| The wood stove vs pellet stove debate has been | | | | cost effective than most traditional forms of |
| going on ever since pellet stoves started | | | | heat. |
| becoming popular. Both traditional wood and pellet | | | | With pellets you get the comfort of wood heat |
| stoves have become popular but which one is the | | | | and the convenience of traditional sources of heat. |
| best? | | | | Pellets stoves are thermostatically controlled and |
| There are great advantages to both. Both provide | | | | feed themselves automatically. They will continue |
| the comfort of wood heat that is not matched | | | | to maintain your home at your desired |
| by any other heat source. Unlike other heat | | | | temperature even while you are away. |
| sources they utilize a renewable domestic source | | | | Pellet stoves are clean burning and they don't |
| of fuel that are often made locally and support | | | | require a chimney. A simple exhaust vent makes |
| local communities. | | | | them easier and less expensive to install than a |
| Traditional wood heat has the benefit of burning a | | | | wood stove. They burn more efficiently and |
| fuel that is easy to produce. Anyone with a saw | | | | produce more heat with less fuel. |
| and access to trees, logs or any form of wood | | | | A disadvantage of pellet stoves is they require |
| can make their own fuel. If you can get the | | | | electricity to operate. They don't consume much |
| material free all your heating needs can cost you | | | | electric power but this can be a problem in a |
| nothing but the effort and expense of processing | | | | power failure. This can be solved with a battery |
| the wood. | | | | backup. |
| There are disadvantages to firewood, it can be | | | | The debate of wood stove vs pellet stove all |
| messy and it's a constant job keeping fuel on the | | | | comes down to what your preference and needs |
| fire. Someone needs to be around to keep wood | | | | are. If the low cost of producing your own |
| on the fire or it will burn out. This can be a | | | | firewood appeals to you then a wood stove may |
| problem at night when people are sleeping or | | | | be the best choice. If you have to buy your fuel |
| when they are away from home. | | | | and appreciate convenience then a pellet stove |
| Pellets aren't as easy and take more expensive | | | | may be the right choice. |
| equipment to make so most people have to | | | | Learn more about pellet burning stoves and how |
| purchase them but wood pellets are still more | | | | to make wood pellets. |