Hey all,

I'm dead set on having my garage heated this winter. I am almost sold on using a pellet stove to accomplish this. does anyone else have experience with one? also! if so, could you maybe post a pic of your set up and how its piped?.......any better ideas? propane? electric? pros/cons?

thanks all!

 

my dad uses a pellet stove to heat his entire house. Its very efficient and cost effective way to heat a space. Although in stoves you really pay for what you get considering the cheaper ones are noisier and don't blow out as much heat. Although noise in a garage environment might be less of a big deal. Pellets can be bought by the ton for about $250 or so thats for 50 bags my dad uses on average in the colder months half a bag per day, of course that is running to keep a house warm you would only need to heat when in use. If I was going to heat a space like that I would use pellets.

 

Make sure you can use pellets, or wood or whatever fuel in your town first before going to far.

 

Colorado has some restrictions
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ap/woodqanda.html
But there are still options.

 

I've never owned or used a pellet stove, but I like wood stoves. Wood is nice if you have the time and resources to split it yourself...and living in the woods it's nice to be able to go into your backyard for free fuel.