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Pellet, Gas, and Wood Stove Safety and Efficiency

If you haven’t already, it’s time to crank up your stove to keep your family warm and comfortable. It’s also time to double check a few parts of your heating system for safety and efficiency, whether you’re burning wood, pellets, or gas.

Get a Carbon Monoxide Detector
Carbon Monoxide has been called the silent killer. That’s because it’s a colorless, odorless poison gas that’s produced when natural gas, oil, wood (including pellets), or propane are burned. That gas can come into your home if your chimney or flue is blocked, or if your stove isn’t working correctly. If you’re living in a new home, you probably already have detectors on every level of your house. If not, go out and get a few. They’re an inexpensive way to help alert your family if that gas enters your home.

Check Your Chimney
When you burn wood of any kind, the moisture in that wood can create creosote. According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), creosote build-up can block your chimney or piping, reducing the efficiency of your stove or allowing Carbon Monoxide to enter your home.
If you find that your chimney and piping are not as clean as they should be, find a pro to give them a good cleaning. The Chimney Safety Institute of America at www.csia.org lists certified sweeps in your area.

Maintain Your Stove
Experts say that as little as 1/10th of an inch of soot buildup can reduce your stove’s efficiency by 50 percent. That’s a big deal. Performing daily, weekly, and monthly cleanings during the winter can help.

Here are some ways to improve your stove’s efficiency.

Wood Stoves
  • Daily: Check the firebox and walls of the fireplace for soot buildup. Clean if needed.
  • Weekly: Check your stovepipe for cracks or corrosion.
  • Monthly: Inspect your stove, looking for cracks in the metal or anywhere else.

Pellet Stoves
  • Daily: Check the ash pan and empty if needed. Also, look for hard bits of ash that can block airflow, and remove any ash, bits of pellet, or pellet dust from the hopper if necessary.
  • Weekly: Clean the heat exchanger. Just move the handle in and out once or twice to knock down any ash that has accumulated.
  • Monthly: Clean the glass using a standard glass cleaner and plenty of elbow grease to remove the soot.

Gas Stoves
  • Monthly: Clean the glass inside and out and clean the inside with a vacuum if needed. Look for spiders near the pilot light. As Jim explains, little white spiders, also called gas spiders, are often the cause when a pilot light doesn’t come back on as usual.

Warm Your Hands and Heart at Heart Line Stove Shop
The Hearth and Home Department at your Northeast owned and operated Heart Line Stove Shop carries everything you need, including stoves, parts, accessories, as well as pellets by the bag or pallet. Our hearth experts are here to answer your questions and help you find the perfect stove to keep your family warm this winter.

Heart Line Stove Shop Tips
  • Efficiently running stoves can decrease harmful particles in your home by up to 70%.
  • Wood burning and pellet stoves can suck moisture out of your home. Place a teakettle on top of your stove to add moisture, and some country flair, back into your house.
  • Burn dry wood and pellets to help avoid creosote buildup.

Location

Heart Line Stove Shop
261 North St.
Jaffrey, NH 03452

​603-532-4513

Hours:
Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Saturday 8am-2pm
Sundays & Holidays CLOSED

What Our Customers Are Saying

"I spent an hour on the phone troubleshooting my stove with these folks. The gentleman I spoke with wouldn't hang up the phone until the stove was running. Couldn't ask for better or more attentive service. I attempted to have them come out and look at the stove, because I wanted to give them some labor to cover their time. They told me I had it fixed and they didn't want to take any money unless it really needed to be fixed!!! As far as I'm concerned, there's only one place I'm going for parts and service on my Harman stove: right here!!!" Shawn W.

"Absolutely love Heart Line Stove Shop. The people are awesome. We bought our Pellet stove in 2004, it's had to have some work done on it in 2014, they did an excellent job and it runs like brand new for being over 10 years old. The staff are friendly and helpful and will always try to get the answers you need. I can't say enough! I tell all our friends to go there if they want a pellet stove. Best place around!" Susie A.
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  • Welcome
  • Get a Quote
  • Order Wood Pellets
  • Installation Quote
  • Products
    • Gas Logs
    • Gas Stoves
    • Green Mountain Grills & Smokers >
      • TREK
      • LEDGE
      • LEDGE – SS
      • PEAK
      • PEAK - SS
    • Hearth Products
    • Mitsubishi Ductless Heating & Cooling >
      • Resources: Zoned Home/Whole Home
      • Resources: Home Without Ductwork
      • Resources: Home Office
    • Pellet Fireplace Inserts
    • Pellet Stoves
    • Wood Fireplace Inserts
    • Wood Stoves
  • Services
  • Contact Us
  • About
  • SAFETY TIPS