How Insert Wood Burning Stoves Can Make A Difference In Your Heating Costs

By Author: Vikram Kuamr
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For those who may want to convert their heating needs over to a more efficient and eco-friendly method, and already have a working fireplace in their home, the best way to do so would be to have one of the many models of insert wood burning stoves installed. Sleek, stylish, and a lot more conservative on energy than the fireplace it fits into, these heat stoves can save you hundreds of dollars in heating costs every single month, while giving you the same romantic aura that a crackling fire would lend to the ambiance of your home.

Insert wood burning stoves have a lot of benefits that homeowners can exploit for their own benefit. The first, of course, is that you can have all the advantages of heating your home by burning a highly renewable energy source, without having to endure the less than efficient use of the standard fireplace. Even the most well maintained fireplace, one that has a chimney free of creosote and is regularly swept, can waste up to 25% of the heat generated by the fuel it burns, whether it is wood or natural gas. The reason for this is that most chimneys are not very well sealed, in favour of giving ...
... the fireplace the largest smoke venting source possible. Problem is, you are not only venting smoke, you are also losing ambient heat along with it.

In insert wood burning stoves, the wood is burned in a firebox contained within an external shell, usually made of steel, or glass-lined steel, for maximum heat retention. It has a much smaller ventilation system for the release of smoke, and actually draws in the air from the room around it to keep the wood burning. That air is then released back into the room, thoroughly warmed, by using radiant heat technology to circulate the warmed air efficiently. What smoke is generated by the burning of the wood goes out into the existing chimney, but at less of a rate than it would for an open fire in the fireplace grate.

With a fully restricted firebox, there will also be less of a draft affecting the rate at which the wood burns. Densely made wood does burn longer, but if you were to burn it in an open fireplace, that same outside wind that sucks the smoke up the chimney also creates a draft that makes the wood burn faster. With the restricted firebox, that draft is minimal, making the wood last longer, saving you money on fuel. It also creates very little harmful and toxic creosote, the tar that stays behind in most chimneys after wood is burned. If not cleaned out regularly, it can accumulate, dry and reignite at any time, a hazard for anyone living in the home. With insert wood burning stoves, this hazard is completely eliminated, at best generating a thin film that is easily wiped off the interior of the firebox when cleaned. Safer, fuel efficient and saves you money, a definite win-win.

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Installed within the hearth of an existing fireplace, wood burning stoves are subject to less draft and they create less smoke and ash. You will find a wide range of wood burning stoves at PG Fireplaces.