| These days, many people are turning to fireplace | | | | these pellets aren't as cheap as wood, but they |
| inserts in an effort to reduce heating costs. | | | | will still save you money on your overall heating |
| Fireplaces can be great with their open, crackling | | | | costs. |
| flames, but they aren't very efficient. Fireplace | | | | One potential problem with pellet-burning inserts is |
| inserts, whether they burn wood or pellets, can | | | | that they require electricity to run properly, so if |
| keep an entire room or an entire home warm, | | | | you go through a power outage, you may have a |
| and they can better regulate the heat in an area. | | | | problem. You can, however, buy battery-powered |
| Around a wood fireplace, seats closest to the fire | | | | backup power sources to keep your stove |
| may be unbearably hot while seats across the | | | | running during an electrical outage. A wood-burning |
| room will be cool. | | | | stove, on the other hand, doesn't take any |
| Using a fireplace insert can help circulate heat | | | | electricity and will continue to work during a |
| around your entire home, but there are a couple | | | | power outage. |
| of different types of fireplace inserts that you | | | | One of the best parts about fireplace insert pellet |
| can use: wood-burning and pellet-burning. | | | | stoves is that they don't need complex ventilation |
| Each type of fireplace insert can help increase the | | | | systems. You can usually just run a short length |
| efficiency of your home's heating system, but | | | | of pipe or pellet vent straight out the wall behind |
| there are pros and cons to each type. | | | | the stove. With a wood-burning stove, on the |
| If you get the right kind of fireplace insert, both | | | | other hand, you'll have to have a more complex |
| wood-burning and pellet-burning inserts can be | | | | chimney, which can be really expensive. |
| very clean and efficient. Other than that, though | | | | Another great thing about pellet-burning stoves is |
| there are things to consider on both sides of the | | | | that it can regulate the heat in your home by |
| argument. | | | | turning on and off based on the temperature of |
| Wood-burning fireplace inserts burn one of the | | | | your home; besides this, pellet stoves can have |
| cheapest available sorts of fuel, especially if you | | | | fans added to them, which can circulate heat |
| can find and chop your own wood or get it from | | | | around your entire home. Wood-burning stoves, |
| local landscaping companies who would otherwise | | | | on the other hand, have to be stoked and |
| discard it. | | | | messed with in order to change the level of heat |
| Fireplace insert pellet stoves burn special pellets, | | | | in the room, and if you are gone overnight, your |
| which can be bought at local hardware stores; | | | | home is likely to be freezing when you get home. |