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puckhead11 t1_ivoshc8 wrote

Wood. However it is only supplemental for one zone. The rest is oil.

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Truthislife13 t1_ivotpf9 wrote

I have a pellet stove for supplemental heat. I also have a fireplace insert, though I tend to not use it during the week.

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Fiveof3 t1_ivotu95 wrote

Wood as primary heat. Lucky enough to have enough acreage so we can cut what we need. Don’t have to buy wood.

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Doza13 t1_ivou8tz wrote

pellet. 50k btu. Just installed in basement. going to open the vents and see if heat can rise three floors.

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gravitybongresin t1_ivoufdj wrote

Pellet stove and oil furnace. Try to just use the pellet stove for the most part

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Temporary-Leg-7380 t1_ivov3t8 wrote

bought a wood stove this year to take advantage of all the standing dead ash trees in my yard

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ReauxChambeaux t1_ivoy7lw wrote

Woodstove for primary heat. Oil backup. I use maybe 50 gallons of oil a year

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penelope_pig t1_ivozvsj wrote

We have a pellet stove. It's the primary heat for the first floor in our house, but we have to use the oil heat for upstairs and to supplement downstairs when it gets really cold.

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nosamwilliam t1_ivp0aht wrote

Just oil. Set up an appointment in august for a wood stove install in January. We shal see how that goes 🫣

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GT540MGamer t1_ivp0haq wrote

Replying to ReauxChambeaux (#484,013)

Do you burn the stove continuously? I light mine when I get home in the evening but even loading it up at 10pm everything is cold by 6am. I haven't even tried burning it while I'm away at work because it seems like it wouldn't have a chance to really get going. I'm totally new to all of this having previously lived with central heating via natural gas furnace.

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asphynctersayswhat t1_ivp0wh9 wrote

Pellet for first floor. Propane for rest. Just got 2 pallets delivered yesterday. Love it

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pistolbristol t1_ivp138o wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#483,947)

One thing to consider is the pellet stove will likely only run for 24 hours unattended without being cleaned or refilled. I have a 55k BTU pellet stove and while it's great when I'm home, I still need to run the boiler when I'm away, even for an overnight.

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FloozyFoot t1_ivp178j wrote

Wood stove in the basement, pellet stove on second floor. Non-working pellet stove on first floor.

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Sirhc978 t1_ivp1ki3 wrote

We have a pellet stove in the basement, a propane furnace and electric baseboards in almost every room.

I am trying to see how long I can run just the pellet stove.

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jkjeeper06 t1_ivp1rsi wrote

Pellet for garage/bonus room above garage, oil for house

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pistolbristol t1_ivp1txk wrote

By usage I have: Pellet stove (~65%), Heat pump (~30%), Oil Boiler (~5%). Boiler is just freeze protection when I'm gone for an extended period. Hoping to get another heat pump in a year or two or even just a standalone propane heater and eliminate the boiler entirely.

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jwc8985 t1_ivp3fnu wrote

Currently oil boiler fueling hydronic baseboards for 3/4 of the house and radiant flooring in the other 1/4. We also have a wood-burning fireplace, but use it mostly for ambiance. This will be our first winter here.

We are considering adding a pellet stove in the spring to have for next winter.

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bingqiling t1_ivp3sew wrote

We got a wood stove installed in our living room this year (otherwise our home is heated by oil) - planning on it being the main source of heat for the house now.

We already had enough wood cut up from our property to last this season. Even if we hadn't, price of wood is about a third of the price for us than what we were spending on oil.

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jwc8985 t1_ivp3sv7 wrote

Replying to Doza13 (#483,776)

We have a neighbor who also put theirs in the basement and they just leave the basement door open all winter. Apparently it’s quite effective. We’re looking at adding a pellet stove next year, but are torn between a basement or 1st floor install.

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powpowpowpowpowp t1_ivp3w8i wrote

Oil is my primary source, but thermostat stays set at “barely comfortable with a sweatshirt on.”

I use the wood stove as needed to get our main living space to an actual comfortable temperature, but with the layout of my house it’s not feasible for it to heat everything.

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[deleted] t1_ivp3xca wrote

I have oil as my primary and a woodstove in my livingroom.

Still haven't turn on the heat, but have definitely used the stove. It does well enough until it gets really cold.

I'm not a hardass about keeping my heat off, its just that the woodstove does the trick when its above freezing.

