Pellet or Corn Stove

This topic looked interesting though I rent now and heat is included. Still I like the topic. I swore when I used an old cook stove on wood it was not as good as air tight stoves but a very good heat source if used correctly, less stinky. This article might be useful to you, not sure..

We did research because my husband wanted to switch from the wood burner to a pellet stove and that was before the chimney fire, so we can't do either now. But from what our research, I think there was a stove that burned both, that way if one was not available or more expensive, one could use the alternative. I would have to confirm that with my husband though.

We tried using a pellet stove last year to try and save money as we use oil to heat the house. It really didn't save a whole lot but it did keep the house alot warmer then using the oil. You have to clean them every so often also. Their not bad but can be a pain to take care of.

My son has one similar but he doesn't feed his..now maybe if i send you brownies you can feed your stove that?

I wish I could help but I cannot. I have natural gas heat where I live. No propane here. Sorry. But I am sure someone will be able to help out.

My parents have a wood stove and they are very happy with it. I don't have any knowledge on pellet or corn stoves and I imagine that the technology and the material availability is different in my country. I hope you can make the best choice according to your needs.

Wood is really economical but not very good for a small stove, pellets is approximately the same cost than natural gas here. If natural/city gas is available in your area, the best to do would be to modify your propane stove to use it. It is not an expensive modification and you would save about 20% compared to propane. It is also what you will save with pellets, but you need space to store the pellets (more you buy, less it is expensive and it is even less expensive if you have space for a silo and buy bulk), and you have to change the stove, so you will need several years before doing some savings.

I heard these are very economical Marcy.

It is some contraption, never saw anything like that.

I've never seen one of those, but friend of mine had something that looked similar, but it burnt wood and coal. It gave out a lot of heat.

I'm sorry but I really don't have any experience with this type of stove. It looks like @crazyhorseladycx gave you some really good information.

we were to switch our woodburner (18yrs ol) out fer a pellet stove this year, but the funds jest ne'er got free to do such (ya know, coz playin' golf all summer's more important?). these new pellet stoves 're most energy efficient 'n lots less cleanup (ashes...weird bugs, bark chips). we put one in the aunt 'n uncles last year (they'd propane) 'n they jest love it. 's fer the price 'f the pellets? that seems to vary region by region. jest make sure ya get one suited fer yer square footage. i've heard tell that'cha can e'en pipe 'em into yer existin' system. the thermostat thingy is great coz ya can jest fill 'em 'n set it - sometimes not 'vin' to do such 'gain fer 3 days. the aunt 'n uncle ordered theirs online, though i dunno if'n i'd get into troubles by tellin' ya where. do some price shoppin' though 'n pay close mind to the features 'n what's required to adapt 'em to yer needs.

Haven't heard about such stoves. Generally, in our place, electricity works out more expensive than gas. But I don't know about propane either.