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I wonder what the cost would be to add a wood stove or pellet system to an existing oil system? What is the cost of its implementation, depending on the size of the house? What is the rate of return? If you have a wood, you are satisfied?

We bought a very old house that seems to have no insulation. We were using propane connected to our network of existing pipelines, but it is shaped face. Then, try electric heating and continue paying off last year (which was frozen!) Now, I would try to use a wood stove or pellet corn. I can not find a decent part of 1500. 00 which have not! Winter is upon us! I’m always looking on eBay and Craigslist, but we can not afford it. My question is. . . Does anyone know where I can find a pellet stove corn preferably with virtually no cosmetic damage? As a scratch and dent sale or refurbished? I know I am doing this with other devices, but I have yet to find a website or place where it controls the stoves!

The stove is heating much better (75 degrees) as opposed to the heat pump (65 degrees) at a lower cost. My question, will the heat pump be damaged by lack of usage during the winter? Heat pump works great during the summer for air conditioning. thks. . .

I want my solar hot water. I have the old motherboard thermal radiation of hot water in my house. How can I feed 100% of my hot water bill by solar heating alone? And what about tax credits?

We have cold winters in Maine,and it cost me $400. 00 a month for oil. Could someone tell me the cost for pellets in those wood stoves. I want to know if it would save money to buy a wood pellet stove. Thank you—-

As the colder weather starts to kick in, many home owners’ thoughts turn to heating their homes more efficiently and with the end of the year nearing, many home owners are thinking about tax season and ways that they can take advantage of some of the tax credits currently available. Luckily, the current tax credit incentive for biomass stoves will be available until the end of 2010.

The biomass stove tax credit will cover 30% of the cost of a biomass stove and installation costs up to $1500 for qualifying stoves installed in a primary residence by December 31, 2010. To claim your tax credit you must ensure that your choice of stove qualifies for the program; get a manufacturer’s certification statement from the manufacturer’s website to ensure that the stove qualifies.

Biomass stoves are more efficient than regular wood stoves because due to their design they can produce more heat from less fuel, they create less ash waste, and need far less ventilation to run properly. They come in a variety of types: some just for one type of fuel and some for a variety of fuels. Check out what type of fuel is most readily available in your area before choosing one for your home.

Biomass fuel is basically renewable, plant-based fuel that is sustainable. Wood pellets are a common fuel: made from compressed sawdust, bark, or wood shavings and usually collected from industries that use wood in their products. Wood burns more cleanly than other biomass fuels and produce more heat. Due to these properties, quality wood pellets create a very small amount of ash residue.

Corn is another common fuel for biomass stoves. The dried corn that is used in a heating stove is basically the same type that is used to feed livestock and is cleaned to remove debris that would clog your fuel intake system.

Some less common types of fuel include pits, nuts, and nutshells. These types of fuel will be more or less common depending on your area and the agriculture found there.

Because of the nature of biomass stoves and their ability to use a smaller amount of fuel for warming a home, they are a good investment for most any home. There is no time like the present, apparently, for taking advantage of federal tax credit dollars as well as making your home more efficient to heat.