Get 26% Back on Your Fallon’s Pellet Stove or Insert Purchase & Installation.
Purchase and install a qualified Pellet Stove or Fireplace Insert from Fallons and receive a 26% tax credit of your total cost. Fallons offers many qualifying pellet stoves and inserts from Harman, Quadra-Fire, and Vermont Castings This is a great opportunity to save thousands on your heating bill while getting thousands more back on your purchase.
The 26% tax incentive ends December 31st, 2022. It then drops to 22% for 2023, with the entire program scheduled to expire on January 1, 2024.
Pellet Stoves & Fireplace Inserts
In New England, heating costs can comprise over a third of your annual utility bill. One effective and efficient way to help lower your bill is to use a freestanding pellet stove or pellet stove fireplace insert (which fits inside of an existing fireplace). Pellet stoves and inserts look very similar to a conventional wood stove but operate more like a modern furnace. However, in addition to providing additional heat, pellet stoves and inserts have the same aesthetic warmth as a traditional fireplace by providing a picturesque flame for people to gather around.
How Pellet Stoves and Fireplace Inserts Work
To heat with a pellet stove or fireplace insert, you simply fill the stove’s hopper with pellets and set the thermostat. A mechanical auger drops the pellets into a burn pot where they are burned at sufficiently high temperatures that do not create creosote and minimal to no ash or emissions. This helps to keep both indoor and outdoor air cleaner.
While a pellet stove or fireplace insert may look a lot like a traditional wood burning stove, a pellet stove is actually a modern, high-tech machine with a circuit board, thermostat and electric fans which work together to heat your space. Due to the automated nature of pellet stoves, the pellets that the stove uses to generate heat are fed automatically from the storage hopper into a burn pot, creating a constant flame that does not require continued tending. As a result of the stove’s hardware and fans, nearly all pellet stoves require an electrical outlet in order to run. Optional battery backups are available to keep the stove operational in the event of a power outage.
Due to the mechanics of pellet stoves, Fallons Home and Hearth suggests “hearing” – in addition to seeing – your desired stove(s) in action in our showroom. While most pellet stoves are not “loud,” some models are quieter than others.
What Is a Pellet?
A pellet is a small compressed tablet made primarily of wood waste, typically sawdust. Pellets have a moisture content of 5 to 10 percent compared to 20 percent for firewood. Pellets are sometimes comprised of cornstalks or switchgrass (panicum virgatum). Corn kernels also can be used instead of pellets.
Due to the pellet’s construction and the heat at which they burn, pellet stoves create a fraction of the ash produced by older wood-burning stoves and fireplaces. With normal daily use, a pellet stove’s ash pan may only need to be emptied once per week.
Where to Place Your Pellet Stove
Like all heating and cooling devices, a pellet stove’s performance is affected by your home’s layout, insulation and regional climate. As a general rule of thumb, roughly 5,000 Btus from a pellet stove or fireplace insert will heat 200 square feet. However, much in the way as a traditional room space heater or fireplace, the warmth from your pellet stove will be concentrated in the areas closest to where it is located.
Freestanding pellet stoves usually have a minimal footprint and typically can be placed 1 to 3 inches from a back wall and 6 to 7 inches from sidewalls. Due to their heat output, pellet stoves should be at least 36 inches from furniture and drapes and situated away from main traffic areas. They should be placed on a non-combustible surface – like stone or ceramic tile – and a fire resistant pad should extend at least 6 inches beyond the stove door.
Fireplace inserts are placed directly into your fireplace and require a metal surround fitted within your hearth and metal liner placed inside your home’s chimney.
Installing a Pellet Stove or Fireplace Insert
To ensure proper ventilations and fittings, professional installation is suggested for all but the most experienced DIY experts. Pipefittings can be complex. The exhaust pipe, which can go straight out an exterior wall or up through the roof or chimney, must be tightly sealed to prevent toxic gases from entering your home. In addition, a second intake line often is required to provide the right amount of outside air for safe combustion.
For fireplace inserts, a metal surround must be fitted properly within your hearth and a metal liner must be installed inside your chimney.
Depending on where you reside, all work may need to be approved by a municipal inspector before the stove or insert can be operated.
Fallons Home and Hearth can direct you to a qualified professional who can install your new pellet stove of fireplace insert both safely and securely, In addition, our annual pellet stove maintenance plan can ensure that your stove or insert continues to run safely and at its best year after year.
Pellet Stoves vs. Wood Stoves
Efficiency
Pellet: 60% – 80%
Wood: 30% – 80%
Maintenance
Pellet: Clean pan once per week. Scrape burn pot weekly to remove residue and unburned pellets. Clean and inspect vents at start of heating season.
Wood: Remove ash every one to three days. Clean chimney and inspect stove and door gaskets at start of heating season.
Venting
Pellet: Minimal smoke; internal fans pull exhaust outside via venting pipes.
Wood: Passive system requiring a vertical chimney enabling smoke to rise and vent outside.
Fuel storage
Pellet: Bags of pellets should be kept indoors to guard against moisture.
Wood: Wood can be stored inside or stacked outside under cover. If storing wood outside, be sure to keep it away from your home to curtail possible termite damage.
