| With a pellet wood stove you can have the | | | | they burn so clean a chimney is not needed. The |
| comfort and advantages of wood heat and the | | | | relatively cool and clean exhaust can be vented |
| convenience of traditional heating appliances while | | | | through a simple exhaust vent similar to a gas or |
| using a low cost renewable source of fuel. Pellet | | | | oil furnace. This makes installation more simple and |
| wood stoves burn pellets that are made by | | | | inexpensive than a traditional wood stove. |
| compressing wood or other biomass into small | | | | Pellets are made from biomass which is |
| pellets. Pellets burn clean and more efficiently than | | | | renewable and considered carbon neutral. Most |
| traditional firewood. Pellet stoves are the cleanest | | | | are made from wood and utilize waste material |
| solid fuel burning heating appliances available. | | | | from the production of other forest products. |
| Pellet stoves look similar to wood stoves and can | | | | When heating with pellets you can use a resource |
| be inserts or free standing. They come with glass | | | | that may have otherwise gone to waste. |
| doors so you can see the flames and feel a | | | | The biggest disadvantage of pellet wood stoves is |
| similar comfortable radiant heat that you get | | | | that it does require electricity to power some of |
| from a wood stove. Pellet fuel is usually stored in | | | | it's functions. They consume very little electricity |
| a hopper on the back of the stove. This can be | | | | since they don't use it to produce heat but when |
| filled once a day or less with pellets which are fed | | | | the power goes out the whole unit will shut down. |
| into the combustion chamber automatically so you | | | | There are battery backup systems available that |
| don't have to continually put fuel on the fire. This | | | | will solve this problem and so will a generator to |
| combined with thermostatic controls will assure | | | | have on hand in a power failure. If you want the |
| continuous heat even while you are away or | | | | advantages of a wood stove but without the |
| asleep. | | | | advantages a pellet stove may be the right |
| Because pellet stoves are so efficient at | | | | choice. Pellets are affordable, renewable and |
| extracting the heat that is produced and because | | | | provide the incomparable comfort of wood heat. |