Ovaltene17 t1_jc76f5m wrote on March 14, 2023 at 3:23 PM

Try Enchanted Fireside in Worcester. I haven't bought from them but they have serviced my stoves and were pretty good.

One of those $5000+ pellet stoves from QuadraFire or Harman can probably last you about 20+ years. One of the Home Depot/Lowe's $1500 stoves will probably last a lot less, require more frequent repairs, and is probably unsightly (Just a rectangular box type unit).

Sassmaster008 t1_jc7ln30 wrote on March 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Enchanted fireside is great. They installed my natural gas fireplace and have done 1 maintenance on it too.

IIRC I got the stove in 2019 for around $4-5k with everything installed.

nipslipbrokenhip OP t1_jc88r32 wrote on March 15, 2023 at 12:26 AM

Was the install done in 1 day?

Sassmaster008 t1_jc8aush wrote on March 15, 2023 at 12:41 AM

Yes and no. The stove was installed in 1 day but because it's natural gas I had to have a plumber make that connection on another day and then enchanted came back to start it.

I imagine with pellet stove you could be done in 1 day. I also had an existing chimney that they installed a new chimney/ cold air intake in. I don't know your situation there.

nipslipbrokenhip OP t1_jc8cgol wrote on March 15, 2023 at 12:52 AM

We have an existing chimney on the first floor ,the basement has a spot to connect for some reason the previous owner didn't use one down there. The inspection said we should be able to hook up there. I'll give them a call this week and see if I can swing by the floor room to see their models, thank you!