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MartoufCarter t1_ivp56so wrote

Wood stove is my primary heat source. I also have baseboard but can count on one hand the number of times I have used it in the 13 years at my current location.

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FreezingRobot t1_ivp5dz9 wrote

I use propane but also have a pellet stove. I switch back and forth depending on prices. We stocked up on pellets this fall for the winter just in case things go nutty with the propane prices.

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mcot2222 t1_ivp5ed2 wrote

Low temp heat pump for primary. Oil for hot water and backup heat (never had to turn on last year). Considering a wood stove fireplace insert.

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water_tulip t1_ivp6lbi wrote

Hybrid heat pump that runs over 35F. Under 35, the propane furnace kicks on. Supplement with a wood stove, also the backup heat if we lose power.

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jgren91 t1_ivp8eck wrote

Electric heat pump that I use for 50 and up. Afterwards I turn the pellet stove on and run that all winter.

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Berneraccountbuddy t1_ivpas3d wrote

My inlaws have wood heat, no actual furnace in the home. They have electric baseboards in the living areas but only use that for supplemental heating.

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herefortheguffaws t1_ivpbhz7 wrote

We have electric baseboard heaters that we never use. Have a heat pump but when it gets cold we have a kerosene heater (Toyostove).

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Paislipe t1_ivpboc9 wrote

100% pellets for heat & hot water.

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devindude3 t1_ivpcy9s wrote

Pellet stove and heat pumps baby.

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LeverTech t1_ivpeg3y wrote

Oil, wood, propane, pellets, and my oil furnace can also burn coal.

I like to have the bases covered. Just need a waste oil furnace and I’ll be good.

Edit, forgot I have a heat pump too, though I really only use that for the ac part.

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blogthisisyours t1_ivpfmza wrote

Replying to Open-Industry-8396 (#485,008)

Well, there are a few factors to consider:

- what is one paying per cord for wood, if you aren't harvesting/splitting/seasoning oneself?
- what is one paying for the bricks?

Beyond those, I simply love how the bricks burn hot with little ash. I've found over the 10 years or so of burning both cordwood and bricks together that the combination leaves very little creosote for me to sweep in the late spring from my chimney.
Considering we have a fire going from October to early May, I feel good about the mix for a variety of reasons.

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SillyIce t1_ivpif5m wrote

We have a fireplace insert on one end of the house and we installed a pellet stove on the other end this year. We also have an oil boiler, but we are trying not to use it at all this winter.

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warpedaeroplane t1_ivpk128 wrote

I have neither but a reminder to all, starting last year there is a tax break on all new stove installs which pass EPA regulations, it started at 20% and is down to 19% this year. You will get 19% of your install costs back , parts + labor.

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KingBubbaBouy1 t1_ivpk8q9 wrote

Pellet heat for the last 20 years Oil backup

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superman154m t1_ivpk8x5 wrote

Me! Always have my whole life. Had houses in New Boston, goffstown, dunbarton, and now in dover with a wood stove. Cut, split and staked two cords myself and bought another three cords. Heat is set at 55 as a back up. As I write this with a small fire going right now my house is 71. When I get the stove cranking it can be 84 in here while it’s 5 degrees outside. It’s pretty wild

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kamikaziboarder t1_ivplsnm wrote

Hyper heat pumps + solar=no electric or heating bills. Propane backup. Was going to put in a wood stove because I have a lot of acres of trees. But errr a chimney seemed to be too expensive. My house doesn’t even have one.

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SheenPSU t1_ivpm076 wrote

Just got a pellet stove installed this year

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redditthrower888999 t1_ivprzn5 wrote

Last year pretty much only used the pellet stove, it was a warm winter from what I remember. Still use oil for hot water, I set the thermostats to 50 just in case.

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hounddogracingteam t1_ivptkq2 wrote

Wood stove insert, house layout doesn’t allow for whole house heating with it but keep furnace low in other areas.

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Sigogglin1 t1_ivpuq7b wrote

Renting a house that's heated with oil, but when I buy in the next couple years it's definitely gonna be heated with wood.

