About Pellet Stoves

You don't want to be caught off-guard when winter is quickly approaching and looking even colder than the year before. Drafts, swirling snowstorms, and illnesses are the markers of a cold winter. But this year, you don’t have to bundle in layers and tick the days off until spring arrives. With a new pellet stove for your home, just sit back, relax, and curl up next to your new favorite household fixture.

Depending on what you need, a pellet stove can provide economic comfort in a single-zone or for the entire house. Compact pedestal models are a great conversation piece, can be installed in a variety of locations, and deliver great heating. Larger stoves can work in conjunction with existing ducts, with an existing furnace, or both.

What Is a Pellet Stove?

Pellet stoves, including multi-fuel steel pellet stoves, are some of the most eco-friendly stoves available today. They produce heat by burning sustainable fuels like wood or corn pellets or other compressed materials. The fuel source, typically wood pellets, is stored in a hopper and a mechanical chain feeds the pellets into a burn pot where combustion takes place.

To operate a pellet stove, simply plug it into an electrical outlet, make sure the hopper is filled with wood pellets, and then light the pellets using the stove’s ignition system. Pellet stoves are an incredibly effective heat source, capable of distributing heat throughout a large space or entire apartment unit.

Pellet Stoves vs. Alternative Models – Which Is Better?

With so many different types of heaters and stoves available today, like Golden Eagle steel pellet stoves, and cast iron or bay front steel pellet stoves, is a pellet stove actually better than alternative options like a gas stove?

There are several advantages you’ll experience when using a pellet stove, such as:

• Exceptional efficiency: Pellet stoves are one of the most efficient heating systems available, offering an impressive heating range with efficiency ratings reaching up to 80 percent.
• Environmentally-friendly heating: While heating, pellet stoves emit little smoke or toxic chemicals compared to a wood-burning or gas-burning stove or fireplace. While pellets still produce gases, they do so significantly less than alternative fuel sources. The wood pellets used to fuel pellet stoves are also produced using recycled materials like sawdust, wood scraps, nutshells, and other eco-friendly debris.
• Clean-burning fuel source: Pellets burn slowly and entirely, not only minimizing cleanup and residue but also burning clean and producing less smoke than traditional wood-burning stoves.
• Budget-friendly operations: Pellet stoves are available in a range of pricing options depending on your capacity and desired upgrades. Pellet stoves are also cost-effective to operate compared to gas heating stoves. Natural gas and propane costs can fluctuate with demand, but wood pellets are typically a constant price and sold in large quantities to save on costs.
• Easy maintenance: Because they’re clean-burning, pellet stoves produce less smoke and debris than alternative fuel stoves, meaning less routine maintenance for homeowners. All you have to do is regularly inspect your pellet stove for signs of damage and clean any dust and buildup.

Pellet Stove Buying Guide

When shopping for a pellet stove, make sure to consider:

• Fuel availability
• Stove efficiency
• Stove size and capacity
• Transparent and self-cleaning glass options
• Models with or without temperature control
• Automatic vs. manual ignitions
• Pellet stove location

Explore Pellet Stoves Today

Don’t let a lack of heating keep you from having a cozy, comfortable home this winter. Create an inviting environment and curl up with friends and family with a new pellet stove from Ingrams Water & Air. Order yours today and enjoy free shipping. We offer the widest selection of pellet stoves for sale from top-rated manufacturers in a variety of fuel options, capacities, and styles.