Wood Stove and Pellet Stove

Winnisquamer · 11-01-2015, 02:11 PM

Wood lost me at hard manual labor and gym workout .. Nothing like cutting a bag of pellets open and sitting back on the couch.

thinkxingu · 11-01-2015, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Winnisquamer

Wood lost me at hard manual labor and gym workout .. Nothing like cutting a bag of pellets open and sitting back on the couch.

...and the sweet sound of the auger and fan, and no heat during power outages, and 50-pound sacks, and... I'll keep my silent, pretty, unceasing woodstove any day!

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SAB1 · 11-02-2015, 01:38 PM

I'd stick with the pellet stove hands down. Much easier to feed, cleaner, you can fill it in the morning and leave for the day (with a bigger hopper maybe 2 days) produces far less ash to deal with and you don't smell like smokey the bear all the time. You don't have truck out to the wood pile in zero degree weather to grab logs. You can get a back up battery system to run if the power goes out. My buddy has a wood stove (similar size house) that he heats with and goes thru 6 chord a winter. I burn 4 ton of pellets. His cost for wood runs him a good $800 more than my pellets.

bigdog · 11-03-2015, 01:01 PM

I have wood stove in NH property, and pellet stove in Mass. property.
Actually love both !

However, when we lose electrical power all those pellet stove owner's who heat entirely or partially, wil be over at their neighbor's house who has the wood stove to keep warm !

Hopefully, any power losses would be temporary.

ishoot308 · 11-03-2015, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdog

However, when we lose electrical power all those pellet stove owner's who heat entirely or partially, wil be over at their neighbor's house who has the wood stove to keep warm !

Unless they have a generator...

Orion · 11-03-2015, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ishoot308

Unless they have a generator...

......Or one of the stoves that runs off of 12V backup power such as the QuadraFire Mt. Vernon such as we have.

brk-lnt · 11-04-2015, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Orion

......Or one of the stoves that runs off of 12V backup power such as the QuadraFire Mt. Vernon such as we have.

There are battery backup options for Harman stoves as well.

I have a generator, as well as a beefy inverter, no real issues during a power outage.

Wood stoves are archaic, IMO. My goal is overall *comfort*, which means ease of use, ease of cleaning, etc. For that the pellet stove is a far better option.

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11-02-2015, 01:38 PM	#3
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,275 Thanks: 196 Thanked 336 Times in 244 Posts	I'd stick with the pellet stove hands down. Much easier to feed, cleaner, you can fill it in the morning and leave for the day (with a bigger hopper maybe 2 days) produces far less ash to deal with and you don't smell like smokey the bear all the time. You don't have truck out to the wood pile in zero degree weather to grab logs. You can get a back up battery system to run if the power goes out. My buddy has a wood stove (similar size house) that he heats with and goes thru 6 chord a winter. I burn 4 ton of pellets. His cost for wood runs him a good $800 more than my pellets.

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11-03-2015, 01:01 PM	#4
bigdog Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central MA-Gilford Posts: 1,459 Thanks: 357 Thanked 126 Times in 100 Posts	I have wood stove in NH property, and pellet stove in Mass. property. Actually love both ! However, when we lose electrical power all those pellet stove owner's who heat entirely or partially, wil be over at their neighbor's house who has the wood stove to keep warm ! Hopefully, any power losses would be temporary.