Metal furnace for heating

Metal furnace for heating in northern European countries use a relatively long time. So in the Nordic countries, primarily in Finland, for their baths to produce more than a hundred years, and in other countries, these small but very comfortable wood-burning stoves are also popular for many years. In Russia, with its cold climate and the need for heating large volume premises used as a rule, oven stone or brick. They occupied nearly half of the house, but the heat "hold" all night, and in the popular inner-city apartments were high and elegant, but also brick "Dutch." Fireplaces in Russia were strangers from the West, and appeared about two centuries ago, when Petersburg became a truly European city, with all the signs of European life. However, in the early twentieth century wars and revolutions have destroyed both well-established way of life, lacked not only food but also wood for protopit luxurious St. Petersburg apartment. It was then that they appeared in small metal furnace, dubbed the "stove". Compared to the big brick ovens and fireplaces, they did not require much fuel, but very quickly heats up and in the space of one room immediately became warm. True, and they cool down too quickly. Since these metal stoves are associated in the minds of our people to war, ruin and the difficulties of everyday life. However, practical Europeans appreciate the undeniable advantages of these small stoves, releasing them for several decades in various versions and for the interiors of different styles. What are they so comfortable? It turns out that the furnace-chimneys, as they are now usually called, provide a quick warm up the room, about a half hour in the room gets warm, in contrast to the brick fireplace, which have much longer to heat. Their advantage is also the ease of installation: they do not require a solid foundation. They can be placed on a wooden floor - and they weigh usually about 200 kg. Previously, of course, the floor should be isolated with ceramic tile, stone, or thin plates of sheet metal. This is necessary not to the floor under the stove is not bankrupt, but to the fallen ember or a spark did not get on the wooden floor boards. For ease of installation, you must include and easy connection to the chimney. In most versions of furnaces chimney can be placed vertically, and then he will "pass" a wall or ceiling above, over the stove, it is also possible variant of the horizontal connections to the chimney. In this case, the chimney passes horizontally through the wall behind the stove and the room is not visible (blocked by the stove). The most important advantage, of course, applies to high-heat ovens fireplaces: at small sizes (width and depth of 60 cm and height - less than 1m) of their power reaches 20 kW, even half of this capacity is enough to quickly heat the rooms of about 30 m2. To do this you will need 3-4 kg of firewood, whereas for conventional open fireplace - almost five times as much as a traditional fireplace heats the room through radiant heat of an open flame, a stove heats the air in contact with the walls of his chamber. To improve the efficiency of heating the air around the firebox for the stove makes the second wall. They may be steel, ceramic or stone. This uses the principle of convection: heat, cold air circulates, rising up between the inner and outer walls and quickly heats the room. That is why the West stoves fireplaces are also called convection. Ceramic tiles can be of different colors and textures. Steel walls covered with heat resistant paint, usually black or silver. Imagine what it will look spectacular on black bronze finish oven. Echoing the glare of the flame, it gives the usual iron "stove" sophistication and polish. Furnace due to finish look very decorative and fit into the interiors of various types: from classical to country music and hi-tech. High-tech interior, naturally, are not compatible with previous models of furnaces, we have created new options with the appropriate design. Therefore, our old friends - unpretentious "stove" in its new guise became totally unrecognizable, but they are modern and stylish look now. Fans of Oriental minimalism too can discover the appropriate options: monochrome and concise in form and design, they are ideally complement the interiors in a fashionable style of "Zen." British conservative, strict guardians of tradition, devised a very clever option of using stoves in the interiors of their houses: they put the stove in a niche for fireplaces and accordingly draw up these niches. In the living room and kitchen, a stove fire place looks original, but use it very convenient. Using the oven in the kitchen is also very practical and profitable. Special models for kitchens have built-in oven that has a temperature meter. The oven can bake a pie, roast chicken, or just warm up dinner. Such a model would be very comfortable and in a cottage house: you simultaneously heats the room and prepare for a family dinner. It should say a few words about the individual merits of these small stoves: their furnaces are made of steel or cast iron and tiled inside fireclay bricks, and hence quite durable. Heat resistant ceramic glass doors to withstand temperatures up to 750 ° C, and that they were not covered with soot, provide ventilation air flow windows. Another positive point: the heating power of these heaters can be as you wish to change, which are built-in air regulator and traction. Thus, small and unpretentious metal furnace, originally designed for heating, it turns out, quite versatile, comfortable, relatively inexpensive and also able to adequately decorate the interior of any dwelling.