Why choose a pellet stove as your form of heating?
If you’re looking for an attractive, efficient and easy-to-use form of heating for your home, a pellet stove ought to be on your radar. Pellet stoves have all the style of contemporary woodburners. Instead of logs, they burn small wood pellets.
The result is a hugely efficient burn and an affordable, hassle-free form of heating. Let’s dig into some of the best reasons to add a pellet stove to your home.
Pellet stoves are cost-effective
Pellet stoves are highly cost-efficient. That makes them an ideal form of heating at any time, never mind in the middle of a fuel poverty crisis. A 10kg bag of pellets, which might cost as little as £5, can last 1-3 days, depending on the hours of use. This makes it a far cheaper alternative to oil and gas central heating.
Pellet stoves are efficient
The reason a bag of pellets lasts so long is that pellet stoves are so efficient to run. An appliance like the Artel Futura 9 Pellet Stove Black has an A++ rating and 95% efficiency. That sort of burn efficiency means that only 5% of the energy created by burning pellets is lost. All the rest goes towards heating your home. If you’re using an open fire, you can expect around 20% efficiency, with 80% of all the energy created going straight up the chimney.
Pellet stoves are easy to use
It’s ridiculously easy to run a pellet stove because they are fully automatic. There’s an automatic ignition system. The feeding of pellets into the stove is automatic. There’s a thermostat to control the temperature in your home. All of that takes away the usual hassle and paraphernalia associated with lighting a fire. No need for paper, matches or kindling. And it also alleviates the fear of getting distracted and letting the fire go out — the automatic pellet feeder will keep the pellet stove lit and your home warm.
Pellet stoves are simple to control
We’ve already mentioned the automated features and the thermostat, which allows you to maintain the room temperature you want no matter what season. But pellet stoves are even easier to control than that. Many are equipped with WiFi so that you can control your pellet stove from an app on your phone or tablet. You also have the option to control the stove using an LED display or remote control.
Pellet stoves are better for the environment
Pellets are a sustainable, renewable and carbon neutral form of heating. They are usually made from sawdust and other offcuts from woodworking industries. This keeps the materials out of landfill and puts them to much better use in heating homes.
The carbon released during combustion is equal to that absorbed by the tree during its growth. And the aforementioned 95% efficiency limits the amount of unspent gases that are released into the environment.
Would a pellet stove be right for your home?
If everything you’ve read so far makes a pellet stove sound like the heating option you’re looking for, you might like to explore our full range of pellet stoves.
