Pellet Stove Price Calculator

Calculate the cost of installing a Wood Pellet Stove in your home, as well exhaust vent pipes (optional), fire proofing around your new stove, etc.

Pellet stove prices include professional installation & materials for a new free standing or a fireplace insert pellet stove with pellets auto-feeder and a blower motor.

You can also estimate the cost of adding a digital (smart) thermostat, installing double-wall vent pipe, as well as fireproofing around your pellet stove (free-standing only).

Estimate Pellet Stove Installation Cost in OH

How To Use Pellet Stove Calculator

As mentioned above, this calculator will provide pricing for professionally installing a pellet stove, based on your inputs, the state you live in, including adjustments for your local cost of living.

Installation labor cost is calculated using a licensed / professional installer.

It is important that you select proper options (such as venting / fireproofing) for your home, to get most accurate pellet stove cost.

Step 1 – Enter your home size: While we don’t use heating BTUs in the cost calculation, home size is critical, as it is used to select the proper size of the pellet stove for your living space.

Note – for larger homes, multiple smaller units are included in the estimate.

Step 2 – Select Pellet Stove Type: Options are Freestanding, Chimney Insert, and “Mobile Home Approved”, which is essentially a free-standing stove with additional government certifications for mobile homes.

Stove Type will determine whether you need fireproofing and the type of flue (exhaust) gas venting that you will need. Vent type will be changed based on the stove type selected.

A chimney insert usually does not need additional venting, as it is vented directly into the chimney.

However, you may still need to install a chimney liner, if you have older / deteriorating chimney.

NOTE: Changing this option will also change “Venting Type” and “Fireproofing” options to match your pellet stove.

Step 3 – Venting Type: If you select chimney vented, a Chimney Insert stove type will be selected in the previous setting. If you selected a free-standing stove, and you want to vent it into the chimney, you still need a vent pipe and chimney kit. Therefore, select “Steel Vent Pipe” here.

Step 4 – Install Venting: This option adds or subtracts the cost of installing a steel double-wall vent pipe (above roof line), or a steel chimney liner.

The default option is “Install Steel Vent Pipe”, and this will be included in the price estimate.

Step 5 – Fireproofing: This option is ONLY available when you select a “Freestanding” stove type, as chimney insert does not need fireproofing (usually).

Some jurisdictions / building inspectors may require that you install approved / appropriate fire-proofing material under and around your new pellet stove. This is a very important safety requirement, and we recommend that you follow local building codes related to fireproofing.

If you already have appropriate fireproofing in place, select “Not Needed”. Otherwise the cost of basic fireproofing will be added to the total price, based on other 3 options (Floor & walls, Floor only, or Walls only).

Step 6 – Smart (WiFi or Bluetooth) Thermostat: You can pair a smart thermostat with your new pellet stove to add some automation / scheduling and temperature control.

NOTE: While a smart thermostat will do its job, you are still limited by the amount of pellets in the stove feeder. If your stove runs out of pellets and you don’t refill it, the thermostat will not help prevent potential water pipes freezes.

Why Install A Pellet Stove?

Pellet stoves are a great option to reduce your heating bill, as well as to add coziness and comfort to your home.

As the name suggests, these stoves use wood pellets as the main fuel source, which can be purchased locally, or online from a multitude of suppliers and stored (in a dry place) for years, securing your fuel costs.

Pellet stoves use about one 40 lb. bag of pellets per 8-16 hours of continuous operation and can heat up-to 2500 sq. ft. of living space.

One bag of wood pellets costs between $5-7, and you will need between between 3-6 tons (Ton = 50 bags, 40 lbs. each) of wood pellets. Your average cost / year would be $750 to $2,100 to heat your home.

Can a Pellet Stove Replace Your Existing Heating System?

This is a fairly complex question, but we want to mention some limitations of a pellet stove, and outline the best use for wood-based heating systems.

Issue 1) The main limitation of a pallet stove is the amount of fuel that you can have “pre-loaded”. Most pellet stoves come with a 50 lb. feeders, and some can have up-to 80 lbs. That would be enough for 1 day of moderate outside temps (20-30°F), and a low set indoor temperature (around 60°F).

Once the pellets run out, you need to physically reload the feeder. Same goes for regular firewood stoves.

Another issue is ash removal. Depending on your usage, you will need to clean the ash every 7-30 days (unless you turn on your stove once a week).

Basically, you cannot leave your home for several days in the middle of the winter, if your only heating system is the pellet stove. Otherwise you are risking pipes being frozen.

Issue 2) Pellet / Wood stoves (even those with power blower/fan) only provide “localized” heat – mostly in the area directly near it, and some residual heat that rises to the rooms above it. If you have a bedroom on the opposite side of your house, most likely it will be rather cold in that room.

Rooms on the 2nd floor, and on the opposite side of the house, will likely be VERY cold.

Wood/Pellet stoves cannot send heat via ducts or radiators, unlike a warm air furnace or a hydronic boiler.

Issue 3) You need to store a sufficient amount of pellets in a dry space, to have continuous heat going. That means you cannot store them outside (under a tarp). Even shed storage is not recommended, as moist air might ruin your pellets. If your pellets get wet, they will fall apart and be completely useless. Garage or dry basement storage is strongly recommended.

This takes a lot of space, and you will have to bring each bag from your garage/basement to the stove. These bags are not light (40 pounds), and you might have to do it 2 times a day, on a very cold day.

Therefore, in our opinion, the best use for a pellet stove is a backup heating system, in case your power goes out, as you can power the electronic components using a medium size generator (gas/diesel/propane or solar).

However, in the event of a power outage, you will have enough heat for your whole family, or you can just heat your living area with a nice, cozy and inexpensive pellet heat.