Wood Pellet Fuel

Our Suppliers

Our suppliers are Pennsylvania's own C&C Smith Lumber Company located in Summerhill, and Great American Pellets, located in Palmerton. The best price is always in April, as pellet mills offer off-season incentives. Pricing typically increases with winter demand. Delivery is available.

Pellet Fuel

Wood pellets are manufactured from the sawdust and end cuts, produced in the lumber manufacturing process, that would have otherwise been waste material. Wood Heat evaluates various manufacturers to offer the best quality pellets. BTU's vary only slightly from brand to brand, but ash content, length consistency, and impurities may vary greatly. Impurities increase "klinkering" or "caking" of ash in the burn pot. There is a huge difference between 1% ash and 0.25% ash.

Pellet Fuel Advantages

In addition to being stylish and efficient, pellet stoves are also considered to be a carbon neutral heat source. There has never been a better time to invest in a pellet stove or fireplace insert.

Wood Heat carries Pellet Stoves and Fireplace Inserts from Quadra-Fire, Heatilator, and Ravelli. Stop in and see them burn!

Buy Online – We Deliver!

Buy your pellets in our online store and we'll deliver them right to your house.

Click here to buy pellets online.

Interesting Facts About Wood Pellet Fuel

A typical homeowner uses 3 tons of pellets per heating season at a cost of about $825. At an average retail price of $250/ton, pellets offer a fuel cost per million BTU of $19.05. To offer a fuel cost of $19.05 per million BTU, # 2 fuel oil and propane would have to be priced at $2.05/gal and $1.36/gal, respectively! (Fuel Value Calculator, USFS, 2008)
One ton of wood pellets has the energy equivalency of 2.8 barrels of #2 fuel oil. (Energy Information Administration)
Direct thermal conversion of 3 million tons of wood pellets displaces the equivalent of almost 8.5 million barrels of #2 fuel oil. That is 356 million gallons! (Energy Information Administration)
Direct thermal conversion of pellets has an efficiency level of approximately 80%.
Pellet stoves have extremely low particulate emissions due to their high burn efficiency and the density of the fuel (<1 gm/hr). (Environmental Protection Agency)
Every ton of pellets used vs. oil reduces CO2 emissions by about 1.5 tons. Total emissions offset this year will be nearly 4.5 million tons of CO2.
Pellet distribution costs less than the cost of distributing wood chips.
Wood pellets have a fossil energy ratio (net energy output/fossil energy used) of 12:1. (Net Energy Value Study, University of Wisconsin Green Bay)

Wood Heat TV

Watch as real Wood Heat customers talk about how much they save with a stylish and efficient pellet appliance.