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ReauxChambeaux t1_ivpwck3 wrote

Replying to GT540MGamer (#484,146)

Come the real cold temps the stove basically doesn’t stop. It’s essentially died out come morning but the house stays in the low 60’s or high 50’s overnight and then I start a fresh fire in the morning. Luckily my wife works from home so she can load it up throughout the day

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StylinBill t1_ivpz1p6 wrote

Used to heat by pellet stove. Terrible would not recommend

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beardmat87 t1_ivq7t55 wrote

Pellet stove primary on the main floor and oil as a backup to keep a couple rooms that are too far from the stove comfortable. I also have a wood stove in the basement but it doesn’t get used much anymore.

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Fiveof3 t1_ivqddrd wrote

Replying to GT540MGamer (#484,146)

Once cold weather sets in we burn continuously. Properly loaded and adjusted can get 7+ hours of burn time. Also our house was built specifically to be heated by the wood stove as primary heat. The chimney goes through the center of the house. The stove is on the bottom floor with a granite wall to absorb heat so even when the stove dies down the stone radiates heat back in to the house. Also have a duct fan set up to pull hot air from downstairs and blow it through the FHA ducts of the furnace if we want to warm the house up quickly.

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[deleted] t1_ivqo6fj wrote

We heat one room of the house with pellets.

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Emptyplates t1_ivqpzj7 wrote

We have a wood burning stove as secondary heat for electric heat pump. Our house is positioned for passive solar and gets fairly warm on its own when the sun is blazing down. Great in winter, fucking sucks in summer. The ac can barely keep up.

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Low-Head-1493 t1_ivqvkog wrote

We have a shitty propane wall unit and a small wood stove. It’s not the best but we use it as our main source of heat, propane is just on as a back up.

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Unhappy-Dog-7545 t1_ivqypld wrote

We’ve been using pellets for 15+ years. We live in central NH. Our home is a 1760 sq ft two story cape with propane forced air heating and cooling. Last year we replaced our old “Enviro” with a “St. Croix.” Although St Croix is not a top shelf stove we love it. We use it as our primary heat source. With a little help from a fan we keep both floors comfortable through even the coldest of most winter days. We burn “Vermont” pellets. They are a premium soft wood pellet that runs about $40-$60 more a ton. We got three tons last April and paid $300 per with a $100 delivery. We average about a bag (40 lbs) a day. One thing to keep in mind is that pellet stoves are not wood stoves. Soft wood pellets for the most part burn much more efficiently and at a higher temp. They produce less fly ash which means less cleaning. The new stoves are much more environmentally friendly. The pellets we burn come from a farmed and sustainable source and are carbon neutral.

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MarkL6868 t1_ivr9fhs wrote

Two woodstoves, a kerosine monitor heater and three mini splits for those fall and spring 40 degree days.

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StatWhines t1_ivr9sao wrote

Single Pellet Stove in a 2,200 SqFt house for 20 years as primary heat source. Electric baseboards in every room but only ever used in the bathrooms at 58 to keep things from freezing and the icecubes out of the toilet.

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reficius1 t1_ivrfqpa wrote

Wood. Mostly as backup for power failures, although when we're wood rich we enjoy some just because it's so much nicer than forced air.

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butchlugrod t1_ivri8j4 wrote

Wood and oil. I just moved to the state and using either of these as a primary heat source in 2022 still just seems super weird (I’m from WA originally, but have lived in CO/VA/AR/TX.) Do they still source the oil from whales? 😉

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FADEBEEF t1_ivrt63v wrote

Pellet stove here. It's in one remote corner of the house though, so the opposite corner where my office is does see some use of the baseboard heating.

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bubbynee t1_ivrw1r5 wrote

Replying to reficius1 (#489,189)

I have an oil furnace and a wood stove as backup, though will oil prices now we are trying to use the wood stove more. In all honesty, if it wasn't so annoying to maintain, I would use the stove all the time, especially since wood great just feels better

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Scubakim13 t1_ivs3j1d wrote

Pellet stove and propane. We try to use the pellet stove as much as possible and our upstairs gets a bit chilly at night.

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MeanFluffyBunny t1_ivyg9x1 wrote

Replying to GT540MGamer (#484,146)

What kind of stove is it? A modern catalytic stove will give you crazy long burn times. I have a Heartstone Green Mountain 60. I load it up at 9pm, and at 8am I still have a thick hot bed of coals and the stove itself is still wicked hot. I just throw more wood in and it takes off by itself.

These stoves work by recycling and burning the smoke the fire gives off. The important thing with these stoves is you need a professional with experience with these types of stoves to install it.

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