Pellet stoves are a convenient and often cost-effective way to heat your home. Here are the top-rated pellet stoves from ...

We are thinking about getting a wood pellet stove to heat our home. What are the advantages and disadvantages of wood pellet stoves? “For someone committed to using a renewable energy source and who ...

No way was Ginger Rice going to put up with another year of $300-a-month heating bills. So when she heard natural gas prices would climb even higher this season, Rice did the only thing she thought ...

There are few things less pleasant than being cold inside your own home during the winter months. Sure, you can turn up the heater, but it will run up your bill. And fireplaces are terrific, but they ...

The oil industry wasn't idle this year as New Hampshire and Maine homeowners increasingly traded oil furnaces for wood pellet stoves as oil prices soared. Pellets recently received negative feedback ...

Q. I am tired of hauling wood indoors for my fireplace. I saw pellet and corn stoves at my home center store and they sell the pellets there. Are they convenient to use and do they produce much heat ...

The number of homes in New Hampshire using wood for heat has more than doubled over the last decade, from 3.8 percent in 2005 to 8.6 percent in 2013. Much of that increase comes from wood pellets.

Capacity is based on hopper capacity and how often the hopper requires refilling at the lowest and highest heat settings. Lower scores indicate that the hopper needs more frequent re-filling. This ...

This latest winter cold snap is leading to a shortage in wood pellets. Nixa Hardware sells up to 400 wood pellet stoves a year. It's also a common place for people to buy the bags of pellets they burn ...

The supply of home-heating wood pellets has gone up in smoke, The Enterprise reported.Demand has outstripped supply and one reason is the shortage of raw material to make the wood pellets into fuel, ...