Tips For Heating With Wood Pellets [SPONSORED POST]

There are lots of reasons Mainers choose to heat their homes with wood pellets. Here are some tips from Granville Stone & Hearth in Holden to keep in mind if you're heating with wood pellets this winter.

Do you have to clean your pellet stove often? If you do, do you know what the best pellets to use so you don’t have to clean it so much?

Consider the source

Look for pellet fuel made from clean, dry wood-waste fiber. Make sure the material is dried to the lowest moisture possible before being used in the pelletizing process. Look for pellets with no additives and pellets that are held together with natural resins and binders.

Consider convenience

Pellets are available in 40 lb. bags that require only a third of the space of cord wood. Pellets are quickly and easily loaded into the stove hoppers where it is automatically fed into the stove according to burn temperature set for residential heating. Bulk pellets can also be used in industrial boilers.

Consider efficiency

Pellet fuel is an efficient and cost-effective source of heat. The low moisture content increases combustion efficiency and results in high heat output. A single bag of fuel can burn for 24 hours or longer.

Consider the environment

The fuel produced, is clean, reliable heat with low emissions and less than 1% of ash. Material used is a by-product therefore it is considered a renewable wood resource.