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Will the BBF be your new BFF?

Many Wood Stove owners of the Model BBF find their stove is like their new best friend, keeping them safe and warm throughout the winter.

About the Wood Stove Model BBF

If burning wood logs is how you want to heat your home, then this safe, efficient wood stove is the perfect solution. The BBF Wood Stove features a powerful, built-in fan that circulates warm air throughout your home. This is our largest model which has a maximum heating capacity of 3,000 square feet. Watch logs burn up to 12 hours and enjoy a heat efficiency of 72%. Burn logs up to 29 inches long, and enjoy this stove as an insert or as a free-standing wood stove.

Wondering what wood stove or other alternative heating appliance is right for you? We now offer a Free, no-obligation Buyer’s Guide to Finding the Best Alternative Energy Appliance that will help answer any question you may have.

What a stormy spring and summer it’s been. I wonder what the fall will bring. All the storms have meant many toppled trees and downed limbs for property owners across the country.

Following each storm, the hum of chain saws was a common sound. While some people paid to have the trees removed, others volunteered to help cut wood for future use in their wood stoves and fireplaces.

If you heat with wood, is your wood pile ready for this winter? It’s never too early to plan.

If you are interested in switching to a wood fireplace or wood burning stove or upgrading to a more efficient appliance, we can help! You can shop our selection of wood burning appliances or fill out our Great Discounts form for more shopping help and money saving details.

Increasingly more people are opting to include renewable energy features in their new home construction plans. As the popularity of pellet stoves increases, people know to talk to their architects and contractors about their desire to include alternative heating appliances in their new home. Whether you opt for a pellet burning fireplace or a free-standing pellet stove, your options of design, functionality, and fuel burning options (like corn) are vast. Many people even opt to install an alternative fuel burning furnace like this one.

For some, keeping a wood burning fireplace is important, even in a new home or remodel. And, that’s great. People need to be aware that having a wood burning fireplace doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice heat efficiency. Make sure you select a wood burning fireplace like the Magnum ZC that will produce efficient, long lasting heat, up to 75,000 B.T.U.’s per hour!

Frank B, a Magnum ZC fireplace owner says, “I love my Magnum ZC fireplace. Very efficient. I found you by Googling high efficiency wood burning stoves. After comparing products, I purchased your fireplace 5 years ago when we built our retirement home. My son is building a new home and will be contacting you soon to purchase a Magnum ZC based on seeing and using ours. Thanks.”

We hear from customers like Frank everyday, and we hope to hear from you too. You can fill out the “Great Discounts” form to get a better idea on your needs and how we may be able to help.

photo credit: Martin Pettitt

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 on AES’s website www.magnumheat.com and the www.hpba.org website.  From there let’s take a look at what is right for you so that you can make a wise decision.

Is a wood stove or fireplace right for you?

The first question to ask yourself is “do I really want to have a wood fire and can my lifestyle accommodate the investment of time”. Most people love a wood fire, the romantic glow and the cozy warmth that will warm you through and through but forget to realize how much work goes into having a wood stove. If the answer is YES to having a readily available wood supply or like dressing up like Paul Bunyan and swinging an axe (or chainsaw), YES to having a safe place to store your wood and dispose of your ashes, YES to fitting in the time to maintain your wood stove and chimney system then you are ready to invest in a cost effective environmentally friendly wood stove, fireplace or fireplace insert for your home.

Ok, so now your excited and ready to jump in your truck (or gas saving hybrid car) and go find a wood burning appliance and have it installed before the weekend. But wait, have you checked to see what the requirements are in your area for emission codes and local burning compliance? Cleaning up our environment and making our planet a safe place to breath is of vital importance. The EPA, appliance manufacturers and local governments have teamed up to make sure that the future of the air we breathe will be clean and healthy. It is important to make sure that your choice of wood burning equipment will meet the requirements of local burning codes so that you will not install that beautiful stove only to find out that there are days that you cannot burn it. So give your local authorities a call to get up to date information on wood burning compliance. MagnuM and Country Flame wood burning appliances are certified to comply with the strictest of air quality standards and our wide variety of product features will certainly complement your home.

Now that you are armed with information on what you can install in your home where do you go from here? There are so many choices, so many different looks and features. Your head is already spinning and everyone seems to have the “right” product for your home. You are asking yourself “how do I find the right product for MY home”? This is where American Energy Systems can help you. Our team of product specialists along with a national network of qualified resellers will be glad to assist you in finding the wood burning appliance of your dreams. It all starts by going to MagnumHeat.com to get your journey to warm nights, cozy beginnings and assurance that you are doing your part to conserve our natural resources and clean up the air we breathe. Now doesn’t that just make you feel warm all over?

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