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Pellet stove or boiler: which is better to install according to the type of house?

Date: March 29, 2024 Time: 01:03:41

The rise in the price of gas means that more and more people are looking for cheap alternatives to traditional boilers for heating and domestic hot water. Renewable energy systems stand out, such as aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal or biomass. This last type works using pellet stoves or boilers, as the main fuel, although there are others such as olive pits. Both are similar, but not the same. Each one has its advantages and we see them below.

What is a pellet stove?

What are pellet stoves and benefits of biomass

Within the pellet stoves, there are different types. They all work through combustion and you have to manually recharge them when they run out. Despite the variety, its consumption is similar, and it is estimated at around one kilo of pellets per hour. It also entails a little daily maintenance. Mainly there are six types and each one of them works in a slightly different way.

Forced air stoves: generates hot air and expels it outside through a fan. Therefore, it is only capable of heating a room or, at most, nearby rooms if it is a small space. Allows you to select the power and the flame to reach a temperature. Ducted air stoves: in addition to expelling hot air from the front, they can also divert it to other rooms and floors through an installation. to the radiators or underfloor heating throughout the house. It also serves to have domestic hot water. They adapt to any space, although there are several regulations in Spain that limit their installation and use. It allows you to adjust the temperature inside and can be used as an oven, maintaining the desired degrees of cooking for hours. The pellets fall by the force of gravity and are pushing the ash, which is deposited in an ashtray. You only need to use a tablet and ignition fluid to ignite the pellets. They do not have a turbine, fan or extractor, so you have to turn it on manually, with a tablet and liquid.

The most basic pellet stoves to heat a room can start from approximately 500 euros, although there are more expensive ones. It is not necessary to carry out especially large works, beyond the smoke outlets, in those that do not have ducts.

What is a pellet boiler?

A man in a room with a solid fuel boiler, working with biofuel, economical heating.pvproductions / Freepik

Pellet boilers are usually larger than stoves and their most common use is for heating by radiators. Hence, they are normally located in garages, storage rooms or basements of homes to store large amounts of pellets, as is often the case with diesel boiler tanks, to give us an idea. Some pellet boilers have a built-in tank, while in other cases you will have to buy it separately. In addition, they can be combined with solar thermal energy (solar panels).

They are designed to heat larger houses, since they have a greater capacity to generate heat. And they have a greater capacity to fill pellets to work for more hours without the need to recharge them. But it does not only generate heating, since they are also the most suitable for producing sanitary hot water, something that, as we have seen, can be achieved with hydro-stoves, but in a more limited way. In this case, it is necessary that the boiler is connected to an interaccumulator. In addition, an electrical kit is necessary to have domestic hot water in summer so as not to have the need to turn on the boiler.

The price of a pellet boiler varies between 1,000 and 6,000 euros, although one to heat a 100-meter house can be around 2,000 euros. In addition, it must be taken into account that the installation, for those meters, can be around 8,000 euros, including all accessories and labor, according to data from Inarqia.

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Puck Henry
Puck Henry
Puck Henry is an editor for ePrimefeed covering all types of news.
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