmobiling. For here in southern New England, looks really bland through at least the 20th.
I forgot to mention I'm heating close to 200 extra sq ft of living area, the newly built mudroom It's still mild out as we speak A relief on the heating load
46 for December. probably 82 for the year thus far. none in January till the 9th as the dino burner is on
