heating with pellets: a clean and cheap way to warm your home

If you are considering alternatives to heat your home while reducing your overall heating expenses, a small pellet stove is definitely a great eco-friendly choice. Due to the increasing costs of oil and gas, many homeowners are turning to pellet stoves as a supplemental - or even primary - heat source, and also for cooking purposes.

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Small-scale pellet stoves offer several advantages compared to traditional wood heating stoves. They are environmentally friendly since they use less wood than a conventional wood stove, and they are also more efficient, easier to use and require far less maintenance.
 
Since pellet stoves run on electricity, they can be programmed to burn at an even rate, whereas wood stoves burn must be maintained to keep the heat constant. Pellet stoves can only burn pellets, usually made from recycled wood shavings, sawdust, or corn. They are easy to store and load, because pellets are small and not as bulky as firewood. In addition, they also produce very little waste when burning. - the higher the quality of the pellet, the hotter it will burn and the more it will burn, leaving less waste - generally about a quarter cup of ash per bag burned. Unlike wood stoves, there is no bark or wood chip mess, and no smoke stains on walls and ceiling.

Cleaning Tips for Small Pellet Stoves
It is important to clean your pellet stove on a regular basis to prevent problems arising from lack of maintenance. The frequency of cleaning will depend on the quality of the pellets being burnt.

1. Check the burn pot regularly for signs that the air holes are being blocked. In that case, they will need cleaning out. Remove the fly ash from the burn pot’s air intake holes and the front portion of the pellet stove which houses the burn pot. Scrape the burn pot to remove any built up hard carbon deposits.
2. While the stove is down, clear the exchanger tube of carbon deposits by moving the sliding rod in and out several times or brushing it off with a paint brush.
3. With a shop vacuum, clean the front of the pellet stove that holds the burn pot to remove any remaining ash.

You can use a dry cloth to clean the stove glass when warm. The stove glass can be washed with standard window cleaner when it is cold for better cleaning.


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