Pellet Stove Inserts For Your Home

Heating your home during the long winter months can be very expensive as you are paying a lot for your electricity or gas. However, there is now a cheaper alternative to the traditional home heating systems – pellet stove inserts. Pellet stoves or freestanding pellet stoves as some people call them use pressed sawdust pellets as fuel. Those that have used these stoves say they will dramatically lower your energy bill during the cold winter months. In addition to being more economical they are a great deal more efficient than traditional heating systems.

There are differences however between a pellet stove and the pellet stove that takes inserts. The major difference is between each type of stove is the look of each. Pellet stove are chosen more often than the insert stoves simply because when installed they give more of an authentic look. Pellet stoves are freestanding stoves that give the look and feel of old fashioned pot bellied stoves. If you have recently purchased an old Victorian home a pellet stove would be an excellent addition to the kitchen or the living room, tucked away in the corner.

Pellet stoves that take inserts are slightly different and they often resemble a fireplace rather than a stove. This type of stove is usually placed in the living room. The installation of these stoves is a little more complex and time consuming and is usually done in a remodelling process or during the construction phase of a house. These stoves come equipped with thermostats so that the temperature can be controlled inside the home. When you adjust the thermostat, a machine in the stove feeds pellets into the fire to keep it going. This is a great alternative to other stoves that you have to constantly stand over and feed the fire. With the pellet stove you are free to do other things around the house.