Also the pellet stove should be removed not converted they are not made for wood.
Can you convert a wood stove to pellet.
There are differences though between wood pellets and traditional wood logs.
Burning pellets used to require a pellet stove but new hampshire based energex has created an add on product called prometheus that allows homeowners to convert any fireplace or wood burning stove to pellets.
Produced by a backyard inventor it s pretty co.
However just opening your stove and tossing a few wood pellets into it can cause serious damage to the stove.
The prometheus is a steel basket with its sides and bottom covered by thousands of honeycomb shaped airholes.
A modern closed pellet fireplace in addition to saving you money won t make you miss out on the charm that only a wood fire can provide.
Simply place the basket in your wood stove fill it with wood pellets light the pellets with gel firestarter.
Add more pellets when needed.
I got a cheap price on wood pellets so i needed a way to burn them in my barrel wood stove i built from a kit.
Scoop the hot pellets to one side with a metal scoop add new pellets next to the hot pellets.
In some cases you can install a wood pellet stove directly into your gas fireplace to take advantage of these benefits.
I found 2 solutions.
Pellet stoves have different chimney requirements.
You could get a wood stove but you are starting from scratch.
How to burn pellet fuel in a wood stove.
Reasons you may want to install a wood pellet stove in your existing gas fireplace for a number of reasons.