Benefits and Disadvantages of Pellet Stove Heating for Your Home

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The primary chamber is the primary pot in which the pellets burn off. The combustion of the pellets produces gasses that are burned in the next chamber once the stove gets hot enough to ignite those gasses. The next chamber becomes warm enough to burn the carbon residue. Each combustion chamber lowers the ash produced and Pompe à chaleur Dordogne produces more heat.

Most pellet stoves are beautiful in design and look great in your home. The glass front of the stove indicates the fire that's so romantic and hot on a cold winter night. These factors add value to a house with the setup of a pellet stove.

Because pellet stoves burn so efficiently, there is hardly any residue or ash to haul away. The ash falls into a skillet or pan at the bottom of the stove and is easily removed for disposal. The ash is also an excellent fertilizer for all your plants, shrubs and trees.

There are a few disadvantages to a pellet stove, also. The stoves can be costly. The initial cost of the cooker will be $1,000 with quite fancy or exotic versions going into the $5,000 range. Installation needs parts not included with the stove even if you do the setup yourself that is very do-able. Employing the setup will cost an additional $500 or so depending on the setup of the chimney and the area in which you live.

Pellet stoves burn pellets which must be bought, hauled and stacked in a readily accessible location. In moderately cold areas with overnight temperatures in single digits, a larger size pellet stove will burn one and a half to two forty pound bags of pellets every day. At a price of $5.25 a 40 pound bag, that's about $315 per month for the cold months in gas prices over and above the cost of the stove.

Another disadvantage is that a pellet stove will not be Magasin poêles à granulés integrated to a heating system unless you are installing during new construction. Even after that, many house plans leave alternate heat sources beyond the home's heat distribution platform. What that means to you is the pellet stove will probably not heat your whole home even when the stove is installed in a central area in your property.