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After years of cutting wood and hauling it around I came to the conclusion the other day that I needed to go in another direction for my heating needs. I wanted to stay independent from the gas suppliers but just couldn’t cut wood anymore. A friend of mine had a pellet stove that worked great and put a lot of heat in the room. It was really clean and the fuel came in bags that got loaded in the pellet stove once a day. That seemed like the answer for me.

Pellet stoves have become more and more popular over the years. With rising energy prices, alternatives are becoming more and more of a viable solution. In just a few years the money you can save on your energy bill pays for the appliance. The economic benefits of buying a pellet stove are obvious. Pellets are a wood waste product compressed into a small cylinder measuring roughly ¼” in diameter and 1”-1 ¼” long. The pellets come bagged and are usually bought by the pallet. Many pellet fuel suppliers offer discount for early season multiple pallet purchases. The average cost per ton of pellets is 235.00 dollars per ton. The average stove will consume 2-4 tons of fuel per heating season. The consumption of fuel depends on the efficiency of the pellet stove, BTU output, and your climate.

Pellet stoves are a completely automatic stove. Once the unit is installed and vented, you plug the pellet stove into an electrical outlet and press the on button on the control board. The pellet stove initiates a start cycle where fuel is fed to the burn pot inside the burn chamber and an igniter is turned on to ignite the fuel. Once fire is detected in the burn pot the pellet stove will operate in accordance to the heat level or thermostat setting you set the stove to. As long as the hopper of the pellet stove has fuel in it, an auger feeds the fuel to the burn pot. A blower forces air through heat exchange tubes that are heated by the burning pellets. Pellet stoves are not maintenance free however. In order to insure the proper operation of the pellet stove you must follow the maintenance schedule listed in the owner’s manual. In the case of a power failure the pellet stove can be connected to a battery back-up system.

Pellet appliances can come in many different forms, shapes, and sizes. They can be constructed from cast iron or steel. Pellet appliances can be in the form of a boiler, freestanding stove, furnace or an insert. Inserts can be placed inside an existing fireplace and the existing chimney can be used to vent the pellet insert. In the case of an insert a stainless steel liner may be required to connect the insert to the chimney. Pellet stoves will need to be vented outside through special pellet vent chimney. In most cases the pellet stove can be vented right through an outside wall with the pipe extending a foot beyond the outside wall. No need to vent the chimney all the way up through the roofline.

Combine the cost savings with the ease of use and it’s easy to see why a pellet stove is a good choice for your cabin or home. And the design and safety elements built into the pellet stove will give you the peace of mind that it is a safe and easy piece of equipment for you and your family to enjoy for many years to come.