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GusMan · 10-20-2006, 11:59 AM

Hi Jads32,

When I had my place on Merrymeeting, we used a Monitor Heater as the sole heat source. It was already there when we purchased the house from people who used it year round.

The heater worked well (ours was kerosene, not gas) , but we started having problems with it over the winter. We after several service calls (and several hundred $$$$$) we decided to replace the entire unit with a new one, which worked flawlessly for the next year (we sold the house).

We dealt with Bay Street Discount (I believe that's the name... they are located in Back Bay in Wolfboro). I would highly recommend them. Their service calls were prompt and fairly affordable. And when we continued having problems with our original heater (which they said was pretty rare) they offered us full credit of the repair costs towards a new heater... which we took.

Another thing to consider with the monitor systems. While they are efficient (at least the kerosene one was) they are much better at *maintaining* temperature rather than bringing a house up to temperature. The ideal situation would be to have that heater as a primary heater, but to also have a wood or pellet stove to provided immediate and high temperature heating.

Had I kept my lake house long enough, that's what I would have done.

Best of luck....

Gusman

10-20-2006, 11:59 AM	#2
GusMan Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 135 Thanks: 1 Thanked 45 Times in 26 Posts	Monitor heaters.... Hi Jads32, When I had my place on Merrymeeting, we used a Monitor Heater as the sole heat source. It was already there when we purchased the house from people who used it year round. The heater worked well (ours was kerosene, not gas) , but we started having problems with it over the winter. We after several service calls (and several hundred $$$$$) we decided to replace the entire unit with a new one, which worked flawlessly for the next year (we sold the house). We dealt with Bay Street Discount (I believe that's the name... they are located in Back Bay in Wolfboro). I would highly recommend them. Their service calls were prompt and fairly affordable. And when we continued having problems with our original heater (which they said was pretty rare) they offered us full credit of the repair costs towards a new heater... which we took. Another thing to consider with the monitor systems. While they are efficient (at least the kerosene one was) they are much better at maintaining temperature rather than bringing a house up to temperature. The ideal situation would be to have that heater as a primary heater, but to also have a wood or pellet stove to provided immediate and high temperature heating. Had I kept my lake house long enough, that's what I would have done. Best of luck.... Gusman