| Heating your home during the long winter months | | | | have recently purchased an old Victorian home a |
| can be very expensive as you are paying a lot | | | | pellet stove would be an excellent addition to the |
| for your electricity or gas. However, there is now | | | | kitchen or the living room, tucked away in the |
| a cheaper alternative to the traditional home | | | | corner. |
| heating systems - pellet stove inserts. Pellet | | | | Pellet stoves that take inserts are slightly |
| stoves or freestanding pellet stoves as some | | | | different and they often resemble a fireplace |
| people call them use pressed sawdust pellets as | | | | rather than a stove. This type of stove is usually |
| fuel. Those that have used these stoves say | | | | placed in the living room. The installation of these |
| they will dramatically lower your energy bill during | | | | stoves is a little more complex and time |
| the cold winter months. In addition to being more | | | | consuming and is usually done in a remodelling |
| economical they are a great deal more efficient | | | | process or during the construction phase of a |
| than traditional heating systems. | | | | house. These stoves come equipped with |
| There are differences however between a pellet | | | | thermostats so that the temperature can be |
| stove and the pellet stove that takes inserts. The | | | | controlled inside the home. When you adjust the |
| major difference is between each type of stove | | | | thermostat, a machine in the stove feeds pellets |
| is the look of each. Pellet stove are chosen more | | | | into the fire to keep it going. This is a great |
| often than the insert stoves simply because when | | | | alternative to other stoves that you have to |
| installed they give more of an authentic look. Pellet | | | | constantly stand over and feed the fire. With the |
| stoves are freestanding stoves that give the look | | | | pellet stove you are free to do other things |
| and feel of old fashioned pot bellied stoves. If you | | | | around the house. |