Heating your home by burning firewood in a wood stove is a very satisfying practice. Knowing that you are cutting heating bills and participating in the local economy, while using a renewable energy source are a few of the reasons why.

This winter is supposed to be very cold, with lots of snow. If you want a more efficient way to heat your home, look at wood burning fireplace insert. However there are some variables involved in choosing the right wood-burning appliance.

Wood Heat is experiencing a renaissance, thanks to increasing energy costs associated with other forms of heating. Heating with firewood is typically more suited to rural areas than urban ones, but firewood can be delivered or found anywhere. There are many advantages of heating with wood versus other energy sources like oil, electricity and propane in terms of cost and overall efficiency.

Another argument to heating with wood is that it is a green heat, wood is sustainable.   Wood stoves and wood burning fireplace inserts have improved in efficiency in the last few decades. There are other distinct advantages that wood-burning offers over other methods of home heating. First off, dollar-for-dollar it's much cheaper, plus it can be a complete off-grid option, and there is a hands-on allure with using wood for heat, appealing to our sense of self-reliance.

For more information on heating with wood, or on the right fireplace insert for your home, contact West Sport in Sudbury.

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Everyone loves relaxing in front of a wood burning fire when it is cold outside. It is hard to beat that feeling from an open burning wood fireplace. But, most of us are not that fond of the amount of fire wood that it consumes.

So, let’s talk about fireplace inserts. A fireplace insert is inserted directly into your open fireplace instantly making your hearth more attractive and most important, more efficient.

Wood burning fireplace inserts can take your fireplace from negative efficiency, (meaning it is even worse than not being efficient, you actually lose money when burning it) to over 75% efficient. Obviously, that means that you can save money when using a wood burning fireplace insert.

Of course, with an insert you will be viewing the fire behind the ceramic glass front; but the fire may last up to eight hours on a single charge of wood. And the frame around the fireplace insert is very attractive and often adds ambiance to a room even when the fire is not lit.

Fireplace Inserts are available in many styles and sizes. Want to learn more? Contact West Sport in Sudbury.

Fall is around the corner and winter is right behind. Have you considered a better way to heat your home this winter? What about holiday shopping, have you started?  You know that once school starts, time just begins to slip away. This Saturday, September 12th may be the perfect opportunity to get back some of that time.

West Sport in Sudbury is hosting a “Sidewalk Sale” with greatly reduced prices on:

• Gas and Charcoal Grills
• Table Top Grills
• Grilling Accessories
• Fireplace Accessories
• Chimney Liners and Venting Systems
• Comfort Furnace (Infrared Small Space Heater)
• Fire Pits
• and much more!

Along with the other September Specials on Hearthstone wood burning fireplace inserts as well as specials on glass fireplace doors and gas log sets, you could walk away with a better, more attractive heating solution for your home this winter, as well as holiday gifts!

For more information, contact West Sport, or come by on Saturday, September 13th all day.