Century Wood Stoves

Century Wood Stoves are efficient and reliable heating units and they've been heating houses of people living in the United States and around the world for a long time. Open flame wood stoves were very unproductive for heating rooms, as they were losing a lot of heat through the stove flew and the walls. Making a larger fire was only the option but it didn't help too much. One of the first people to improve the efficiency of wood stoves was famous Benjamin Franklin himself, who modified properties of a wood stove that it became much more efficient and safe. This stove was named after him as the Franklin stove or the Pennsylvania stove. Over two centuries later, Century wood stoves still reflect colonial design and spirit of the Franklin's wood stoves and making progress in being the most efficient wood stove possible.

Century wood stoves are usually medium size free standing units, but you can find some fireplace insets as well. Either way, they're more suitable for residential use, heating rooms and houses. Century wood stoves depending on a particular model can produce from 30,000 to 60,000 BTUs heat output. Some of the models of the Century wood stoves are equipped with thermostats, blowers, and fans, but some models are very basic and down to earth.

There're several factors you should consider before buying Century wood stoves. As with any wood stove, Century woods stoves are very price-efficient comparing to other fuel types, such as gas, fuel oil, or even wood pellets. On the other hand, wood stoves, and especially older models, are not very efficient, providing only 70-75% of heat output. Having an automated or semi-automated stove will make you life much easier in terms of operation, but you should expect to do more maintenance and be dependent on electricity – if there is a power outage, your thermo-controllers, fans, and other auxiliary gadgets won't work. One of the factors that still keep people using wood stoves is a visual effect of real burning fire. You can try to simulate it, but no imitation or 3-D visual effect can repeat completely the feeling when you're sitting and watching the real fire.

If you're looking for a cost-efficient and reliable source of heating for your house, not afraid of little physical labour, and fire wood is available in the area where you live, Century wood stoves can easily live up to your expectations.

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