Home Water Heating Efficiency With Wood Pellet Boilers
If you are familiar with renewable energy heating solutions, then I am sure you have heard about wood pellet boilers. Almost everyone has heard or seen something about “Green” technology solutions for home hot water heating systems. These include outdoor wood furnaces, but did you know that using a wood pellet boiler can provide an energy saving solution for home heating and hot water needs that will aid in additional energy uses while making your home more energy efficient.
Pellet boilers versus wood boilers is almost a no brainer, why would you want to deal with purchasing, transporting, and stacking large quantities of cord wood to power your homes boiler system, when wood pellets come in space saving bags. These bags can easily be stacked in your basement, outdoor shed, or any other location without having to deal with rodent nests, and the burden of bulky cord wood. Pellet burning systems have really come a long way and these days many people prefer them above the traditional wood burning systems thanks to their great energy efficiency. Wood pellet furnaces and boilers are becoming very popular all over the country. Wood pellet boilers operate in the same way a conventional wood boiler does. Water is heated and is then send to a heat exchanger system, with a blower fan force feeding heated air into a duct system that is installed in your homes baseboard or other locations. A thermostat system regulates temperature keeping your home comfortably heated. In the case of hot water delivery, a water pump sends heated water on demand to your bathroom and kitchen just like a wood burning system does.
Wood pellet boilers are more compact and can easily be installed in your basement, removing the need for an outdoor shed or furnace room. With this space saving design, one large wood pellet boiler can easily provide 80,000 BTUs an hour for far less money than the cost of cord wood needed to power a conventional wood boiler system. Some people even use a pellet sauna heater for cheap and efficient water heating. New wood pellet boilers can even be powered with a mix of corn and wood pellets, further reducing your fuel costs and providing the robust heating solution you need. Large luxury and family homes can also easily take advantage of pellet boilers with a heavy duty outdoor system that can be efficiently in even severe cold climates with less overhead costs than a cord wood system.
Even in cold winter areas the annual cost of wood pellet boilers is around $600.00 to $800.00, compared to over $1200.00 per year using cord wood. With tax credits available for installing a wood pellet boiler, you can save even more money, and the pay back on your initial investment will be very quick.
