| Nothing beats the crackling sound of a wood | | | | take the fuel you add and turn it into usable heat. |
| burning stove on a cold winter evening. Well that's | | | | Wood stoves range from 70% to 80+. Moral of |
| not true, the heat from your wood burning stove | | | | this story: the higher the efficiency rating the less |
| is awesome as well. When it comes time to | | | | wood you will burn. |
| purchase a wood burning stove you should | | | | Emissions rating is based on how many grams of |
| consider these facts: | | | | particulate enter the atmosphere per hour. |
| - How much of my home do I want to heat | | | | Production of wood stoves in the 70's ranged in |
| - BTU's and exactly what they mean | | | | the 70-80 grams per hour. Today's wood stoves |
| - Efficiency rating and why is this important | | | | are as low as 2.4 gm/ per hour. Big difference! |
| - Emission ratings | | | | Tax Credits: this year 2009 and next year you |
| - Tax Rebate on Select Stoves | | | | can get up to $1500 tax credit on your income |
| A lot of people who have never used a wood | | | | tax if you purchase select wood burning stoves. |
| burning stove don't realize it will not heat the | | | | Each manufacturer is prominently displaying the |
| entire home useless you have a very simply | | | | wood stoves that meet the tax credit. Bottom |
| house plan. In fact our first home did not heat | | | | line you can get 30% back on your income tax |
| well at all in our bedrooms because the flow of air | | | | and the most is $1500. |
| in the home went from our living room to the | | | | During your research make sure that the prices |
| kitchen and out the garage door. Never did the | | | | you find are for complete stoves. Some places |
| heat flow down the halls into our bedrooms. | | | | do not include the price of railing, doors and other |
| With that said, heat pumps heat the entire home | | | | basic things to make your wood stove work. |
| and wood burning stoves will heat certain areas of | | | | One accessory you shouldn't leave the store |
| the home. Yes, the heat will trickle to other areas | | | | without is a fan. This fan will move the heat that |
| but the temperature difference can be 10 | | | | builds up on the top of the stove into other |
| degrees. | | | | rooms. This is one incredible source of moving |
| BTU's are short for british thermal units and that | | | | heat into rooms that normally get the direct heat |
| translates into the higher the BTU's the more | | | | from your wood stove. |
| heat it will produce and the more square footage | | | | If you are planning on installing the wood stove on |
| it will heat. BTU's in the 40,000 range will heat | | | | your own, make sure and pick up the local |
| around 1200 sq ft. and units in the 80,000 range | | | | regulations in your area. Learn what type of |
| can heat areas in the range of 2100 sq. ft. Pick | | | | stove pipe they require, placement of wood |
| the wood stove that can safely heat the area | | | | stove away from walls, etc. You'll be pleasantly |
| you want heated. | | | | surprised how close you can place your wood |
| Efficiency rating is based on the stoves ability to | | | | stove to current walls in your home. |