Wood Heat Stoves & Solar

  Pellet stove maintenance is best performed before the heating season begins, to make sure you are prepared for cold weather. The most commonly replaced pellet stove items include igniter elements, auger motors and fire brick. Most Whitfield, Earth Stove and Traditions brand pellet stove owners, prefer the more durable aftermarket stove igniters over factory original pellet parts. This is true for pellet stove fireback replacements and auger motors as well. Check out this Super Igniter which replaces Whitfield original factory part numbers H8127, 12140213 and 12150213; offered with a six month parts warranty. Wood Heat Stoves & Solar also...

Are you prepared to heat your home? August is a popular month to ready your stove for the season and is just around the corner! If you have a pellet stove, auger motors, igniters or snap switches may need replacing. Aside from a chimney sweep, your wood stove may need new firebricks or gaskets. Annually, it is a good idea to have your gas stove serviced. Check for blackening glass, delayed ignition or dust near the valve-these are signs you should have a certified technician come out to service the gas appliance. Wood Heat Stoves and Solar makes part replacement...

We have covered this topic quite a bit and regularly discuss the function and efficiency of older non-EPA wood stoves vs. newer EPA certified models. A lot customers purchase parts for their old stoves from us and are surprised at high costs or disappointed to find parts are no longer made. Although your old wood stove is in tact, burning wood and heating your home, the stove lacks efficiency and is costing you much more in fuel than a new stove would; while also contributing to air pollution. Since 1988 the EPA has required newly built stoves to meet emissions...

When choosing your new Wood, Gas or Pellet stove and you will want to know the comparative costs of heating. Click here to go to this interactive chart and find out how the cost of heating with different fuels compares in your home.  Here is a comparison of fuel costs at our home town, Nevada City, based on price quotes in May, 2013.    

After spending a weekend at The Union's 28th Annual Home and Garden Show, it became apparent that many who own gas stoves are skipping their annual service call. We in fact ran into some customers from the past who purchased their gas stove years ago and admitted to never having scheduled maintenance. Skipping this crucial maintenance step can keep you from having heat when you need it most. Stoves and inserts using natural gas or propane should be checked annually by a licensed stove technician for proper function. Any time your burner does not respond to the thermostat is an...