Heating your home is absolutely essential when the winter comes. You have to keep yourself and your family comfortable, but more than that, you have to keep yourself and your family safe. When the temperature drops outside, it can become very cold inside your house. That’s especially true if you live out in a rural area. The ground on which your home is built is much slower to absorb and release heat, so even if the temperature rises during the day, the ground will still be very cold.
In a rural area, wood-burning stoves are sometimes the best way to keep your home warm. In fact, they are sometimes the best way to keep your home warm in an urban area as well. Economically, they make a lot of sense.
The Fuel
The price of the fuel is a constant, recurring price. If you have an electric or gas heater, the fuel will be electricity or gas, respectively. Those heaters tend to be more expensive than wood. If you have wood-burning stoves in Salt Lake City, UT, you’ll be able to burn firewood that is readily available. Usually, you can find firewood at many local stores, from many sellers and sometimes even for free.
If you do, in fact, live in or near a rural area, there is almost always excess wood that results from chopping down nuisance trees.
The Maintenance
Maintenance on wood-burning stoves is much more straightforward than on some other systems. A wood-burning stove burns fuel and emanates the heat. There are very few moving parts and, therefore, very few things to go wrong. Your stove will need to be cleaned occasionally, and you need to have it inspected at the start of each season to ensure it’s safe to use.
