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Originally Posted by nekokami
Yvan, are pellets easy to come by where you are? Apparently there are supply problems here in New England... they're actually saying they might have to cut wood specifically to make pellets, rather than using byproducts, which I think rather defeats the purpose. 
We went with a log-burning stove instead, when we looked into this last fall. But it needs attention much more frequently than a pellet stove, obviously. |
Half of Quebec's production is sold in the States and apparently a big pellet processing plant burned to the ground last week. Prices have jumped from 3.50 to 5.00 in some areas. Who knows what's next. Oilers are not the only ones allowed to fleece us.
I bought mine as an emergency unit and a part time old bone dehumidifier.
There is also a new pellet about to make its way, made from a variety of grass. It looks promising and might give a break to corn fields.
BTW Those pellet stoves can be pretty noisy compared to woodstoves and cleaning is more complicated. And then you have to be a mechanic to sevice them.