Pellet Stove Dealer Questions On Which Pellet Burner Is Best For You

Ok, so you are interested in purchasing a pellet stove, and you are off to visit your local pellet stove dealer, what questions do you ask. You need to have done your research before you visit the dealer for two reasons. The first reason is so the dealer can recommend the best unit for your needs, and the second reasons is so you don't get taken advantage of. What you first need to do is evaluate your property, its size and how it is currently heated, for example hot air circulation, radiators etc? Also, before you even look at what heat output you require from the pellet stove, please evaluate how well insulated your home is. This is so often an overlook step, and its crucial to reducing the volume of pellets you need each year. Once the property has been insulated as much as is possible, its then time to calculate how many Btu's are required to heat the home, also taking into consideration the location and weather conditions.

Ask Your Pellet Stove Dealer About The Fuel The Stove Can Burn

Now, asking what fuel a pellet stove burns may appear a stupid question, and may even get a strange look from the dealer. However this questions is vital, you see to simply say pellet fuel is a widely general term, and covers a whole range of fuels which burn completely differently. As different fuel pellets burn so differently, what this means is that some pellet stoves cannot burn all types of fuel pellets. In fact most pellet stoves can only burn one grade of fuel, premium wood pellets. While premium wood pellets do burn the best, they sometimes fall short on supply due to demand fluctuations, and also they are by far the most expensive pellets. Therefore really for financial and fuel security reasons you want to buy a pellet stove which can use as wide a range of fuel as possible. As the dealer about the grades of fuel the stove can use, and more specifically ask about the ash content the stove can tolerate. For example, premium pellets produce 0.5 or at most 1% ash. Other fuel pellets can produce much more than this, even up to 7% ash. Therefore this is a crucial question to ash the dealer.

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How To Examine A Wood Pellet Stove To Quiz The Pellet Stove Dealer

With the help of this guide you will be able to look for features you need yourself, this way you will be able to tell for one if the dealer does actually know what they are talking about, or just trying to sell you anything they can. The quickest area to check of a quality pellet stove is the design of burn pot. By far the most common design is that of the drop down burn pot, this is also the worst design of burn pot, as it has huge issues dealing with ash build up due to changes in fuel ash content. Avoid drop down pellet stove burn pots where possible.

How The PelHeat Wood Pellet Stove Guide Can Help With Dealers

At PelHeat our core business is pellets, in making and burning them, and no one of the internet knows more than us. We therefore developed the pellet stove and boiler guide to help consumers when purchasing pellet stoves to get the best units, and ask dealers the right questions, and how to asses the capabilities of the stove for your self, so you definitely get the best stove for you.

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