I could have purchased a pellet stove at Menards (or any of the big box stores) for around $1,400 and probably had it installed for around that price too. Though I am a total Do It Yourselfer I chose NOT to do any of this myself. It has a blower on it so it also circulates throughout my house really efficiently. This gives me the feel of wood heat and it provides the look of a fire without all the upkeep and danger of it in a home. It was bliss!) Not all heats are created equal. (After I had my electric heater and pellet stove installed I turned them all up and just basked in an 80 degree living room one night simply because I could. They support each other and neither runs constantly even when it is really cold out. I am not totally reliant on my pellet stove as I installed an electric heater in my living room this fall. Its wonderful because it has a thermostat on it and I just set it at whatever temperature I want my home to stay. The bags are 40 pounds and, for now at 32 years old, that’s no problem when it comes to weight for me though I suspect, as I get older, I may depend more on my electric heat one day.įor now I am burning pellets every day and its keeping my home warm with no problems whatsoever. When I rave about my pellet stove I try not to start out with, “OMG it is SO much better than what I was doing!” Because a pellet stove is still a really great, low maintenance, heat source regardless of what I’m comparing it to lol.
It is as simple as opening up the back of it and just dumping them in. Of course I also have to fill it which I do now sometimes more than once a day because its so cold out. (Ok, I’m officially an adult, I LOVE my little green Bissell vacuum and it works great on my pellet stove too.) Of course to do this I have to cool the stove down which usually takes about an hour. Once a week I empty its ash bucket, vacuum it out and also clean the glass – this may take me 5 minutes. (All in I might spend as much as 20 seconds a day on it.) It is SO easy! Once a day I clean out where the pellets burn and I also sweep out the inside of it. It is not totally without a little upkeep. I don’t think it produces more than 3 cups of ash a week even with it burning a lot of the time. My pellet stove is incredibly clean burning. Is having a pellet stove a cake walk compared to what I was doing? Absolutely! Is having a pellet stove as easy as adjusting the thermostat to a furnace? Absolutely not. After living with a wood stove for three years and hauling wood 300 feet from my shed to the house alone last winter I am about as biased as they come. First I have to start this post with a disclaimer. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window).Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).
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