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Suggestions on which pellets to purchase

Discussion in 'The Pellet Bag' started by Hitch, Oct 20, 2014.

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  1. savemoney

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    Try some high temp aluminum tape. Slick fix many times.
     
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    The 1st connection (vent to stove) should absolutely have a good bead of high temp silicone/caulk (500° minimum).

    A pellet stove has a positive pressure exhaust. So any spot that does not have a good seal? Will leak and that leak is letting CO into your home.
     
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    Don't feel bad. My stacks look like I was knee walking drunk when I piled them up. The first ton gets stacked OK, then my give a darn shrinks the farther I go. The important thing is they are off the ground, they aren't falling over, and come spring, nobody but me will remember what they looked like.

    Welcome to FHC.
     
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    I may not start that way, But by the end of the ton I'm usually pretty gosh darn close!! ;)

    :drunk:
     
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  5. Hitch

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    Well, here's the final stack. We got all of the pellets out of the garage (top picture in my other post) and down into the basement. I think it's a decent stack - certainly no longer borderline pellet abuse. :D
     

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  6. will711

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    Look at all those little beauties ,just waiting to be turned in to Btu's :thumbs: :fire::dancer:
     
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    Doesn't matter how you stack them, they will burn the same!!
     
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    I've seen worse.Much worse.:emb:
     
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