You’ve sold me on using renewable energy to heat my home, but how do I go about choosing the right appliance for my home? Since we were kids the statement “mine is better than yours” has caused many a fight and black eyes. Marketing hype and sales people bent on getting you to buy “their […]
Why Isn’t the Media Talking About the Benefits of Biomass or Corn?
I think we all can sympathize with Anne Murray when she sang “A little good news today”. We live in a world where bad is good when it comes to media attention. Heating your home with renewable energy and saving money is not NEWS while the EPA slamming down on those “dirty” burning wood stoves […]
Wood Stoves for Sale: Get ‘Em While They Are HOT
With the recent tax incentives and heating costs predicted to go to all time highs, consumers are looking for alternative ways to heat their homes and asking the question “ when is a wood stove the right option for my alternative heating needs?” The answer to this question starts with researching the expansive information located […]
Hot Days, Hot Deals, Hot Products
Warm days are quickly approaching, but like every summer, the season is over way too fast. With cool days extending into May and starting again by September, we are often left with just a few short months of warm weather. Why is summer a great time to buy a wood fireplace, a corn stove, or […]
Find Answers to All Your Heating Appliance Questions
Do you have a question about your corn stove or wood burning fireplace? Maybe you’d like to talk to an expert technician on a specific topic. If you own a Magnum or Country Flame brand heat source, there’s a collection of articles on our main website and on our blog. Both have “search features”. Simply type […]
Should I Buy a Corn Stove with Auto Ignition?
Question: Should I buy a stove with lots of automatic features like auto ignition? What are the benefits? You might have heard this recently; “my stove is better than the other guys because ours lights automatically”. Is this really true and is this what I should look for? The answer to this burning question is […]
Great Lakes Outdoors Video with Rob Trott
Have you had a chance to watch this wonderful video with Rob Trott about saving a ton of money on your heating bills and using “home grown” renewable energy? To watch the video in its entirety, start with the video at the top of the screen and work down, through all three.
There is ash all over my house! Is it the stove or is it the “beer belly syndrome”?
Maybe you have read the stories online about those darn stoves spewing ash and soot all over the house. What causes that and how can you avoid it in the future? Technically, your corn or pellet stove runs on a negative pressure system in the firebox (that means that it would pull air into the […]
But the Guy Said That I Could Burn Anything in This Stove
There was a time when flex fuel meant we could shove garbage, cardboard, that old Christmas tree and just about anything else into our stove and burn it up. The results sometimes were angry neighbors and eventually the pollution control police came by and started placing a “no burn” tag on our favorite form of […]
Saving Money on Heat Bills is Not Just for Your Home!
Corn stoves are not limited to homes any more! Ok, so I am saving a ton of money at home, smiling because I am toasty warm but what about my business, my garage, my lake home or cabin? How can I save money there and still be practical? The answer is simple. Your Corn burning flex-fuel appliance […]