BeerBorg

I'm old and cold, have been thinking tonight if I should get a pellet stove for my basement. That's what I've been researching on the 'net tonight. Have been doing the math and if it will save me a few $ and I can be warm, I might do it. I like wood heat and cutting fire wood, but such a mess and hassel, and fire hazard also.

off hand, I'd say a pellet stove is less of a hassel than a girl friend. lower maint, and will most likely keep you warmer for much less

I don't mind the cold for short spells. It's when I have to work outdoors in it that it really makes me miserable.

Yankeedag wrote:off hand, I'd say a pellet stove is less of a hassel than a girl friend. lower maint, and will most likely keep you warmer for much less

berryman wrote:I'm old and cold, have been thinking tonight if I should get a pellet stove for my basement. That's what I've been researching on the 'net tonight. Have been doing the math and if it will save me a few $ and I can be warm, I might do it. I like wood heat and cutting fire wood, but such a mess and hassel, and fire hazard also.

I have a pellet stove in the finished basement. It's great. Especially since I live in the Northeast where oil heat is prevalent, and ridiculously expensive. (I wish I could convert to gas but it's not available on my street, out in the boonies.) The finished basement is not on the main heating system, and I can heat down there with the pellet stove for a LOT less per square foot than the main level.
My only gripe with the pellet stove is storing the bags of pellets. But that's a minor issue.
Basically, what Y-Dag said is true!

But bottom line, count me in for FIT's plan of migrating south -- I'm getting too old for this winter sh*t!

My local hombrew club is having a beer competition; judging begins Friday evening. Last night, a group of us began the labeling and sorting of competition entries... Lots of bottles; just under <200 entries, (3) 12oz bottles/entry. We cheerfully drank a keg of fresh hopped IPA, hopped with his homegrown hops picked in September. Yummy!

I hope the competition goes well.

And thanks to you and your buddies for volunteering your time and effort to make it happen. Competitions are fun, and they're important, as the feedback is valuable and helps make better homebrewers of all competitors. But they don't just happen on their own; there's a lot of behind-the-scenes activity going on, and it's often unrecognized.

So, for you and the other volunteers: ---->

I heated my 2000 sq ft r ranch for several years with a pellet stove. Put a box fan on top to reach the other end of the house. Temp ranged from 80 near stove to 70 in my bedroom. Saved tons of cash vs oil. Paid for itself in 2 years, and a little warmer.

Crazy Climber wrote:

berryman wrote:I'm old and cold, have been thinking tonight if I should get a pellet stove for my basement. That's what I've been researching on the 'net tonight. Have been doing the math and if it will save me a few $ and I can be warm, I might do it. I like wood heat and cutting fire wood, but such a mess and hassel, and fire hazard also.

I have a pellet stove in the finished basement. It's great. Especially since I live in the Northeast where oil heat is prevalent, and ridiculously expensive. (I wish I could convert to gas but it's not available on my street, out in the boonies.) The finished basement is not on the main heating system, and I can heat down there with the pellet stove for a LOT less per square foot than the main level.
My only gripe with the pellet stove is storing the bags of pellets. But that's a minor issue.
Basically, what Y-Dag said is true!

But bottom line, count me in for FIT's plan of migrating south -- I'm getting too old for this winter sh*t!

I've used wood heat for over 20 years and after I built my new house we switched to using propane only, (I still have a wood burner in my shop/garage). In my basement which is insulated and semi finished off, I use a propane wall mounted heater that does a good job, but I spend a lot on my heating bill. I also really miss the warmth of a woodstove, that's why I'm thinking pellet stove. They are a lot cleaner, safer and without all the other hassles of burning wood and still basically the same type of heat.

Crazy Climber wrote:But bottom line, count me in for FIT's plan of migrating south -- I'm getting too old for this winter sh*t!

Y'all are more than welcome to move on down, be glad to have anyone of you as my neighbor. The house next door is for sale and 2 down on the corner.
Looking at the outside temperature right now, it's 65* and I'm wearing shorts.

The only problem is there's some weird guy in the neighborhood that brews beer.

Inkleg wrote:

Crazy Climber wrote:But bottom line, count me in for FIT's plan of migrating south -- I'm getting too old for this winter sh*t!

Y'all are more than welcome to move on down, be glad to have anyone of you as my neighbor. The house next door is for sale and 2 down on the corner.
Looking at the outside temperature right now, it's 65* and I'm wearing shorts.

The only problem is there's some weird guy in the neighborhood that brews beer.

Hmm this sounds good and the weird guy that brews beer would be my friend. The problem I would have is if I put shorts on my white legs would blind everybody, they haven't seen good hot sunlight since my last trip to Vegas.

berryman wrote: I also really miss the warmth of a woodstove, that's why I'm thinking pellet stove. They are a lot cleaner, safer and without all the other hassles of burning wood and still basically the same type of heat.

And the nice thing about pellet stoves is that they're automated. Fill it with pellets, set the thermostat to your desired temp, and it takes care of the rest. Turns itself on and off as needed, cranks up the feed when needed, lowers it when it can. The only pain is filling it with pellets (and having space to store them). But some people add on big hoppers that cut down on the chore of filling, too.

Inkleg wrote:The house next door is for sale and 2 down on the corner.
The only problem is there's some weird guy in the neighborhood that brews beer.

You're not seein' the connection, are you?

I bet the real estate's a lot cheaper down there than it is up here in the pricey, chilly Northeast, too. Throw in 65* on Halloween, and it's all sounding pretty good to me! (I took my kids out trick or treating in 47* drizzle tonight -- had to crack open the tester of my Pete's Wicked Winter Brew clone afterwards to make things right.)

Trick or treatin... bet that was fun. Been a very long time since my kids were that age, no grandkidz to take either. The city kids don't come out this far... tooooo dark and dangerous for them so I miss out on that too. O-well.

My kids are gone, so I get the leftover candy ................

The grand kids were with their mother, my son was on "date night". So the wife and I went to the movies and watched rain with a chance of meatballs 2.