It is cold outside. Are you looking for a more efficient or perhaps greener ways to heat your home? Then you should consider a pellet stove. Pellet stoves burn pellets made from wood chips, bark, and compacted sawdust. Besides the ease of using a pellet stove, which you light with the touch of a button, they are very efficient, produce very little waste, can be installed on any outside wall even if there is no chimney, and they use inexpensive fuel. Many models of pellet stove also qualify for the energy tax credit of up to $1500.
Wood-pellet stoves have an average efficiency rating of 80- to 85%. For those of you who do not know, this is very high! The pellets are burned completely giving off very little smoke, therefore, a large chimney is not necessary. If your home does not have a chimney, that is not a problem either. Pellet stoves only need a small pipe leading outside. Because pellet stoves are so efficient, they hardly produce any waste. A 40-pound bag of pellets produces less than a cup of ashes. People can use a wood pellet stove for months without having to empty the ash bin. Additionally, because it has a higher combustion and heating efficiency than a traditional wood stove, less air pollution is being produced.
There are many models and sizes of pellet stoves for sale that you can choose from. Depending on the size, or the floor plan of your home, it is certainly possible to purchase a pellet stove to do the majority of home heating making a large dent in your gas or electric home heating bills.
