A fireplace adds a lot to your home: Value, comfort, style, and ambiance (to name a few) but a traditional wood-burning fireplace also adds a lot of inconvenience to your life such as the hassle of storing and hauling wood, continuously tending fires, and an ash-filled fireplace to clean out. If you love the thought […]
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Tired of hauling firewood? Consider a pellet stove
Your wood-burning stove or fireplace brings warmth, comfort and ambiance to your home, and saves you money on your home heating bills. But using wooden logs to help heat your home comes with many inconveniences. Either you spend months chopping, stacking and splitting firewood, or if you purchase your firewood, it can only be purchased […]
The Importance of Properly Seasoned Firewood for Wood burning Appliances
FireSide Hearth & Home knows nothing is better than a warm and cozy fire inside when those cold Michigan nights lurk right outside your door. However, we want you to know when you use a wood burning appliance, regardless of where you live, it is extremely important to use properly seasoned wood. Anatomy of Wood […]
Pellet Stoves – What You Need to Know
Pellet stoves are a low-cost and eco-friendly alternative to wood stoves and fireplaces. Pellet stoves use wood byproducts from sawmills that burn cleaner than traditional wood. Most environmentalists consider pellet stoves carbon neutral because the pellets are created from trees that lived off carbon, so they cancel each other out. Pellet stoves can be used […]
Choosing the Right Fuel Source for Heating Your Home
Choosing the right fuel source (wood, gas, or electric) to heat your home is an important step in picking a fireplace. There are many factors to take into consideration when choosing your fuel source. FireSide Hearth and Home offers electric, natural gas, and wood burning fireplaces for inside the home. Before you get started, let’s […]