Vermont Castings Wood Stoves

Today many people are turning to some form of wood heat to help offset the skyrocketing costs of heating oil and natural gas. One of the most common ways that people are doing this is installing one of the many Vermont Castings Wood Stoves that are available to both the do it yourself installer and the professional alike. Once relegated to cozy cabins and those with eccentric tastes wood stoves have once again emerged as a perfect source of low cost heat.

One of the most popular Vermont Castings wood stove is the Dutchwest wood stove. There are three different sizes of Dutchwest available small, regular and large all of which work exceptionally well. All you need to do is pick one that is suited to the space you are trying to heat. This particular model is built to resemble the old Federal style and is easily recognizable by anyone who knows anything about wood stoves.

One of the reasons that these Vermont Castings wood stoves are rated so highly and have proved to be so efficient is the fact that they are catalytic stoves. This mean that they make use of a catalytic converter device to produce maximum heat which is then blow out into the room with a small hi volume fan. This whole system of convection gives the stove a much better dispersal of heat into the room when compared to a stove that does not have any way to move the heated air out into the room.

Each of these Dutchwest stoves is well known for its overall efficiency; another major benefit to a catalytic stove is that they do not burn a lot of wood to produce continuous heat. The catalytic unit retains the heat for much longer periods of time similar to an oil filled radiator meaning that you can keep the wood fire damped down and make each log last much longer.

On top of this each stove has a griddle surface on top so that you can use the heat to cook with if you so desire or at the very least keep a pot of water on it for hot drinks and to help keep some humidity in the room. The cast iron material used to make the stove not only radiates heat, but will last a lifetime or more while still looking great no matter what room you choose to put it in.