Can I install a pellet stove in a house with a water boiler heat system. quad level house w/fireplace?
The house is a quad level with the fireplace on level 2. Our heat bills are high so I need to do something. I could either put in the pellet stove insert in the fireplace or put a pellet stove in the basement and try to attach it to my hot water heat system. Is it possible to put the pellet stove in the garage? I just don’t know anything about this stuff. What about the cost – should I be able to stay under 3000$? Could this thing heat my water heater?
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Doctor ~W.
21 Oct 2009
Most pellet stoves only heat the area they are installed in and perhaps a little beyond that. There is however a pettet stove that can be used to modify an existing gas forced-air furnace. I have thoroughly researched this subject and I do not think that there are pellet stoves to heat water for a boiler system. As far as putting one in the garage or basement that is fine if you want to heat the garage or basement.
There are two huge draw back to pellet stoves. One is that if you depend on them to keep your pipes or house from freezing then you can not go away for any length of time. Most have 40pound hoppers and would burn out in 12 hours (the manufactures say 24 hours, I know better) and the other huge drawback is that last year there was an 800% increase in pellet stove sales leading to massive nationwide shortages in available pellets and escalating pellet prices when they were available. Pellets sell for around $4.75 per 40pound bag and around $210 a ton. We ended up burning Horse Bedding Pellets for much of the winter, same product with a different name & a $7 a bag price.
The advantages of burning pellets: A natural way off heating your home with out the mess of chopped wood or the use of foreign oil and a warm cozy fire to snuggle up to. Good luck and enjoy.