A Pellet Stove or Corn Stove Offers Attractive, Automated, Cheap Heating with Green Biomass Fuel
A Pellet Stove offers the pleasure of coming home to, or getting up to, a beautiful pre-lit wood fire as well as being cheap to run and environmentally friendly.
Automated Controls
As with conventional oil or gas home heating appliances, microprocessor controls allow you to set the timer, control the heat output, or even phone them up (Rika, Ecoteck) when you want the heating on.
Modern stoves come in sizes and styles to suit most homes. The best pellet stove or corn stove for you will depend on the area to be heated and the budget available.
Most have glass viewing panels, allowing the warm glow of the fire to fill the room. They are available as inserts for existing fireplaces and hearths, free standing with or without a back boiler, or as central heating furnaces.
Green Fuel
Wood pellets and corn are clean, easy to handle and store, and are waste products from the timber and agricultural industries otherwise known as biomass. The amount of carbon they produce on burning is the same as the amount absorbed when the biomass fuel was growing, which makes the heat they produce carbon neutral.
The small amount of ash remaining is about one per cent of the amount of fuel burnt. Generally, a pellet burning stove will need to be emptied about once a week. Being mineral rich, the ash can be spread as a fertilizer. This tiny quantity of waste gives an indication of just how efficient these stoves are.
When the thermostat is up to temperature the fire will go out until more heat is wanted, at which point the fire will re-light automatically. This efficiency gives economic heating and considerable energy savings compared with wood stoves or fossil fuels.
Creosote and smoke can be fifty percent of the fuel value in a normal wood burning stove. In a pellet stove these by-products are burnt at high temperature resulting in less flue maintenance, diminished risk of chimney fires as well as reduced annoyance to the neighbours.
How Does A Pellet or Corn Stove Work?
A container at the back holds the pellets. These are taken to the burn pot as needed to maintain the temperature the thermostat is set at.
The pellets are ignited in the perforated cast iron or stainless steel burn pot by a small electrical heating coil.
A controlled amount of air is fed to the burn pot from outside for combustion, and the heat produced is blown around a heat exchanger for circulation around the home.
The gases are then blown out through the flue. Technically these appliances don't need a chimney because they rely on blown air instead of heat convection but it is good safe practice to vent above the eaves.
Because of this air circulation and the heat exchanger, the body of a pellet stove, except for the viewing window, should not get more than warm to the touch. More about how pellet stoves work
Stove Specifications
See the stove pages for detailed specifications regarding each stove or fireplace insert listed. The format makes it easy to compare individual stoves.
| Contact Us Contact Page |
| Discounted Pellet Stoves Discounted pellet stoves can be available for a number of reasons, and can be a way of getting a good stove at a greatly reduced price. Here are active auction listings |
| Pellet Stoves Blog The Pellet Stoves Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the Pelletstovefires.com Web site. Subscribe here. |
| Best Pellet Stove? How Do You Choose It? Choosing the best pellet stove isn't just a question of looks. Here you can decide what output you need for you home, as well as considering other factors and comparing stoves |
| Pellet Stove Insert A pellet stove insert can transform a traditional heat losing open fireplace into a modern fuel efficient heating system. If you don't have a chimney, it is still possible to use a pellet stove insert |
| The Pellet Furnace A pellet furnace can be either a stand alone unit blowing warm air, or can be hooked into your home's heat ducting and water systems. Here are a few examples of both types |
| Biomass Wood Pellets for Pellet Stoves What are Biomass Wood Pellets and their advantages, what goes into them and what else can be pelletized |
| Considering Pellet Stove Installation? Things to know about pellet stove installation such as where to place it and how to run the venting |
| Pellet Grills and Smokers Pellet grills give an outdoor wood cooked flavour to whatever you decide to prepare, and you can cook as in a conventional oven |
| Dealer Directory for Pellet Stoves and Wood Pellet Suppliers Pellet stove dealer directory: Find a pellet stove dealer or pellet supplier near you. Dealers can write their own page this site |
| The Austroflamm Pellet Stove The Austroflamm pellet stove is sometimes called 'The Mercedes of Pellet Stoves'. Seven day programmable timer, and text message control |
| The Avalon Pellet Stove The Avalon pellet stove is made by Travis Industries who also produce the Lopi range of pellet stoves. They have been trading since 1979. The first Avalon pellet stoves were built in 1990 |
| Bixby Pellet Stoves Bixby pellet stoves took a look at what was available in 2004 and decided on a new approach, re-designing the pellet stove burn pot and fuel feed systems |
| Bosca Pellet Stoves Bosca pellet stoves are made in Santiago, Chile. Bosca have been making wood stoves since 1985 and started producing a pellet stove line in 2006 |
| Breckwell Pellet Stoves Breckwell pellet stoves have an industry wide reputation for reliability and hundreds of thousands of units have been sold. The range of stoves is large and comprehensive |
| Ecoteck Pellet Stoves: Modern Eropean Styling Ecoteck pellet stoves are quiet, modern and controllable by gprs text messaging |
| Englander Pellet Stove The Englander pellet stove, with over thirty years of experience and many thousands of units produced, represents good value. Here are the current models. |
| The Enviro Pellet Stove The Enviro pellet stove is made by Sherwood Industries who make tens of thousands of stoves a year. They have a high reputation for quality. |
| The Harman Pellet Stove Company The Harman pellet stove is acknowledged to be the leader in its field. With temperature predicting thermistors and self cleaning burnpots, comfort and easy maintenance are assured |
| Jamestown Pellet Stoves Jamestown Pellet Stoves are built in one of Canada's colder areas, Vermillion Bay in Ontario where temperatures regularly get down to -40 degrees, a good testing ground |
| The Kozi Pellet Stove The Kozi Pellet Stove is made by APR Industries Ltd. The company has been making stoves under the Kozi brand name since 1978, and were amongst the earliest stove makers to introduce the pellet stove |
| The Lopi Pellet Stove The Lopi pellet stove is made by Travis Industries who also produce the Avalon range of pellet stoves. They have been trading since 1979. The first Lopi pellet stoves were built in 1985 |
| The Pelpro Pellet Stove The Pelpro Pellet Stove, and Glow Boy are made by the Danson group who are primarily pellet fuel manufacturers. Realising the potential, Danson bought the CheapCharlie range of pellet stoves |
| Quadrafire Pellet Stoves And Fireplace Inserts Quadrafire pellet stoves have been in production since 1990. Current models include a thermostat as standard and the easy clean burn pot |
| St Croix Pellet Stoves St Croix pellet stoves manufacture three versions of their corn stoves and five pellet stoves, - the latest of which, 'The Lincoln SCR' won the 'Vesta' award in 2008 |
| The Whitfield Pellet Stove The Whitfield pellet stove is one of several brands of pellet stove produced by Lennox Hearth Products who are one of the most respected names in the industry |
| Pellet Stoves For Sale Finding pellet stoves for sale, and seasonal pellet stove sales, can be difficult. Here's the easy way. |
| Seraph Pellet and Corn Stoves Seraph Industries was founded in 2004 with the objective of producing stoves that were capable of burning any type of biomass pellet |
