Pellet Stoves
Forge & Flame (formerly Harman and Quadra-Fire) and Lopi pellet stoves and inserts in Hayward, WI. Wood heat without splitting or stacking.
Wood heat, without the wood pile
A pellet stove gives you most of what a wood stove gives you, minus the chainsaw. You fill a hopper, set a temperature, and it feeds itself. For a lot of people that is the difference between heating with wood and thinking about heating with wood.
They do need electricity to run the auger and the fans, so we usually talk through a small backup plan with anyone who is heating primarily with pellets. It is a short conversation and worth having before the first outage rather than during it.
- Hoppers large enough to run through the night and then some
- Thermostat control that holds a room at a number
- Freestanding stoves and inserts for existing fireplaces
- Vents out a side wall, so no full chimney needed
- Yearly cleaning and service handled by our shop
Pellet or wood? The honest comparison
We sell both, so we have no reason to push you either way. It comes down to how you want to spend your time.
Pellets cost money, wood costs work
A ton of pellets is a known price you pay once. A cord of wood is cheaper, or free if you have the trees, but it is cut, split, stacked, seasoned and carried. Neither is wrong. They are different currencies.
Pellets need electricity, wood does not
The auger and the fans run on power. In a long outage a pellet stove stops, which is why we talk through a small backup plan with anyone heating primarily on pellets. It is a short conversation, better had in September than in January.
Pellets hold a temperature, wood swings
A pellet stove on a thermostat keeps a room at a number. A wood stove is hot after loading and cooler by morning. If you like tending a fire, that is a feature. If you want to set it and forget it, pellets win.
Worth knowing before you buy
How often do I fill the hopper?
How much cleaning does a pellet stove need?
Where do I buy pellets around Hayward?
Can a pellet stove go in an existing fireplace?
Do pellet stoves need a full chimney?
The names you will see on the floor
We are an authorized dealer for each of these, which means parts, warranty work and service stay here rather than going back to a factory.
Come see one burning.
The showroom on Highway 63 has units running through the heating season. It is a lot easier to pick a stove when you can stand next to it.