Wood Pellet Stoves

[Magicme]

Am considering putting one into my new house and was wondering if anyone in here has one and how they feel it is working out for them.

I would want one to feed into 11 radiators and keep the sitting room warm. Any ideas?

[Paddyfield]

Sounds like hard work Magicme. :(

[Magicme]

Its enviromentally more friendly than oil & works out cheaper so its worth it!

[BohsPartisan]

How environmentally friendly is it though? It sounds like one of these things they bring out to make you think you are doing something about the environment. Let me know if it works out for ye though. Do they take up much space? If they are like the old range stoves theres no way it would fit in my kitchen.

[Magicme]

You can get loads of different styles & smaller ones for smaller rooms.

They are more enviromentally friendly coz 1. they are a by-product of the wood producing industries. 2. Trees are a renewable source 3. They dont emit much CO2

[Macy]

They dont emit much CO2
When burning they emit about the same, difference is that wood pellets are CO2 neutral due to the tree's using up CO2 as they grow. This does ignore transport costs, as the naysayers will tell you, but then you still have to get oil/gas delivered, which has to be transported around the world, so a bit of a pointless arguement imo.

I don't have direct experience, but I regret not putting one in our house, especially as room for a silo/hopper isn't an issue and access for delivery would be handy (two things I believe can cause problems). It was unfortunate that the technology was just too new at the time.

If you go to the DIY/ Gardening forum on boards.ie you'll probably be able to source more info.

[BohsPartisan]

When burning they emit about the same, difference is that wood pellets are CO2 neutral due to the tree's using up CO2 as they grow. This does ignore transport costs, as the naysayers will tell you, but then you still have to get oil/gas delivered, which has to be transported around the world, so a bit of a pointless arguement imo.

I don't have direct experience, but I regret not putting one in our house, especially as room for a silo/hopper isn't an issue and access for delivery would be handy (two things I believe can cause problems). It was unfortunate that the technology was just too new at the time.

If you go to the DIY/ Gardening forum on boards.ie you'll probably be able to source more info.

Gas is usually piped directly into new houses so transport is not an issue there.

[Magicme]

Like that have no problem with room for a silo/hopper but I want to have a stove in the house rather than a boiler so would be using the bags of pellets. Am only new to looking into this so appreciate the info!

[wws]

The Shed End Invincibles run a website where they offer grant aid to anyone setting these up


its all on www.sei.ie

[Magicme]

Thanks WWS but saw that already. Am just trying to see if anyone put one in and can give me their 1st hand opinon.

[First]

Gas is usually piped directly into new houses so transport is not an issue there.

Great story I heard about a scam involving gas. The story goes that some lads ,that were working on a pipeline down here in Clare ,were offering to pipe gas into peoples houses for €500 this was coming off the main pipeline so it was a once off payment. What they were doing was buying bottles of gas and connecting these to the houses. (I can only assume that these houses were equipped to take gas.) The person in the house would then beleive that they were getting an endless supply of free gas and by the time the gas from the barrels had been used the lads had moved on down the road leaving the greedy householder out of pocket with no come back.

True story or urban legend , I don't know but it is genious.

[Macy]

so would be using the bags of pellets. Am only new to looking into this so appreciate the info!
I think they're about twice the price compared with the silo option, but obviously not as much up front.


Gas is usually piped directly into new houses so transport is not an issue there
Most of the country (area wise definitely, and I assume population) has no access to natural gas via the pipeline. The alternatives would be oil or the gas that's delievered.