Is a wood pellet stove more economical than gas or electric heating?
It takes some labor to heat with the wood pellet stove. You have to clean it regularly, and there is a built in cleaner for the heat exchanger tubes. You just need to push a button several times. You’ll need to vacuum out the ashes and use a cleaning tool to loosen any burned carbon that adheres to the burning basin. Lastly, you need to clean the glass door to remove any soot that has collected on the inside. I asked my son-in-law’s mom, Brenda, about the savings on her heating bill for last winter and this winter so far. She said that the wood pellet stove insert has already nearly paid for itself in savings. She said their gas bills were on average $230 a month during the coldest months. We live in Georgia, where the winters are milder. Brenda said she orders her wood pellets online for $250 a ton, which comes in 50 40lb bags. It takes about a ton and a half to heat her home all winter, which costs about $375 in total pellet usage for the winter. Each bag comes out to $5 each. Brenda
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