Gas, Wood, or Pellet: Which Stove is Best for Your Home
There has never been a better time to buy a heating stove for your home. Advancements in both design and technology make them not only an affordable and practical heating solution; they are cleaner, more efficient, and easier to operate. The only decision to make is deciding whether gas, wood or pellet is the best stove for your home. The following guide will help you do just that.
Wood-Burning Stoves
When you think of heating your home with a stove, a wood-burning stove probably comes to mind. People have been using wood stoves for centuries. But modern wood stoves have come a long way since then and are now an eco-friendly and efficient home heating solution. One of the top advantages that wood stoves offer is that homeowners are no longer dependent on the price of electricity, gas, or oil to heat their homes. Wood is a sustainable, renewable energy source that is abundantly available and inexpensive. Also, EPA-Certified wood stoves emit much less pollution and convert up to 80% of the fuel into heat. If you want a safe, reliable, and energy-efficient off-the-grid heating solution, a wood-burning stove may be just the solution for you.
Gas Stoves
Gas heating stoves are becoming a popular home heating solution. It’s clean-burning, convenient, and low maintenance. It’s also very efficient, converting nearly 90% of the fuel into usable heat. Many homeowners, like the convenience of being able to turn on the heat with the flip of the switch.
Since there is no wood to load or ash to clean, maintenance is more straightforward. Gas heating stoves are also stylish, and the artificial logs are so realistic that it resembles an authentic wood-burning fire experience. When choosing a gas stove for your home, you will need to decide between natural gas or liquid propane.
Pellet Stoves
If you want the sustainability of wood, with the convenience of gas, then pellet stoves will fit the bill. Pellet stoves use small particles of wood that are compressed into pellets. When the pellets are poured into the hopper, an automatic ignition system regulates the fuel supply to maintain the desired temperature providing up to 40 hours of continuous heat before having to reload. Pellets are an inexpensive, carbon-neutral fuel source. Although pellet stoves require a small amount of electricity for the ignition system, the operating cost is typically less than that of other liquid or solid fuel heating appliances. And pellet stoves are highly efficient, leaving practically no waste. Another significant advantage of a pellet stove is its flexibility. They can be installed in areas that are not practical for wood or gas stoves, like the bathroom, kitchen, and mobile homes.
Space Heating Vs. Home Heating
Free-standing wood, pellet, and gas stoves are available in a range of sizes that can be used to provide heating for an individual room or the entire house. It just depends on the size of the unit. Heating stoves make it practical for zone heating. Installing a large stove downstairs and a smaller unit upstairs conserves energy. You can turn off the upstairs stove during the day when everyone is downstairs. Another option is to install a large heating stove in the basement and route the heat through individual air vents in each room like a forced-air furnace to provide affordable heat to the entire home.
Contact the Experts
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