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Old 09-28-2010, 09:16 AM   #1
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The bags are 4 tons of wood pellets. We use a pellet stove to reduce our consumption of heating oil.
that is smart from you ;)
how much do you usually use during the winter ?
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Old 09-28-2010, 09:27 AM   #2
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that is smart from you ;)
how much do you usually use during the winter ?
We actually just bought it last February (we always put our tax return money into improving the energy efficiency of our house). We just burned it during the day for the month of February and used about 40 lbs per day. By March we realized that if we burned it 24 hours per day it could heat the whole house and we wouldn't need to use any oil. Since March was a bit warmer, we still just used one 40lb bag per day. For us, one 40lb bag of pellets yields the same results as 5 gallons of oil (I actually have a digital meter hooked to my oil burner to assess our daily burn rate). So, with oil at $2.25 per gallon and pellets at $200 per ton, one $4 bag of pellets equals $11.25 of oil.
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Old 09-28-2010, 09:44 AM   #3
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We actually just bought it last February (we always put our tax return money into improving the energy efficiency of our house). We just burned it during the day for the month of February and used about 40 lbs per day. By March we realized that if we burned it 24 hours per day it could heat the whole house and we wouldn't need to use any oil. Since March was a bit warmer, we still just used one 40lb bag per day. For us, one 40lb bag of pellets yields the same results as 5 gallons of oil (I actually have a digital meter hooked to my oil burner to assess our daily burn rate). So, with oil at $2.25 per gallon and pellets at $200 per ton, one $4 bag of pellets equals $11.25 of oil.
what do you mean by oil ? since it can have more explanations ? you mean like petrol ?
but yes it is cheaper and more ecological we were using the same stuff in our house to save the gas :)
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Old 09-28-2010, 04:29 AM   #4
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your garage is the size of my house
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Old 09-28-2010, 07:02 AM   #5
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You know someone's serious about cars when you see a lift in their garage. :) I have personally never seen one in a home garage. Guess I don't hang with serious car ppl. lol
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