What are pellet stoves? Home Repair Articles | May 13 Willie Stargell Pirates Jersey , 2006

One might call them the talk of the town, these pellet stoves. More and more people are finding the advantages of this heating source for their home. This is a look at some facts about pellet stoves that could be very useful to you.



Pellet stoves have become largely popular lately Melky Cabrera FlexBase Jersey , probably in part because of oil prices reaching higher and higher levels, increasing the demand for alternate heating sources. Not everyone is familiar with how these appliances actually work so it might be a good idea to gather some background information.




Pellet stoves are fuel burning appliances that burn pellets. A pellet stove is usually made of steel or beautiful cast iron. Pellet stoves have thermostats Chris Archer FlexBase Jersey , forced exhaust blowers and can be vertically or horizontally vented.




So why would you choose pellet stoves over woodstoves or fireplaces? There are several reasons and below a few are listed:




A pellet stove is more convinient to operate.


They have much higher combustion and heating efficiency.


Pellet stoves produce very little air pollution. They are the cleanest of all solid fuel-burning residential heating appliances.


Combustion effeciencies of 75-85% makes them excempt from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) smoke-emission testing requirements (meaning they are very clean).


Heating capacities range from 8000 to 90000 BTU* per hour.


They are suitable for homes, apartments