Experience reports with pellet heating

  • Erstellt am 2020-01-18 15:42:52

Vicky Pedia

2020-01-21 18:37:36
  • #1
Thanks, how high is the pellet consumption, what storage space do I need to plan? I get the pellets in bags, right?
 

wrobel

2020-01-21 19:27:45
  • #2
Hello again

We need about 2 tons of bagged goods. Approximately 145m2 of living space with up to 3.5m room height will be heated to around 25°C and about 70m2 of garage.

Storage area 80 x 120 cm with two deliveries

Olli
 

fragg

2020-01-22 10:23:36
  • #3
Not necessarily, they can also be blown into tanks by tanker truck. Higher initial investment, cheaper maintenance.
 

Vicky Pedia

2020-02-24 21:23:36
  • #4
This year a decision has to be made ...
 

Specki

2020-02-25 07:39:17
  • #5
What is supposed to be heated with it? Or how much heat do you need? New building or old building? Which heating system (radiators or underfloor/surface heating)?

Pellet heating systems are relatively expensive to purchase. They tend to have a more complex setup. You need a storage room for the pellets and a conveying system (auger or pneumatic conveying). The price of the pellets, thus the maintenance costs, is not very cheap now. You need a chimney sweep who approves everything and comes regularly for inspection. Depending on the source of the pellets you obtain, this can be more or less sustainable. I wouldn’t even start with bags. Tendentially way too expensive (small packages) and a lot of plastic waste and more work. Normally, you order them by truck and then the storage is filled.

What makes you tend towards pellets?

In an uninsulated old building, I can maybe understand the decision. In a new building, a pellet heating system would never be an option for me.

I know two people who have one. Both are generally quite satisfied. One has occasional minor to medium problems. But both say it was quite expensive in terms of purchase costs and in terms of running costs it is at least not cheaper than another heating system.
 

Vicky Pedia

2020-02-25 09:50:50
  • #6
It is a single-family house, built in the 70s, prefabricated post-and-beam construction, uninsulated. About 150 m² living space. Currently heated with oil. The residents want a new heating system and for whatever reasons, pellets. Since I have no experience with it at all (I only know the argument that it is expensive), I asked around what the pros and cons are.
 

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