Benefits of a Woodstove

Woodstoves have always been the traditional hearth. Providing warmth, economy, and natural crackling flames. Freestanding
Woodstoves in your home need to be on a hearthpad to protect the floor and surrounding area from being damaged by the heat.

They are available on either legs or on a pedestal. Most come with an ashpan. Stoves on pedestals generally have a larger ashpans than those on legs. Woodstoves are also available as a fireplace insert. A fireplace insert is a woodstove firebox with neither legs nor a pedestal. The firebox sits inside your existing masonary or zero clearance fireplace, and is encompassed by a surround that seals up the rest of the fireplace opening. Usually these are purchased with a fan to circulate the air around the room. The fan usually is fitted on the bottom or the side of the firebox.

A chimney liner is usually needed to vent the smoke up the chimney. This is generally a 6 inch wide stainless steel coil that goes all the way to the top of your chimney and has a cap at the top to keep animals and debris out of the liner and your stove.

All woodstoves must be installed as per requirements of local inspection authorities.
More benefits of a woodstove in your home include:

Firewood is the least expensive fuel available.
Todays stoves have emissions as low as .87 grams per hour. Most gases and creosote are burned and utilized to give off more heat.
Today's stove engineering greatly supersedes stoves designed even 10 years ago.
Large fireboxes provide extended burn times up to 10 to 12 hours!
Woodstoves are available in either steel or the beautiful, more traditional cast iron.

Woodstoves are the grandfather of alternative heating. They perform without electricity, provide light through the glass door, and can last many years with minimal maintenance. All of the woodstoves thru Woodstove Warehouse have passed strict EPA emissions regulations.

Today's woodstoves burn so efficiently most customers find that ash removal is easy due to ash pan availability for most pedestal or leg models. One might expect to remove ashes approximately every 14 days or so, depending upon the type of wood burned. The glass door stays clean with proper operation and allows for uncompromised viewing of the dramatic flames.

Steel wood stoves are always more economical to buy—you will get more stove while spending less money. Steel woodstoves respond quickly to their controls. Cast iron stoves have a smoother heating cycle, they take longer to heat up and they retain their warmth longer. If you want bang for the buck, a steel woodstove is it.