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What Are My Choices for Fireplace Inserts?

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

If you’ve been looking to maximize the heat your fireplace can provide your home, you may want to consider the installation of a fireplace insert in your Tacoma home. There are several fuel choices for fireplace inserts, enabling just about any homeowner to install a fireplace insert. Why consider one? Here are some reasons:

  • Less stress on your heating system – supplementing your home’s heat with a fireplace insert can help reduce the amount of heat your heating system needs to generate, which puts less stress on the system.
  • Reduce fuel usage – when your heating system operates less, it uses less fuel, which can save you money.
  • Increase comfort – you can increase your comfort level without increasing the temperature on your thermostat.

Insert Choices

Here are the fireplace insert choices available from Sunset Air:

Wood Pellets

Wood pellets stoves have become very popular over the last few years and for good reasons. First, if you are looking to move away from heating with a fossil fuel, wood pellets allow you to do this. Second, wood pellets are renewable energy, so using a pellet stove is very environmentally-friendly. Lastly, the ash level with a wood pellet stove is considerably less than that of a wood-burning stove, which can be helpful for your chimney. The energy efficiency of pellet stoves ranges from 78-85%.

Wood Burning

It can be hard to replace the ambience of a true wood-burning stove, and if you have access to a lot of wood, a wood-burning insert may be the best choice for you. Wood-burning stoves can help reduce your heating system usage by supplying your home with extra heat, and they are about 77% energy efficient.

Fireplace inserts can keep the ambience of a fireplace while helping to add heat to your home. If you are interested to see what a fireplace insert can do for your Tacoma home, call the experts at Sunset Air.

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