When it comes to trying to figure out whether or not switching to a new source of heating will save you money, primary or secondary, it can be hard to calculate what your savings will be. Thankfully the fine folks over at FuelStart.com have created a simple tool that will help you determine which alternative fuel will save you the most.
The best part is that you can enter what each different fuel costs in your local area. So as the prices fluctuates in your area you can see which is cheaper. Even if your still trying to figure out if that new corn or wood pellet stove will actually save you money over your oil furnace, check out FuelStart’s Energy Savings Calculator.
We at Northland Distributing are proud to announce that Ecoteck wood pellet stoves are NOW AVAILABLE in North America. With 14 different models to choose from in a variety of colors, there is sure to be a style that suits your home.
Ecoteck Pellet Stoves are manufactured in Italy and imported exculsively by Northland Distributing. These wood pellet stoves are a far superior to anything currently manufactured in North America. EPA testing shows that the average emission level is 1.654 g/hr which surpasses California’s stringent 2.5 g/hr emission law and compared with conventional liquid and gas fuels, these units can lead to a massive savings in heating bills, over 50%.
Stylish design is one of the trademarks of the Ecoteck Pellet Stoves and each new wood pellet stove is thoroughly tested in Ecoteck’s own testing facility to obtain the international certification that has allowed the company to achieve a position of leadership on the world market.
For more information on these revolutionary pellet stoves, check out our newly launched website Ecoteck Pellet Stoves
This conference will explore a variety of factors relating to residential biomass wood heating, ranging from environmental and performance issues to current and pending regulatory policies.
“This is going to be the place to be. The merging of minds – including hearth technology experts, regulatory officials and air quality regulators – will result in stimulating conversation and real solutions,” says Harvey Gail, OHPA executive director.
For more information, go to www.oregonfireplaces.com
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After 20 hours the fire had still been smoldering in one of the silos and officials were worried about the silo collapsing from the weight of the water pumped in.
Three firefighters suffered minor injuries during the twenty-nine hour fire-suppression effort, officials said.
Steven Walker, president of New England Wood Pellet, said all the workers at the plant have been working to get it operational again. He said he expected it to be fully operational by the end of next week. WMUR 9
The plant’s employees have been working three shifts a day mopping up soggy sawdust and repairing machinery to get the plant back in operation.
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed more than $135,000 in fines against the manufacturer after a worker got caught in a conveyor in January.
Authorities say the company showed indifference to or intentional disregard for employee safety by allowing combustible wood dust to accumulate and for not having guards on the conveyors. Brattleboro Reformer
New Hampshire fire investigators have concluded that the wood pellet plant was accidental, and that workers responded appropriately in trying to put the fire out.
OSHA said its inspection revealed unguarded conveyors, exposure to fire and explosion hazards due to the design, construction and location of systems used to collect combustible wood dust.
New England Wood Pellet was given 15 business days from the time the citations were issued to either meet with OSHA or to contest the allegations before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
The single-wall pipe has a male end and a female end. It is always installed with the male end pointing down toward the stove. Many people say, “Oh, that male end needs to be pointed up – otherwise, all of the smoke is going to come out through the joints.”
But people do not understand the reason that the male end is pointed down is not for the smoke to come out: It is to allow the creosote to run back into the stove from inside of the chimney
The author, Wayne Dooley, continues to explain one of the better starting procedures for your wood stove and that creating a draft and selecting well seasoned wood over damp wood are one of the key ways to reduce smoke upon startup.
A lot of people will put a little bit of newspaper inside of their stove, light it and close the door, because they don’t want smoke to come in their house. When they close that door, they burn up all of the oxygen inside of the firebox, and now it creates smoke. And because there’s no draft to actually pull it out, it comes out wherever there’s an opening.
You need to tell them to make sure the air control is open wide and the door is cocked open. You want that fire to be fed with enough air so it will get the heat to go up the chimney, and you need to have enough heat to push that column of cold air up and out of the chimney to establish a draft. Typically, a person would only need to leave the door open two to five minutes, at most, to create a draft.
The article goes into much more detail about common problems associated with wood stoves due to misinformation given. Give it good read, you just might learn something new, I know I did.
A news article from the New Hampshire Sunday News called “Pellet stoves efficient, but becoming scarce” shows that many stores in New Hampshire state have become so overwhelmed by the demand of pellet stoves that their sales have increased, in some instances, by 500%.
At Fireplace Village in Bedford, customers won’t receive their stoves until October.
June sales are up close to 500 percent compared to the previous June, and 90 percent of customers are inquiring about the pellet stoves or inserts for their fireplaces, according to store manager Jeff Taylor.
In Nashua, Al Carachio of Pellet King said he sold 100 stoves last month — 10 times the number for a typical June.
“The demand is just enormous,” he said. “I’ve never seen anything like this at this time of the year,” Carachio said.
Today, more than ever, with raising oil prices people have to seek alternative ways to heat their home without breaking the bank. These little pieces of compressed wood can do just that but at the same time help the environment, yet we have to remember that with any other heating source we have to take cation when using a wood pellet stove.
“I think what’s driving sales is people are getting their home heating bills,” Strimling said. “People are getting concerned about the environment and want to do the right thing, especially if it can save them some money.”Strimling is selling pellets for $269 to $279 a ton now, about $10 more than at this time last year but $60 to $70 more than in March, when prices had dropped. Home delivery will run about $35 a ton.
Raymond Fire Chief Kevin Pratt said that he is receiving “lots of calls” each day from residents who have recently installed new pellet stoves or are thinking about getting their old wood-burning stoves going again.
This trend is most likely to spread to other states at a rapid pace, if it hasn’t already. If you are wanting to heat your home cheaper this year you may not want to wait placing your order for your pellet stove. If you can’t get your wood pellet stove by the start of the heating season, at least you’ll have it for half of the season and that can really keep your oil / fuel cost from getting to high.