The Advantages and Disadvantages of Pellet Stoves
Pellets stoves are another alternative method for heating a house. Normally they are compared and contrasted to the traditional wood stove since they are similar in the way they disperse heat in a fairly similar way.
Pellet stoves do offer some advantages compared to traditional wood stoves.
First of all they are easy to load. In a wood stove, the wood must be stacked and at times can be awkward. Pellets are small and will fit into a very small area efficiently since the pieces are meant to be packed together. Since they burn evenly and efficiently, there is little ash compared to normal wood to deal with. Generally the higher quality pellet the hotter it will burn and the more will burn leaving less waste.
Since they run on electricity they can also be programmed to burn at an even rate where that’s difficult to do with wood and fire since it will burn as fast as nature intends. The pellet stove will give you consistent temperatures at consistent times which is a huge advantage.
There are also some downsides. Pellet stoves require specific pellets which much be purchased. Most of the time you can buy these in bulk for under $150 per ton. This means that you need to make your purchases in advance and have a place to store them.
In a power outage where one might be stuck at home for awhile a pellet stove is practically useless. Without electricity these stoves don’t work making them a poor form of backup heat. If one were to run out of pellets, this is also a problem. A wood stove can use any wood and will heat without electricity giving them an advantage.
Overall pellet stoves can save people quite a bit of money in areas where heating costs are typically higher than other parts of the country.
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