The desire to curl up next to a stove returns.
Choosing the stove best suited to our needs, however, may not be easy. There are so many models and types of stove that the choice really becomes an embarrassment even if you have already made an initial selection and decided, for example, to focus on pellet stoves.
In fact, there are ventilated pellet stoves, ducted ones and hydro ones, just to name a few types.
But what is a hydro pellet stove? Or, what is the difference between a ducted pellet stove and a ventilated one? And how does a ducted pellet stove work?
Let's calmly take a look at all the features and the different ways in which these stoves are able to heat our homes.
VENTILATED PELLET STOVE
First of all, it is a pellet stove which means that the fuel that powers the fire is pellets, i.e. the product resulting from wood processing. And up to this point it does not differ in any way from the other models that we will then consider. It is sustainable and ecological.
Being an air stove, it also shares the heating vehicle, i.e. the air, with the ducted stove. In fact, it is precisely the latter that, upon entering the combustion chamber, acquires heat which then spreads into the environment.
What distinguishes a ventilated pellet stove is precisely the method of propagation of the hot air: ventilation and not ducting. It means that the air, once heated, is diffused into the environment thanks to special vents. In this way it will be possible to quickly and effectively heat the entire room in which the stove is located.
Considerations before purchasing .
The pellet stove, whether ventilated, ducted or hydro, works by burning a fuel, namely pellets. This process involves the production of fumes that must be evacuated. It is therefore necessary to have a chimney, and it is in the room equipped with the latter that the stove will be installed. This becomes a factor to take into consideration when evaluating which type of stove is most appropriate to install based on the characteristics of the room that will host it.
The ventilated stove is very efficient and manages to heat the environment in which it is located well as long as it is not too large and made up of many separate spaces. Small/medium unique spaces are better than large lofts or very high rooms with a mezzanine.
WHEN TO PREFER IT?
If we intend to heat a single room in the house or several rooms connected to each other, the advice is to opt for the types of 'air' stoves, ideal for integrating the existing heating system and for reaching the temperature in a short time. desired, simultaneously achieving a notable reduction in consumption.
DUCTED PELLET STOVE
It shares with the ventilated stove the air heating system that enters the combustion chamber where the pellet burns and acquires energy and heats up there. What changes is the diffusion system in the environment.
In this case the air is directed inside ducts and pipes connected to the system which allow it to reach all the rooms of the house where it will spread thanks to special grilles.
The ability to heat multiple rooms even if separated defines the main difference between the ducted pellet stove and the ventilated one
Considerations before purchasing .
Before purchasing it, however, it is necessary to carefully evaluate the characteristics of the environment in which it will be installed. First of all, it must be large enough to allow maintenance and cleaning operations, after which it must be well insulated so as not to waste the stove's work and nullify it.
Furthermore, when choosing, it will be appropriate to calculate the power of the system or the kW that the stove is capable of developing, taking into account the size of all the rooms we want to heat.
Also in this case isolation is the fundamental word. By insulation we mean that of the stove itself and that of the rooms. It is on the basis of this data that the ducted stove model will be chosen.
WHEN TO PREFER IT?
If our need is to heat different rooms in the house, even distant from each other, it is necessary to opt for the types of ductable air stoves or 'water' ones, which can be integrated with the existing heating system.
HYDRO PELLET STOVE
With the hydro pellet stove the system changes. It is still a pellet heating system, but we no longer have to deal with air to spread heat throughout the home. This solution, in fact, focuses on the water that goes to make the heating system work, be it the radiators or the underfloor system. Once connected to the heating system it works like a real boiler.
In this way the hot water will reach all the rooms of the house where the system pipes are present and will allow the temperature to be increased by exploiting the combustion energy.
Considerations before purchasing
The hydro pellet stove is used to heat water. This means that almost all the heat is transferred to the water and not to the surrounding environment. Not directly, at least, as happens with the ventilated stove. The room will heat up thanks to the radiators or the heat coming from the floor, if this system is present. You will therefore not have to worry about the size of the room in which it is positioned, fearing that it will become an oven. However, you must be careful to leave enough space to be able to carry out cleaning operations easily and comfortably
Having said this, the same considerations made for the ducted pellet stove apply. It is necessary to know well the system layout to which the stove is connected, the insulation of the house and the total volume of the rooms you wish to heat.
WHEN TO PREFER IT?
Do you have a very large room to heat and above all a good budget available? Well, then you can think about purchasing a hydro pellet thermo stove to replace the heating system and at the same time amortize the costs.