As the cold weather approaches, it’s only natural to think of all the different ways to heat your home. One environmentally friendly way to heat small to medium-sized spaces is a pellet stove. This is ...

Pellet stoves can be a cost-effective means of heating your home, while adding coziness that’s similar to what you get with a traditional fireplace or wood-fired stove. Instead of burning split logs, ...

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Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. When bone-chilling temperatures and snowstorms hit, folks with wood and pellet stoves have an edge in warming their living ...

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Pellet stoves run from about $1,800 to $3,800, with the wood stoves about $1,300 to $3,000. Even though oil prices have declined recently, the fuel still costs significantly more than previous years.

The novelty of a wood burning fireplace wears off when you have to trudge outside to grab a bundle of logs. Installing a wood burning stove can be expensive, and once it’s running, it produces ash ...