Pellet Stoves the New Green Way to Heat

FUEL EFFICIENTcouple of hours and facing hot and cold heating
Wood pellet stoves are a clean burning andcycles as the wood burns strong then dies out.
efficient source of heat energy. Many wood pelletHEATING CONVENIENCE
stoves on the market have been rated to haveFill up the hopper, start and go. That's it! No more
burning efficiencies higher that 85% and have nomessing around with kindling or chopped wood,
issues meeting stringent local and federal airstoking, and refilling every couple of hours. You
quality standards. Compared to wood stoves thatcan even run pellet stoves connected to a
have substantial soot and ash buildup after onethermostat to regulate the temperature. Pellet
use, pellet stoves can run for weeks at a timestoves offer true heating convenience without
and still not produce as much ash as one daysthe hassles associated with traditional wood
use with a wood stove.burning stoves.
ECO-FRIENDLYCOST EFFECTIVE
The wood pellets that fuel these stoves arePellet stoves are the most efficient solid fuel
made from recycled sawdust that wouldsource on the planet, and because the pellets are
otherwise be disposed of in landfills or incineratedmade from a wood waste product the cost is
in waste burners typically found at sawmills. Woodvery inexpensive to run a pellet stove compared
is also a natural renewable resource and byto other heating sources. The rising cost of other
selecting wood pellets as a fuel source you areenergy sources like electricity, oil and natural gas
helping to recycle forestry related wastehave also added to the gaining popularity of pellet
byproducts.stoves.
CONSISTENT HEAT SOURCEEASY TO CLEAN
Pellet stoves deliver the wood pellet fuel into thePellet stoves are simple to clean. Most have
stoves combustible chamber on a regular andsimple lift out ash pans that need to be dumped
consistent basis. What this means is that youevery couple of weeks, depending upon your
have a very steady and consistent source ofusage patterns. Furthermore, there is no wood
heat for up to 72 hours before you have to refillpile mess, bark scraps, or having to sweeping out
the hopper with more wood pellets. No morepiles and piles of ash.
feeding a wood stove chopped wood every