Heating costs more: how many bags of pellets do you need to operate and heat the stove?
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In the lasts yearsmany families have decided to opt for heating with stoves a pellets. Until last year it seemed like one choice really advantageous, the price of the pellets was convenient, the plant of heating it was really effective and the cold of winter did not arouse the slightest worry. For this winter, as we know, things are a lot different. The price of pellets increases more and more: but how many bags they are needed today to be able to heat one home? Let’s find out right away.
Pellets: how many bags are needed today?
L’Winter it is no longer a distant concern, as one could have predicted it is invariably arrived. The temperatures, which until now have been luckily kept enough Other for the season, they are now subsiding quickly and the use of heaters will become necessary. With the economic crisis that is leaded it will also be difficult to bear the costs for the heating.
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As we have already said, many familiesin recent years, they have chosen to entrust the heating of your home at take a step powered by pellets. But with the price increasesunstoppable, even the price of this product has become unsustainable. If until last year it was possible buy the pellets between 4 and of 4.50 euro per bag, prices today are more than doubled. Each bag of pellets has a costin fact, about 12 euro and an increase is expected greater in the coming months which may lead to the cost, for each bag, of 14 EUR.
But why the take a step pellets, suddenly they became a means of heating as well costly? War between Russia and Ukraine can be considered a cause: from these countries we bought in 2021 about the 10% of the pellets we have consumed. However, not turns out be a percentage like that high to be able to affect prices in such an important way current. Our country produces approx 450 thousand tons of pellets, this means that l‘85% is imported, but from where? Mainly from France And Germanybut also from Canada, Vietnam, China and the United States.
How much does it cost to heat with pellets?
The problem is that you are registering in our country is that many have been carried out installations of pellet stoves but the production is not increased. Also in this case, as for gas and electricity we are therefore employees from abroad. If it is true, then, that the situation geopolitics affects, it is true that the market it works quite simply: more sale the demand and the higher i prices. And this is, the explanation more plausible to justify the increase as well sudden and exaggerated prices.
But how much is it heat uptoday, a house with pellets? A bag of pellets tough on average a day, the house will be heated for approx 7/8 hours. For a heating of 12 hours it will take a bag and a half a day. Wanting to take in consideration current prices, of 12 euro per bag (on average), the cost for the whole winter would fluctuate between 1500 and of 2000 EUR.
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Last year, however, the cost total for the whole winter it was approx 800 EUR. A beautiful differencetherefore, which greatly affects household management costs. There are so many people who have choice not to buy pellets especially in the hope that prices can drop in winter forwarded.
