A wood burning fireplace insert is an easy, convenient way to heat your home and the perfect way to make your open fireplace more beautiful. Wood burning fireplace inserts sit inside the open fireplace and are surrounded by steel or cast iron with an insulated glass window. This prevents the heat from going up the chimney and instead sends the heat into your home. Many wood burning fireplace inserts have a blower that helps circulate the hot air for more efficient heating.

One of the biggest benefits to adding wood burning fireplace inserts is that they’re much more energy efficient than an open fireplace. In fact, they average around 80% efficiency, that is far more efficient than your existing heating system. They are very attractive because it is a natural wood fire with an attractive surround. In smaller homes, wood burning fireplace inserts can be used as the only heat source. In every home, they become the focal point of your room.

Right now, at West Sport in Sudbury, Hearthstone wood burning fireplace inserts are on sale. Get $600 off when you purchase the chimney liner too.

Clydesdale Wood Burning Fireplace Inserts feature cost saving benefits. They are attractive, can supplement your home heating or  can be used to heat the room you use most; plus they have the benefit of replacing an old drafty masonry fireplace.

Clydesdale Wood Burning Fireplace Insert

• Heats up to: 2,000 sq. ft.
• Burns Up to 10 hours
• Heats for Up to 12 hours
• Size: 60,000 BTU's
• Efficiency: 79% (LHV)

For more information on this wood fireplace insert sale, contact West Sport in Sudbury.

Winter home heating forecast: 'It's going to be a very expensive winter'

Enjoying the final stretch of summer, because unfortunately ‘they’ say we can look forward to a pricey winter for home heating costs.

"It's going to be a very expensive winter," predicted Secretary of Environment and Energy Affairs Maeve Vallely Bartlett. "We are projecting that due to our constrained natural gas supply, that prices in New England will go up for the winter."

High energy costs have been seen as one of the drags on the Massachusetts economy. Ratepayers in the state spend nearly double what people in Idaho pay for natural gas.

Bartlett said she would have a more precise idea of how much prices will increase by around November, and said part of the cost is a result of a prolonged period of frigid temperatures last winter that kept furnaces blasting.

"With the extreme winter last year, people will see those costs reflected this year, and then if we continue to have extreme winters and a constrained energy supply, those costs will continue to go up."

Meanwhile, as coal and nuclear power plants around the region have planned closures, there is a natural gas plant being developed in Salem, which would add further demand on the state's current system of pipes.

The state has alternative means to receive natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, which arrives by tanker ships.

"We believe that we may get increased shipments of LNG, which is good for reliability, but will be costly."

If you are looking for a less expensive and more attractive way to heat your home this winter, come in to West Sport and take a look at our specials on wood burning fireplace inserts and wood burning stoves.

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Tax free weekend in Massachusetts is one week away. August 16-17 we can forget about paying 6.25% in sales taxes on almost all purchases. If you have started thinking about heating your home this winter, consider a fireplace insert. If you haven’t starting thinking about it, maybe now is the time! West Sport in Sudbury is giving you $600 off and NO TAX.  Total savings of $875 on all HearthStone Clydesdale Wood Burning Fireplace Inserts including the Chimney Liner System.

Do you have vacation plans or other purchases you need to make? No Problem. Come in this week, and we’ll process your order next week so you can take advantage of the savings.  Avoid the wait and start shopping for fireplace inserts now.

Come on in to West Sport in Sudbury and take a look. In fact, we are also offering  $300 off all HearthStone gas and wood burning stoves. With no tax that is a savings of at least $450. We are also offering a savings on Gas Logs and Custom Glass Fireplace Doors. We have whatever you need to heat your home with beauty this winter.

Have you wanted to make your home more attractive and more efficient?  Let us show you your options in new fireplace inserts and wood burning stoves for your existing fireplace. Fireplace inserts and stoves make heating with wood easy and beautiful.

Avoid the tax free holiday rush, and come on it to look at our spectacular inventory now. Take advantage of the Massachusetts tax free holiday. Contact West Sport for more information.

It has finally been decided! Tax Free Weekend in Massachusetts is being held on August 16 and 17. This means you can save hundreds of dollars on a new gas grill, a wood fireplace insert or a gas or wood burning stove.

If you have been thinking about a new gas grill, now is the time to buy. We grill out all year round in Massachusetts and you can save hundreds on a new 4-burnger gas grill for your backyard.

Buying a Hearthstone wood burning stove  or gas stove you can make a fuel smart investment, and add beauty to your home.  And, you can save $300 plus tax on your purchase. If it is a wood burning fireplace insert you have in mind, then HearthStone makes one of the most beautiful, top-selling inserts on the market. And on Tax Free Weekend, you can save $600 plus tax, too!

There is a huge selection of Hearthstone wood stoves, gas stoves and fireplace inserts in stock, set up and ready for you to see. Combat high heating bills this coming winter and add ambiance to your home by purchasing a Hearthstone wood burning, gas, or pellet fueled stove.

If you can’t make it in that weekend, shop now, pick out your purchase, and we’ll process it on tax free weekend so you can take advantage of the savings.

Interested in our TAX FREE WEEKEND SPECIALS?

• HearthStone Clydesdale Wood Fireplace Insert with Chimney Liner System - $600 off and NO TAX.  Total savings of $875.
• Broil King Baron 440 Gas Grill – was $899, NOW $749 and NO TAX.  Total savings of $195.
• All HearthStone gas and wood burning stoves - $300 off and NO TAX.  Savings of AT LEAST $450.
• Gas Logs and Custom Glass Fireplace Doors combination - $300 off and NO TAX.  Savings of AT LEAST $450.

For more information on our specials, contact West Sport in Sudbury.