wife has decided she doesnt want to have to hump and chop firewood in the future and is making noises about getting a pellet fire to replace the massive masport log burner we currently heat the casa with, looked at one today at the home show that puts out 10 kw v the 23kw the masport pumps out, while i am allowed to have no opinion i still prefer the log burner and may even consider getting the wood in to save her a job, any one have any experience with them?
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House we moved into last year has an 8yr old Riko pellet fire(6k+ retail) ...overall pretty impressed ..better than expected on keeping midsize area warm (only 8kw output) when its bitter cold outside (central otago)
-pros- 15kg bag keeps the fire ticking over 4-5kw(half output) for good part of 2-3 days.. so no stress having to reload wood etc
-cons- more expensive to run and buy and doesn't match wood burner heat output
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We inherited one in a rental we bought. The tenants like it and it is reasonably efficient.
It needs servicing yearly and to be cleaned regularly. Our tenant re-assembled the parts that are removed when cleaning incorrectly which would have necessitated a service call except the service agent gave me a list of probable causes over the phone and we were able to fix it.
I wouldn't buy one as I don't like the continuous noise of the pellets falling into the firebox. Too much like Chinese water torture!
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Personally, I would never want to make such an expensive change for something that would leave me reliant on a single source for consumables.
Sure, if the manufacturer went out of business, a third party might step up to manufacture the pellets, but for what price?My blog. From personal experience.
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